Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Grenada

Share of population aged 65 and over in Grenada in 2025 — 12.6%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.7 pp.

2025 12.6% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 81of 217
Period maximum 12.6%2025
Period minimum 3.6%1969

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Grenada, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.9%1962: 3.8%1964: 3.8%1966: 3.7%1968: 3.6%1970: 3.6%1972: 3.9%1974: 4.4%1976: 4.9%1978: 5.6%1980: 6.4%1982: 6.8%1984: 6.9%1986: 7%1988: 7.1%1990: 7.1%1992: 7.3%1994: 7.5%1996: 7.8%1998: 8.1%2000: 8.5%2002: 8.8%2004: 9.1%2006: 9.3%2008: 9.5%2010: 9.6%2012: 9.8%2014: 10%2016: 10.2%2018: 10.5%2020: 11%2022: 11.5%2024: 12.2%2025: 12.6%
Change over the period: +8.7 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Grenada 12.6%
World 10.4%
Caribbean computed 11.2%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Grenada, by year Grenada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.6 +0.4 pp
2024 12.2 +0.4 pp
2023 11.9 +0.3 pp
2022 11.5 +0.3 pp
2021 11.2 +0.2 pp
2020 11 +0.2 pp
2019 10.8 +0.2 pp
2018 10.5 +0.2 pp
2017 10.4 +0.2 pp
2016 10.2 +0.1 pp
2015 10.1 +0.1 pp
2014 10 +0.1 pp
2013 9.9 +0.1 pp
2012 9.8 +0.1 pp
2011 9.7 +0.1 pp
2010 9.6 +0.1 pp
2009 9.5 +0.1 pp
2008 9.5 +0.1 pp
2007 9.4 +0.1 pp
2006 9.3 +0.1 pp
2005 9.2 +0.1 pp
2004 9.1 +0.1 pp
2003 8.9 +0.1 pp
2002 8.8 +0.1 pp
2001 8.7 +0.2 pp
2000 8.5 +0.2 pp
1999 8.3 +0.2 pp
1998 8.1 +0.2 pp
1997 7.9 +0.2 pp
1996 7.8 +0.2 pp
1995 7.6 +0.1 pp
1994 7.5 +0.1 pp
1993 7.4 +0.1 pp
1992 7.3 +0.1 pp
1991 7.2 +0.1 pp
1990 7.1 +0 pp
1989 7.1 +0 pp
1988 7.1 +0 pp
1987 7 +0 pp
1986 7 +0 pp
1985 7 +0.1 pp
1984 6.9 +0 pp
1983 6.9 +0 pp
1982 6.8 +0.1 pp
1981 6.7 +0.3 pp
1980 6.4 +0.4 pp
1979 5.9 +0.4 pp
1978 5.6 +0.3 pp
1977 5.2 +0.3 pp
1976 4.9 +0.3 pp
1975 4.6 +0.3 pp
1974 4.4 +0.2 pp
1973 4.1 +0.2 pp
1972 3.9 +0.2 pp
1971 3.7 +0.1 pp
1970 3.6 +0 pp
1969 3.6 −0 pp
1968 3.6 −0 pp
1967 3.6 −0 pp
1966 3.7 −0 pp
1965 3.7 −0.1 pp
1964 3.8 −0 pp
1963 3.8 −0 pp
1962 3.8 −0 pp
1961 3.9 −0 pp
1960 3.9

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.