Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Mercosur

Share of population aged 65 and over in Mercosur in 2025 — 11.4%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8 pp.

2025 11.4% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 11.4%2025
Period minimum 3.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Mercosur, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.3%1962: 3.4%1964: 3.5%1966: 3.6%1968: 3.7%1970: 3.8%1972: 3.9%1974: 4.1%1976: 4.2%1978: 4.3%1980: 4.4%1982: 4.5%1984: 4.6%1986: 4.7%1988: 4.8%1990: 5%1992: 5.2%1994: 5.4%1996: 5.6%1998: 5.8%2000: 6%2002: 6.2%2004: 6.4%2006: 6.6%2008: 6.9%2010: 7.3%2012: 7.7%2014: 8.1%2016: 8.7%2018: 9.2%2020: 9.8%2022: 10.3%2024: 11%2025: 11.4%
Change over the period: +8 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 11.4%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.4 +0.4 pp
2024 11 +0.4 pp
2023 10.6 +0.3 pp
2022 10.3 +0.3 pp
2021 10 +0.3 pp
2020 9.8 +0.3 pp
2019 9.5 +0.3 pp
2018 9.2 +0.3 pp
2017 8.9 +0.3 pp
2016 8.7 +0.3 pp
2015 8.4 +0.3 pp
2014 8.1 +0.2 pp
2013 7.9 +0.2 pp
2012 7.7 +0.2 pp
2011 7.5 +0.2 pp
2010 7.3 +0.2 pp
2009 7.1 +0.2 pp
2008 6.9 +0.2 pp
2007 6.8 +0.1 pp
2006 6.6 +0.1 pp
2005 6.5 +0.1 pp
2004 6.4 +0.1 pp
2003 6.3 +0.1 pp
2002 6.2 +0.1 pp
2001 6.1 +0.1 pp
2000 6 +0.1 pp
1999 5.9 +0.1 pp
1998 5.8 +0.1 pp
1997 5.7 +0.1 pp
1996 5.6 +0.1 pp
1995 5.5 +0.1 pp
1994 5.4 +0.1 pp
1993 5.3 +0.1 pp
1992 5.2 +0.1 pp
1991 5.1 +0.1 pp
1990 5 +0.1 pp
1989 4.9 +0.1 pp
1988 4.8 +0.1 pp
1987 4.7 +0.1 pp
1986 4.7 +0.1 pp
1985 4.6 +0 pp
1984 4.6 +0 pp
1983 4.5 +0 pp
1982 4.5 +0 pp
1981 4.5 +0 pp
1980 4.4 +0 pp
1979 4.4 +0.1 pp
1978 4.3 +0.1 pp
1977 4.3 +0.1 pp
1976 4.2 +0.1 pp
1975 4.1 +0.1 pp
1974 4.1 +0.1 pp
1973 4 +0.1 pp
1972 3.9 +0.1 pp
1971 3.9 +0.1 pp
1970 3.8 +0.1 pp
1969 3.8 +0.1 pp
1968 3.7 +0.1 pp
1967 3.7 +0.1 pp
1966 3.6 +0.1 pp
1965 3.6 +0 pp
1964 3.5 +0 pp
1963 3.5 +0 pp
1962 3.4 +0 pp
1961 3.4 +0 pp
1960 3.3

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.