Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Mauritania

Share of population aged 65 and over in Mauritania in 2025 — 3.2%. Ranked 186 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.9 pp.

2025 3.2% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 186of 217
Period maximum 3.8%2012
Period minimum 2.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Mauritania, 1960–202522.533.5419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.3%1962: 2.4%1964: 2.6%1966: 2.7%1968: 2.7%1970: 2.8%1972: 2.9%1974: 2.9%1976: 3%1978: 3%1980: 3%1982: 3%1984: 3%1986: 3.1%1988: 3.1%1990: 3.1%1992: 3.1%1994: 3.1%1996: 3.1%1998: 3.1%2000: 3.1%2002: 3.1%2004: 3.1%2006: 3.2%2008: 3.3%2010: 3.5%2012: 3.8%2014: 3.6%2016: 3.5%2018: 3.3%2020: 3.3%2022: 3.2%2024: 3.2%2025: 3.2%
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: Mauritania

Mauritania 3.2%
World 10.4%
Western Africa computed 3.1%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 3.2 +0 pp
2024 3.2 +0 pp
2023 3.2 +0 pp
2022 3.2 −0 pp
2021 3.2 −0 pp
2020 3.3 −0 pp
2019 3.3 −0 pp
2018 3.3 −0.1 pp
2017 3.4 −0.1 pp
2016 3.5 −0.1 pp
2015 3.5 −0.1 pp
2014 3.6 −0.1 pp
2013 3.8 −0 pp
2012 3.8 +0.1 pp
2011 3.7 +0.1 pp
2010 3.5 +0.1 pp
2009 3.4 +0.2 pp
2008 3.3 +0.1 pp
2007 3.2 +0 pp
2006 3.2 +0 pp
2005 3.1 +0 pp
2004 3.1 +0 pp
2003 3.1 +0 pp
2002 3.1 +0 pp
2001 3.1 +0 pp
2000 3.1 +0 pp
1999 3.1 +0 pp
1998 3.1 +0 pp
1997 3.1 +0 pp
1996 3.1 +0 pp
1995 3.1 −0 pp
1994 3.1 −0 pp
1993 3.1 −0 pp
1992 3.1 −0 pp
1991 3.1 +0 pp
1990 3.1 +0 pp
1989 3.1 +0 pp
1988 3.1 +0 pp
1987 3.1 +0 pp
1986 3.1 +0 pp
1985 3.1 +0 pp
1984 3 +0 pp
1983 3 +0 pp
1982 3 +0 pp
1981 3 +0 pp
1980 3 +0 pp
1979 3 +0 pp
1978 3 +0 pp
1977 3 +0 pp
1976 3 +0 pp
1975 2.9 +0 pp
1974 2.9 +0 pp
1973 2.9 +0 pp
1972 2.9 +0 pp
1971 2.8 +0 pp
1970 2.8 +0 pp
1969 2.8 +0 pp
1968 2.7 +0 pp
1967 2.7 +0 pp
1966 2.7 +0 pp
1965 2.6 +0.1 pp
1964 2.6 +0.1 pp
1963 2.5 +0.1 pp
1962 2.4 +0.1 pp
1961 2.4 +0.1 pp
1960 2.3

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.