Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Lower-middle-income countries

Share of population aged 65 and over in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 6.4%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.9 pp.

2025 6.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.4%2025
Period minimum 3.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–20253456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.5%1962: 3.6%1964: 3.6%1966: 3.7%1968: 3.7%1970: 3.8%1972: 3.8%1974: 3.9%1976: 3.9%1978: 4%1980: 4%1982: 4%1984: 4%1986: 4%1988: 4%1990: 4%1992: 4%1994: 4.1%1996: 4.1%1998: 4.2%2000: 4.3%2002: 4.3%2004: 4.4%2006: 4.5%2008: 4.5%2010: 4.6%2012: 4.7%2014: 4.9%2016: 5.1%2018: 5.4%2020: 5.7%2022: 5.9%2024: 6.2%2025: 6.4%
Change over the period: +2.9 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 6.4%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.4 +0.2 pp
2024 6.2 +0.2 pp
2023 6 +0.2 pp
2022 5.9 +0.1 pp
2021 5.8 +0.1 pp
2020 5.7 +0.1 pp
2019 5.5 +0.2 pp
2018 5.4 +0.1 pp
2017 5.2 +0.1 pp
2016 5.1 +0.1 pp
2015 5 +0.1 pp
2014 4.9 +0.1 pp
2013 4.8 +0.1 pp
2012 4.7 +0.1 pp
2011 4.7 +0 pp
2010 4.6 +0 pp
2009 4.6 +0 pp
2008 4.5 +0 pp
2007 4.5 +0 pp
2006 4.5 +0 pp
2005 4.5 +0 pp
2004 4.4 +0 pp
2003 4.4 +0 pp
2002 4.3 +0 pp
2001 4.3 +0 pp
2000 4.3 +0 pp
1999 4.2 +0 pp
1998 4.2 +0 pp
1997 4.2 +0 pp
1996 4.1 +0 pp
1995 4.1 +0 pp
1994 4.1 +0 pp
1993 4.1 +0 pp
1992 4 +0 pp
1991 4 +0 pp
1990 4 +0 pp
1989 4 +0 pp
1988 4 +0 pp
1987 4 +0 pp
1986 4 +0 pp
1985 4 −0 pp
1984 4 −0 pp
1983 4 −0 pp
1982 4 −0 pp
1981 4 −0 pp
1980 4 +0 pp
1979 4 +0 pp
1978 4 +0 pp
1977 4 +0 pp
1976 3.9 +0 pp
1975 3.9 +0 pp
1974 3.9 +0 pp
1973 3.8 +0 pp
1972 3.8 +0 pp
1971 3.8 +0 pp
1970 3.8 +0 pp
1969 3.8 +0 pp
1968 3.7 +0 pp
1967 3.7 +0 pp
1966 3.7 +0 pp
1965 3.7 +0 pp
1964 3.6 +0 pp
1963 3.6 +0 pp
1962 3.6 +0 pp
1961 3.5 +0 pp
1960 3.5

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.