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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Jamaica

Share of population aged 65 and over in Jamaica in 2025 — 8.6%. Ranked 111 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.3 pp.

2025 8.6% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 111of 217
Period maximum 8.6%2025
Period minimum 4.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Jamaica, 1960–20254681019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.2%1962: 4.5%1964: 4.8%1966: 5.2%1968: 5.7%1970: 6%1972: 6.4%1974: 6.6%1976: 6.9%1978: 7.2%1980: 7.5%1982: 7.5%1984: 7.4%1986: 7.3%1988: 7.3%1990: 7.3%1992: 7.1%1994: 6.8%1996: 6.5%1998: 6.3%2000: 6.1%2002: 5.9%2004: 5.7%2006: 5.7%2008: 5.8%2010: 6%2012: 6.2%2014: 6.3%2016: 6.5%2018: 6.8%2020: 7.1%2022: 7.5%2024: 8.2%2025: 8.6%
Change over the period: +4.3 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Jamaica 8.6%
World 10.4%
Latin America & Caribbean 10.2%
Caribbean computed 11.2%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 12.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.6 +0.4 pp
2024 8.2 +0.3 pp
2023 7.9 +0.3 pp
2022 7.5 +0.2 pp
2021 7.3 +0.2 pp
2020 7.1 +0.2 pp
2019 6.9 +0.2 pp
2018 6.8 +0.1 pp
2017 6.6 +0.1 pp
2016 6.5 +0.1 pp
2015 6.4 +0.1 pp
2014 6.3 +0.1 pp
2013 6.3 +0.1 pp
2012 6.2 +0.1 pp
2011 6.1 +0.1 pp
2010 6 +0.1 pp
2009 5.9 +0.1 pp
2008 5.8 +0.1 pp
2007 5.8 +0 pp
2006 5.7 +0 pp
2005 5.7 −0 pp
2004 5.7 −0.1 pp
2003 5.8 −0.1 pp
2002 5.9 −0.1 pp
2001 6 −0.1 pp
2000 6.1 −0.1 pp
1999 6.2 −0.1 pp
1998 6.3 −0.1 pp
1997 6.4 −0.1 pp
1996 6.5 −0.1 pp
1995 6.6 −0.2 pp
1994 6.8 −0.2 pp
1993 6.9 −0.2 pp
1992 7.1 −0.1 pp
1991 7.2 −0.1 pp
1990 7.3 −0 pp
1989 7.3 −0 pp
1988 7.3 +0 pp
1987 7.3 +0 pp
1986 7.3 −0 pp
1985 7.3 −0 pp
1984 7.4 −0.1 pp
1983 7.4 −0.1 pp
1982 7.5 −0 pp
1981 7.5 +0 pp
1980 7.5 +0.1 pp
1979 7.4 +0.1 pp
1978 7.2 +0.2 pp
1977 7.1 +0.2 pp
1976 6.9 +0.2 pp
1975 6.7 +0.1 pp
1974 6.6 +0.1 pp
1973 6.5 +0.1 pp
1972 6.4 +0.2 pp
1971 6.2 +0.2 pp
1970 6 +0.2 pp
1969 5.9 +0.2 pp
1968 5.7 +0.2 pp
1967 5.4 +0.2 pp
1966 5.2 +0.2 pp
1965 5 +0.2 pp
1964 4.8 +0.1 pp
1963 4.7 +0.1 pp
1962 4.5 +0.1 pp
1961 4.4 +0.2 pp
1960 4.2 —

Caribbean, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PR Puerto Rico 25.3 VI United States Virgin Islands 23.1 MF Saint Martin 19.7 AW Aruba 17.8 CW Curaçao 17.3 BB Barbados 17.1 CU Cuba 17 SX Sint Maarten 14.5 DM Dominica 13.2 TT Trinidad and Tobago 12.9 GD Grenada 12.6 AG Antigua and Barbuda 12.3 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.3 BS Bahamas 12.1 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.7 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 11.7 VG British Virgin Islands 10.1 LC Saint Lucia 10 KY Cayman Islands 9.5 JM Jamaica 8.6 DO Dominican Republic 8.2 HT Haiti 4.8
Full table for all countries

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.

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