Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Latin America & Caribbean

Share of population aged 65 and over in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 10.2%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6.9 pp.

2025 10.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 10.2%2025
Period minimum 3.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.2%1962: 3.3%1964: 3.3%1966: 3.4%1968: 3.5%1970: 3.5%1972: 3.6%1974: 3.7%1976: 3.8%1978: 3.9%1980: 4%1982: 4.1%1984: 4.2%1986: 4.3%1988: 4.4%1990: 4.6%1992: 4.7%1994: 4.9%1996: 5.1%1998: 5.3%2000: 5.5%2002: 5.7%2004: 6%2006: 6.2%2008: 6.5%2010: 6.8%2012: 7.1%2014: 7.5%2016: 7.9%2018: 8.4%2020: 8.8%2022: 9.2%2024: 9.8%2025: 10.2%
Change over the period: +6.9 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 10.2%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 10.2 +0.3 pp
2024 9.8 +0.3 pp
2023 9.5 +0.3 pp
2022 9.2 +0.2 pp
2021 9 +0.2 pp
2020 8.8 +0.2 pp
2019 8.6 +0.3 pp
2018 8.4 +0.2 pp
2017 8.1 +0.2 pp
2016 7.9 +0.2 pp
2015 7.7 +0.2 pp
2014 7.5 +0.2 pp
2013 7.3 +0.2 pp
2012 7.1 +0.2 pp
2011 6.9 +0.2 pp
2010 6.8 +0.1 pp
2009 6.6 +0.1 pp
2008 6.5 +0.1 pp
2007 6.4 +0.1 pp
2006 6.2 +0.1 pp
2005 6.1 +0.1 pp
2004 6 +0.1 pp
2003 5.8 +0.1 pp
2002 5.7 +0.1 pp
2001 5.6 +0.1 pp
2000 5.5 +0.1 pp
1999 5.4 +0.1 pp
1998 5.3 +0.1 pp
1997 5.2 +0.1 pp
1996 5.1 +0.1 pp
1995 5 +0.1 pp
1994 4.9 +0.1 pp
1993 4.8 +0.1 pp
1992 4.7 +0.1 pp
1991 4.7 +0.1 pp
1990 4.6 +0.1 pp
1989 4.5 +0.1 pp
1988 4.4 +0.1 pp
1987 4.4 +0.1 pp
1986 4.3 +0.1 pp
1985 4.2 +0.1 pp
1984 4.2 +0 pp
1983 4.1 +0 pp
1982 4.1 +0 pp
1981 4.1 +0 pp
1980 4 +0 pp
1979 4 +0 pp
1978 3.9 +0.1 pp
1977 3.9 +0.1 pp
1976 3.8 +0.1 pp
1975 3.8 +0 pp
1974 3.7 +0 pp
1973 3.7 +0 pp
1972 3.6 +0 pp
1971 3.6 +0 pp
1970 3.5 +0 pp
1969 3.5 +0 pp
1968 3.5 +0 pp
1967 3.4 +0 pp
1966 3.4 +0 pp
1965 3.4 +0 pp
1964 3.3 +0 pp
1963 3.3 +0 pp
1962 3.3 +0 pp
1961 3.2 +0 pp
1960 3.2

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.