Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Egypt

Share of population aged 65 and over in Egypt in 2025 — 5.3%. Ranked 143 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.6 pp.

2025 5.3% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 143of 217
Period maximum 5.3%2025
Period minimum 3.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Egypt, 1960–20253.544.555.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.6%1962: 3.7%1964: 3.8%1966: 3.8%1968: 3.9%1970: 3.9%1972: 4%1974: 4%1976: 4%1978: 4%1980: 4%1982: 4%1984: 3.9%1986: 3.9%1988: 3.9%1990: 3.9%1992: 3.9%1994: 3.9%1996: 3.9%1998: 4%2000: 4%2002: 4%2004: 4%2006: 3.9%2008: 3.9%2010: 3.9%2012: 4%2014: 4.1%2016: 4.3%2018: 4.5%2020: 4.7%2022: 4.8%2024: 5.1%2025: 5.3%
Change over the period: +1.6 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Egypt

Egypt 5.3%
World 10.4%
Northern Africa computed 5.8%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.3 +0.2 pp
2024 5.1 +0.1 pp
2023 5 +0.1 pp
2022 4.8 +0.1 pp
2021 4.7 +0 pp
2020 4.7 +0.1 pp
2019 4.6 +0.1 pp
2018 4.5 +0.1 pp
2017 4.4 +0.1 pp
2016 4.3 +0.1 pp
2015 4.2 +0.1 pp
2014 4.1 +0.1 pp
2013 4.1 +0.1 pp
2012 4 +0.1 pp
2011 4 +0 pp
2010 3.9 +0 pp
2009 3.9 +0 pp
2008 3.9 −0 pp
2007 3.9 −0 pp
2006 3.9 −0 pp
2005 4 −0 pp
2004 4 −0 pp
2003 4 −0 pp
2002 4 +0 pp
2001 4 +0 pp
2000 4 +0 pp
1999 4 +0 pp
1998 4 +0 pp
1997 4 +0 pp
1996 3.9 +0 pp
1995 3.9 +0 pp
1994 3.9 +0 pp
1993 3.9 +0 pp
1992 3.9 +0 pp
1991 3.9 −0 pp
1990 3.9 −0 pp
1989 3.9 −0 pp
1988 3.9 −0 pp
1987 3.9 −0 pp
1986 3.9 −0 pp
1985 3.9 −0 pp
1984 3.9 −0 pp
1983 4 −0 pp
1982 4 −0 pp
1981 4 −0 pp
1980 4 −0 pp
1979 4 −0 pp
1978 4 −0 pp
1977 4 −0 pp
1976 4 +0 pp
1975 4 +0 pp
1974 4 +0 pp
1973 4 +0 pp
1972 4 +0 pp
1971 3.9 +0 pp
1970 3.9 +0 pp
1969 3.9 +0 pp
1968 3.9 +0 pp
1967 3.9 +0 pp
1966 3.8 +0 pp
1965 3.8 +0 pp
1964 3.8 +0 pp
1963 3.8 +0 pp
1962 3.7 +0 pp
1961 3.7 +0 pp
1960 3.6

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population aged 65 and over. The international threshold for an old population is 7%, for a very old one 14%. The indicator directly determines the load on the pension system and health care, which is why demographic projections use it more often than median age.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.