Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Guinea

Share of population aged 65 and over in Guinea in 2025 — 3.5%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.9 pp.

2025 3.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 179of 217
Period maximum 4.4%1960
Period minimum 3.4%2022

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Guinea, 1960–20253.33.53.844.34.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.4%1962: 4.3%1964: 4.1%1966: 4.1%1968: 4%1970: 4%1972: 4%1974: 4%1976: 4%1978: 4.1%1980: 4.1%1982: 4.2%1984: 4.2%1986: 4.2%1988: 4.2%1990: 4.2%1992: 4.2%1994: 4.1%1996: 4%1998: 4%2000: 4%2002: 3.9%2004: 3.9%2006: 3.8%2008: 3.7%2010: 3.7%2012: 3.6%2014: 3.5%2016: 3.5%2018: 3.5%2020: 3.4%2022: 3.4%2024: 3.5%2025: 3.5%
Change over the period: −0.9 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guinea 3.5%
World 10.4%
Western Africa computed 3.1%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.5 +0 pp
2024 3.5 +0 pp
2023 3.4 +0 pp
2022 3.4 −0 pp
2021 3.4 −0 pp
2020 3.4 −0 pp
2019 3.5 −0 pp
2018 3.5 −0 pp
2017 3.5 −0 pp
2016 3.5 −0 pp
2015 3.5 −0 pp
2014 3.5 −0 pp
2013 3.6 −0 pp
2012 3.6 −0 pp
2011 3.6 −0 pp
2010 3.7 −0 pp
2009 3.7 −0 pp
2008 3.7 −0 pp
2007 3.8 −0 pp
2006 3.8 −0 pp
2005 3.8 −0 pp
2004 3.9 −0 pp
2003 3.9 −0 pp
2002 3.9 −0 pp
2001 3.9 −0 pp
2000 4 −0 pp
1999 4 −0 pp
1998 4 −0 pp
1997 4 −0 pp
1996 4 −0 pp
1995 4.1 −0 pp
1994 4.1 −0 pp
1993 4.1 −0 pp
1992 4.2 −0 pp
1991 4.2 −0 pp
1990 4.2 −0 pp
1989 4.2 −0 pp
1988 4.2 −0 pp
1987 4.2 +0 pp
1986 4.2 +0 pp
1985 4.2 +0 pp
1984 4.2 +0 pp
1983 4.2 +0 pp
1982 4.2 +0 pp
1981 4.1 +0 pp
1980 4.1 +0 pp
1979 4.1 +0 pp
1978 4.1 +0 pp
1977 4 +0 pp
1976 4 +0 pp
1975 4 +0 pp
1974 4 +0 pp
1973 4 +0 pp
1972 4 −0 pp
1971 4 −0 pp
1970 4 −0 pp
1969 4 −0 pp
1968 4 −0 pp
1967 4 −0 pp
1966 4.1 −0 pp
1965 4.1 −0 pp
1964 4.1 −0.1 pp
1963 4.2 −0.1 pp
1962 4.3 −0.1 pp
1961 4.3 −0.1 pp
1960 4.4

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.