Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Greenland

Share of population aged 65 and over in Greenland in 2025 — 11.5%. Ranked 91 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.5 pp.

2025 11.5% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 91of 217
Period maximum 11.5%2025
Period minimum 2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Greenland, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2%1962: 2.2%1964: 2.2%1966: 2.3%1968: 2.5%1970: 2.6%1972: 2.8%1974: 3%1976: 3.2%1978: 3.4%1980: 3.6%1982: 3.6%1984: 3.6%1986: 3.6%1988: 3.7%1990: 3.8%1992: 4.1%1994: 4.3%1996: 4.6%1998: 4.9%2000: 5%2002: 5.2%2004: 5.4%2006: 5.9%2008: 6.4%2010: 6.9%2012: 7.2%2014: 7.5%2016: 8%2018: 8.4%2020: 8.8%2022: 9.6%2024: 10.8%2025: 11.5%
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: Greenland

Greenland 11.5%
World 10.4%
Northern Europe computed 20%
High-income countries computed 20%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Greenland, by year Greenland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.5 +0.7 pp
2024 10.8 +0.7 pp
2023 10.1 +0.5 pp
2022 9.6 +0.4 pp
2021 9.2 +0.3 pp
2020 8.8 +0.3 pp
2019 8.6 +0.2 pp
2018 8.4 +0.2 pp
2017 8.2 +0.2 pp
2016 8 +0.2 pp
2015 7.7 +0.2 pp
2014 7.5 +0.1 pp
2013 7.4 +0.2 pp
2012 7.2 +0.2 pp
2011 7.1 +0.2 pp
2010 6.9 +0.2 pp
2009 6.7 +0.2 pp
2008 6.4 +0.3 pp
2007 6.2 +0.3 pp
2006 5.9 +0.3 pp
2005 5.6 +0.2 pp
2004 5.4 +0.1 pp
2003 5.3 +0.1 pp
2002 5.2 +0.1 pp
2001 5.2 +0.1 pp
2000 5 +0.1 pp
1999 4.9 +0.1 pp
1998 4.9 +0.1 pp
1997 4.7 +0.1 pp
1996 4.6 +0.1 pp
1995 4.5 +0.1 pp
1994 4.3 +0.1 pp
1993 4.2 +0.1 pp
1992 4.1 +0.1 pp
1991 3.9 +0.1 pp
1990 3.8 +0.1 pp
1989 3.7 +0 pp
1988 3.7 +0 pp
1987 3.6 +0 pp
1986 3.6 +0 pp
1985 3.6 +0 pp
1984 3.6 −0 pp
1983 3.6 +0 pp
1982 3.6 +0 pp
1981 3.6 +0 pp
1980 3.6 +0.1 pp
1979 3.5 +0.1 pp
1978 3.4 +0.1 pp
1977 3.3 +0.1 pp
1976 3.2 +0.1 pp
1975 3.1 +0.1 pp
1974 3 +0.1 pp
1973 2.9 +0.1 pp
1972 2.8 +0.1 pp
1971 2.7 +0.1 pp
1970 2.6 +0.1 pp
1969 2.5 +0.1 pp
1968 2.5 +0.1 pp
1967 2.4 +0.1 pp
1966 2.3 +0.1 pp
1965 2.2 +0 pp
1964 2.2 +0 pp
1963 2.2 +0 pp
1962 2.2 +0.1 pp
1961 2.1 +0.1 pp
1960 2

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.