Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Laos

Share of population aged 65 and over in Laos in 2025 — 4.8%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.1 pp.

2025 4.8% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 152of 217
Period maximum 4.8%2025
Period minimum 2.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Laos, 1960–2025234519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.7%1962: 2.8%1964: 2.9%1966: 3%1968: 3.1%1970: 3.1%1972: 3.2%1974: 3.2%1976: 3.3%1978: 3.3%1980: 3.4%1982: 3.4%1984: 3.5%1986: 3.5%1988: 3.5%1990: 3.5%1992: 3.4%1994: 3.4%1996: 3.4%1998: 3.4%2000: 3.4%2002: 3.4%2004: 3.4%2006: 3.5%2008: 3.6%2010: 3.8%2012: 3.9%2014: 4.1%2016: 4.1%2018: 4.1%2020: 4.2%2022: 4.4%2024: 4.7%2025: 4.8%
Change over the period: +2.1 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Laos 4.8%
World 10.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 8.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.8 +0.1 pp
2024 4.7 +0.1 pp
2023 4.5 +0.1 pp
2022 4.4 +0.1 pp
2021 4.3 +0.1 pp
2020 4.2 +0.1 pp
2019 4.2 +0 pp
2018 4.1 +0 pp
2017 4.1 +0 pp
2016 4.1 −0 pp
2015 4.1 +0 pp
2014 4.1 +0.1 pp
2013 4 +0.1 pp
2012 3.9 +0.1 pp
2011 3.9 +0.1 pp
2010 3.8 +0.1 pp
2009 3.7 +0.1 pp
2008 3.6 +0.1 pp
2007 3.5 +0.1 pp
2006 3.5 +0 pp
2005 3.4 +0 pp
2004 3.4 +0 pp
2003 3.4 +0 pp
2002 3.4 +0 pp
2001 3.4 +0 pp
2000 3.4 −0 pp
1999 3.4 −0 pp
1998 3.4 −0 pp
1997 3.4 −0 pp
1996 3.4 −0 pp
1995 3.4 −0 pp
1994 3.4 −0 pp
1993 3.4 −0 pp
1992 3.4 −0 pp
1991 3.4 −0 pp
1990 3.5 −0 pp
1989 3.5 −0 pp
1988 3.5 −0 pp
1987 3.5 −0 pp
1986 3.5 +0 pp
1985 3.5 +0 pp
1984 3.5 +0 pp
1983 3.5 +0 pp
1982 3.4 +0 pp
1981 3.4 +0 pp
1980 3.4 +0 pp
1979 3.4 +0 pp
1978 3.3 +0 pp
1977 3.3 +0 pp
1976 3.3 +0 pp
1975 3.3 +0 pp
1974 3.2 +0 pp
1973 3.2 +0 pp
1972 3.2 +0 pp
1971 3.2 +0 pp
1970 3.1 +0 pp
1969 3.1 +0 pp
1968 3.1 +0 pp
1967 3 +0 pp
1966 3 +0 pp
1965 2.9 +0 pp
1964 2.9 +0 pp
1963 2.8 +0 pp
1962 2.8 +0 pp
1961 2.7 +0 pp
1960 2.7

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.