Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Equatorial Guinea

Share of population aged 65 and over in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 3.8%. Ranked 173 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 1.8 pp.

2025 3.8% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 173of 217
Period maximum 5.6%1960
Period minimum 3.3%2014

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2025345619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.6%1962: 5.5%1964: 5.5%1966: 5.4%1968: 5.2%1970: 5.1%1972: 5%1974: 4.9%1976: 4.8%1978: 4.7%1980: 4.6%1982: 4.5%1984: 4.4%1986: 4.2%1988: 4%1990: 3.9%1992: 3.7%1994: 3.6%1996: 3.5%1998: 3.4%2000: 3.3%2002: 3.4%2004: 3.6%2006: 3.6%2008: 3.5%2010: 3.4%2012: 3.3%2014: 3.3%2016: 3.3%2018: 3.4%2020: 3.5%2022: 3.6%2024: 3.7%2025: 3.8%
Change over the period: −1.8 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 3.8%
World 10.4%
Middle Africa computed 2.9%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.8 +0.1 pp
2024 3.7 +0.1 pp
2023 3.6 +0.1 pp
2022 3.6 +0 pp
2021 3.5 +0 pp
2020 3.5 +0 pp
2019 3.4 +0 pp
2018 3.4 +0 pp
2017 3.3 +0 pp
2016 3.3 +0 pp
2015 3.3 +0 pp
2014 3.3 −0 pp
2013 3.3 −0 pp
2012 3.3 −0 pp
2011 3.3 −0 pp
2010 3.4 −0 pp
2009 3.4 −0 pp
2008 3.5 −0 pp
2007 3.5 −0 pp
2006 3.6 −0 pp
2005 3.6 +0 pp
2004 3.6 +0.1 pp
2003 3.5 +0.1 pp
2002 3.4 +0 pp
2001 3.3 +0 pp
2000 3.3 −0 pp
1999 3.3 −0 pp
1998 3.4 −0 pp
1997 3.4 −0.1 pp
1996 3.5 −0.1 pp
1995 3.5 −0.1 pp
1994 3.6 −0.1 pp
1993 3.7 −0.1 pp
1992 3.7 −0.1 pp
1991 3.8 −0.1 pp
1990 3.9 −0.1 pp
1989 3.9 −0.1 pp
1988 4 −0.1 pp
1987 4.1 −0.1 pp
1986 4.2 −0.1 pp
1985 4.3 −0.1 pp
1984 4.4 −0.1 pp
1983 4.5 −0.1 pp
1982 4.5 −0 pp
1981 4.6 −0 pp
1980 4.6 −0 pp
1979 4.6 −0.1 pp
1978 4.7 −0 pp
1977 4.7 −0.1 pp
1976 4.8 −0.1 pp
1975 4.9 −0.1 pp
1974 4.9 −0 pp
1973 5 −0 pp
1972 5 −0 pp
1971 5 −0.1 pp
1970 5.1 −0.1 pp
1969 5.2 −0.1 pp
1968 5.2 −0.1 pp
1967 5.3 −0.1 pp
1966 5.4 −0.1 pp
1965 5.4 −0 pp
1964 5.5 −0 pp
1963 5.5 −0 pp
1962 5.5 −0 pp
1961 5.6 −0 pp
1960 5.6

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.