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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Mauritius

Share of population aged 65 and over in Mauritius in 2025 — 14.1%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.1 pp.

2025 14.1% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 14.1%2025
Period minimum 3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Mauritius, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3%1962: 3.2%1964: 3.3%1966: 3.4%1968: 3.5%1970: 3.6%1972: 3.7%1974: 3.9%1976: 4%1978: 4.2%1980: 4.3%1982: 4.5%1984: 4.6%1986: 4.8%1988: 5%1990: 5.3%1992: 5.6%1994: 5.8%1996: 5.9%1998: 6%2000: 6.1%2002: 6.3%2004: 6.4%2006: 6.6%2008: 6.8%2010: 7.2%2012: 7.7%2014: 8.4%2016: 9.4%2018: 10.4%2020: 11.4%2022: 12.4%2024: 13.5%2025: 14.1%
Change over the period: +11.1 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius 14.1%
World 10.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.2%
Eastern Africa computed 3%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 12.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.1 +0.6 pp
2024 13.5 +0.6 pp
2023 12.9 +0.5 pp
2022 12.4 +0.5 pp
2021 11.9 +0.5 pp
2020 11.4 +0.5 pp
2019 10.9 +0.5 pp
2018 10.4 +0.5 pp
2017 9.9 +0.5 pp
2016 9.4 +0.5 pp
2015 8.9 +0.5 pp
2014 8.4 +0.4 pp
2013 8 +0.3 pp
2012 7.7 +0.3 pp
2011 7.4 +0.2 pp
2010 7.2 +0.2 pp
2009 7 +0.2 pp
2008 6.8 +0.1 pp
2007 6.7 +0.1 pp
2006 6.6 +0.1 pp
2005 6.5 +0.1 pp
2004 6.4 +0.1 pp
2003 6.4 +0.1 pp
2002 6.3 +0.1 pp
2001 6.2 +0.1 pp
2000 6.1 +0.1 pp
1999 6 +0.1 pp
1998 6 +0 pp
1997 5.9 +0 pp
1996 5.9 +0 pp
1995 5.9 +0.1 pp
1994 5.8 +0.1 pp
1993 5.7 +0.1 pp
1992 5.6 +0.1 pp
1991 5.5 +0.2 pp
1990 5.3 +0.2 pp
1989 5.2 +0.2 pp
1988 5 +0.1 pp
1987 4.9 +0.1 pp
1986 4.8 +0.1 pp
1985 4.7 +0.1 pp
1984 4.6 +0.1 pp
1983 4.5 +0.1 pp
1982 4.5 +0.1 pp
1981 4.4 +0.1 pp
1980 4.3 +0.1 pp
1979 4.3 +0.1 pp
1978 4.2 +0.1 pp
1977 4.1 +0.1 pp
1976 4 +0.1 pp
1975 4 +0.1 pp
1974 3.9 +0.1 pp
1973 3.8 +0.1 pp
1972 3.7 +0.1 pp
1971 3.6 +0 pp
1970 3.6 +0 pp
1969 3.6 +0 pp
1968 3.5 +0 pp
1967 3.5 +0.1 pp
1966 3.4 +0.1 pp
1965 3.4 +0.1 pp
1964 3.3 +0 pp
1963 3.3 +0.1 pp
1962 3.2 +0.1 pp
1961 3.1 +0.1 pp
1960 3 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

MU Mauritius 14.1 SC Seychelles 8.7 DJ Djibouti 5 KM Comoros 4.5 ER Eritrea 4.3 RW Rwanda 4 ZW Zimbabwe 3.6 MG Madagascar 3.5 ET Ethiopia 3.3 SS South Sudan 3.1 TZ Tanzania 3 KE Kenya 3 MZ Mozambique 2.7 SO Somalia 2.6 MW Malawi 2.6 BI Burundi 2.5 UG Uganda 2.2 ZM Zambia 2
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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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