Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Europe & Central Asia

Share of population aged 65 and over in Europe & Central Asia in 2025 — 18.5%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.1 pp.

2025 18.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 18.5%2025
Period minimum 8.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Europe & Central Asia, 1960–2025510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.4%1962: 8.6%1964: 8.8%1966: 9.2%1968: 9.5%1970: 9.9%1972: 10.2%1974: 10.6%1976: 10.9%1978: 11.2%1980: 11.4%1982: 11.2%1984: 10.9%1986: 11%1988: 11.2%1990: 11.5%1992: 11.9%1994: 12.4%1996: 12.8%1998: 13.1%2000: 13.3%2002: 13.7%2004: 14.1%2006: 14.5%2008: 14.6%2010: 14.5%2012: 14.8%2014: 15.3%2016: 15.8%2018: 16.3%2020: 16.9%2022: 17.4%2024: 18.1%2025: 18.5%
Change over the period: +10.1 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 18.5%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.5 +0.4 pp
2024 18.1 +0.4 pp
2023 17.7 +0.4 pp
2022 17.4 +0.3 pp
2021 17.1 +0.2 pp
2020 16.9 +0.3 pp
2019 16.6 +0.3 pp
2018 16.3 +0.3 pp
2017 16 +0.3 pp
2016 15.8 +0.2 pp
2015 15.5 +0.3 pp
2014 15.3 +0.3 pp
2013 15 +0.2 pp
2012 14.8 +0.2 pp
2011 14.6 +0.1 pp
2010 14.5 −0 pp
2009 14.5 −0 pp
2008 14.6 −0 pp
2007 14.6 +0.1 pp
2006 14.5 +0.2 pp
2005 14.3 +0.2 pp
2004 14.1 +0.2 pp
2003 13.9 +0.2 pp
2002 13.7 +0.2 pp
2001 13.5 +0.2 pp
2000 13.3 +0.1 pp
1999 13.2 +0.1 pp
1998 13.1 +0.1 pp
1997 12.9 +0.2 pp
1996 12.8 +0.2 pp
1995 12.6 +0.2 pp
1994 12.4 +0.2 pp
1993 12.2 +0.2 pp
1992 11.9 +0.2 pp
1991 11.7 +0.2 pp
1990 11.5 +0.2 pp
1989 11.4 +0.1 pp
1988 11.2 +0.1 pp
1987 11.1 +0.1 pp
1986 11 +0.1 pp
1985 10.9 +0 pp
1984 10.9 −0.1 pp
1983 11 −0.2 pp
1982 11.2 −0.2 pp
1981 11.3 −0.1 pp
1980 11.4 +0.1 pp
1979 11.4 +0.1 pp
1978 11.2 +0.2 pp
1977 11.1 +0.2 pp
1976 10.9 +0.2 pp
1975 10.7 +0.2 pp
1974 10.6 +0.2 pp
1973 10.4 +0.2 pp
1972 10.2 +0.2 pp
1971 10 +0.2 pp
1970 9.9 +0.2 pp
1969 9.7 +0.2 pp
1968 9.5 +0.2 pp
1967 9.3 +0.2 pp
1966 9.2 +0.2 pp
1965 9 +0.2 pp
1964 8.8 +0.1 pp
1963 8.7 +0.1 pp
1962 8.6 +0.1 pp
1961 8.5 +0.1 pp
1960 8.4

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.