Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Gibraltar

Share of population aged 65 and over in Gibraltar in 2025 — 17.8%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.5 pp.

2025 17.8% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 49of 217
Period maximum 17.8%2025
Period minimum 8.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Gibraltar, 1960–20257.51012.51517.52019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.4%1962: 8.6%1964: 8.5%1966: 8.7%1968: 8.7%1970: 8.7%1972: 9.1%1974: 9.5%1976: 9.8%1978: 10.1%1980: 10.2%1982: 10.5%1984: 11.1%1986: 11.7%1988: 12.3%1990: 12.9%1992: 13.3%1994: 13.7%1996: 14.1%1998: 14.6%2000: 15.1%2002: 15.6%2004: 15.8%2006: 15.7%2008: 15.3%2010: 15.6%2012: 16.4%2014: 17%2016: 17.5%2018: 17.5%2020: 17.4%2022: 17.3%2024: 17.6%2025: 17.8%
Change over the period: +9.5 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gibraltar 17.8%
World 10.4%
Southern Europe computed 23.3%
High-income countries computed 20%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Gibraltar, by year Gibraltar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.8 +0.2 pp
2024 17.6 +0.1 pp
2023 17.5 +0.1 pp
2022 17.3 +0 pp
2021 17.3 −0.1 pp
2020 17.4 −0 pp
2019 17.5 −0.1 pp
2018 17.5 −0 pp
2017 17.5 +0 pp
2016 17.5 +0.2 pp
2015 17.3 +0.3 pp
2014 17 +0.3 pp
2013 16.7 +0.3 pp
2012 16.4 +0.3 pp
2011 16 +0.5 pp
2010 15.6 +0.3 pp
2009 15.2 −0.1 pp
2008 15.3 −0.2 pp
2007 15.5 −0.2 pp
2006 15.7 −0.1 pp
2005 15.8 +0.1 pp
2004 15.8 +0.1 pp
2003 15.7 +0.1 pp
2002 15.6 +0.2 pp
2001 15.4 +0.3 pp
2000 15.1 +0.3 pp
1999 14.9 +0.3 pp
1998 14.6 +0.3 pp
1997 14.3 +0.2 pp
1996 14.1 +0.2 pp
1995 14 +0.2 pp
1994 13.7 +0.3 pp
1993 13.5 +0.2 pp
1992 13.3 +0.2 pp
1991 13.1 +0.2 pp
1990 12.9 +0.2 pp
1989 12.6 +0.3 pp
1988 12.3 +0.3 pp
1987 12 +0.3 pp
1986 11.7 +0.3 pp
1985 11.4 +0.3 pp
1984 11.1 +0.3 pp
1983 10.7 +0.3 pp
1982 10.5 +0.2 pp
1981 10.3 +0.1 pp
1980 10.2 +0.1 pp
1979 10.2 +0.1 pp
1978 10.1 +0.1 pp
1977 9.9 +0.2 pp
1976 9.8 +0.1 pp
1975 9.6 +0.2 pp
1974 9.5 +0.2 pp
1973 9.3 +0.2 pp
1972 9.1 +0.2 pp
1971 8.9 +0.2 pp
1970 8.7 +0.1 pp
1969 8.7 −0 pp
1968 8.7 −0 pp
1967 8.7 +0 pp
1966 8.7 +0.1 pp
1965 8.6 +0.1 pp
1964 8.5 −0 pp
1963 8.6 +0 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.