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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Eritrea

Share of population aged 65 and over in Eritrea in 2025 — 4.3%. Ranked 162 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.4 pp.

2025 4.3% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 162of 217
Period maximum 4.3%2025
Period minimum 2.5%1976

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Eritrea, 1960–202522.533.544.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.8%1962: 2.7%1964: 2.7%1966: 2.6%1968: 2.6%1970: 2.6%1972: 2.5%1974: 2.5%1976: 2.5%1978: 2.5%1980: 2.5%1982: 2.6%1984: 2.6%1986: 2.6%1988: 2.7%1990: 2.7%1992: 2.8%1994: 2.9%1996: 3%1998: 3.1%2000: 3.2%2002: 3.3%2004: 3.3%2006: 3.4%2008: 3.5%2010: 3.7%2012: 3.8%2014: 3.9%2016: 4%2018: 4%2020: 4.1%2022: 4.1%2024: 4.2%2025: 4.3%
Change over the period: +1.4 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eritrea 4.3%
World 10.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.2%
Eastern Africa computed 3%
Low-income countries computed 3.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.3 +0.1 pp
2024 4.2 +0.1 pp
2023 4.2 +0 pp
2022 4.1 +0 pp
2021 4.1 +0 pp
2020 4.1 +0 pp
2019 4.1 +0 pp
2018 4 +0 pp
2017 4 +0 pp
2016 4 +0 pp
2015 3.9 +0 pp
2014 3.9 +0.1 pp
2013 3.8 +0.1 pp
2012 3.8 +0.1 pp
2011 3.7 +0.1 pp
2010 3.7 +0.1 pp
2009 3.6 +0.1 pp
2008 3.5 +0.1 pp
2007 3.5 +0.1 pp
2006 3.4 +0.1 pp
2005 3.4 +0 pp
2004 3.3 +0 pp
2003 3.3 +0 pp
2002 3.3 +0 pp
2001 3.2 +0.1 pp
2000 3.2 +0 pp
1999 3.1 +0 pp
1998 3.1 +0.1 pp
1997 3 +0 pp
1996 3 +0 pp
1995 3 +0 pp
1994 2.9 +0 pp
1993 2.9 +0 pp
1992 2.8 +0.1 pp
1991 2.8 +0 pp
1990 2.7 +0 pp
1989 2.7 +0 pp
1988 2.7 +0 pp
1987 2.6 +0 pp
1986 2.6 +0 pp
1985 2.6 +0 pp
1984 2.6 −0 pp
1983 2.6 +0 pp
1982 2.6 +0 pp
1981 2.6 +0 pp
1980 2.5 +0 pp
1979 2.5 +0 pp
1978 2.5 +0 pp
1977 2.5 +0 pp
1976 2.5 −0 pp
1975 2.5 −0 pp
1974 2.5 −0 pp
1973 2.5 −0 pp
1972 2.5 −0 pp
1971 2.5 −0 pp
1970 2.6 −0 pp
1969 2.6 −0 pp
1968 2.6 −0 pp
1967 2.6 −0 pp
1966 2.6 −0 pp
1965 2.7 −0 pp
1964 2.7 −0 pp
1963 2.7 −0 pp
1962 2.7 −0 pp
1961 2.8 −0 pp
1960 2.8 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

MU Mauritius 14.1 SC Seychelles 8.7 DJ Djibouti 5 KM Comoros 4.5 ER Eritrea 4.3 RW Rwanda 4 ZW Zimbabwe 3.6 MG Madagascar 3.5 ET Ethiopia 3.3 SS South Sudan 3.1 TZ Tanzania 3 KE Kenya 3 MZ Mozambique 2.7 SO Somalia 2.6 MW Malawi 2.6 BI Burundi 2.5 UG Uganda 2.2 ZM Zambia 2
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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.

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