Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Middle East & North Africa

Share of population aged 65 and over in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 5.2%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.9 pp.

2025 5.2% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 5.2%2025
Period minimum 3.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–202533.544.555.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.3%1962: 3.3%1964: 3.3%1966: 3.4%1968: 3.4%1970: 3.4%1972: 3.4%1974: 3.4%1976: 3.4%1978: 3.4%1980: 3.4%1982: 3.3%1984: 3.3%1986: 3.3%1988: 3.3%1990: 3.4%1992: 3.4%1994: 3.5%1996: 3.6%1998: 3.6%2000: 3.7%2002: 3.8%2004: 3.8%2006: 3.9%2008: 3.9%2010: 4%2012: 4%2014: 4.1%2016: 4.3%2018: 4.5%2020: 4.7%2022: 4.8%2024: 5.1%2025: 5.2%
Change over the period: +1.9 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 5.2%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 5.2 +0.1 pp
2024 5.1 +0.1 pp
2023 4.9 +0.1 pp
2022 4.8 +0.1 pp
2021 4.7 +0.1 pp
2020 4.7 +0.1 pp
2019 4.6 +0.1 pp
2018 4.5 +0.1 pp
2017 4.4 +0.1 pp
2016 4.3 +0.1 pp
2015 4.2 +0.1 pp
2014 4.1 +0.1 pp
2013 4.1 +0 pp
2012 4 +0 pp
2011 4 +0 pp
2010 4 +0 pp
2009 3.9 +0 pp
2008 3.9 +0 pp
2007 3.9 +0 pp
2006 3.9 +0 pp
2005 3.8 +0 pp
2004 3.8 +0 pp
2003 3.8 +0 pp
2002 3.8 +0 pp
2001 3.7 +0 pp
2000 3.7 +0 pp
1999 3.7 +0 pp
1998 3.6 +0 pp
1997 3.6 +0 pp
1996 3.6 +0 pp
1995 3.5 +0 pp
1994 3.5 +0 pp
1993 3.4 +0 pp
1992 3.4 +0 pp
1991 3.4 +0 pp
1990 3.4 +0 pp
1989 3.4 +0 pp
1988 3.3 +0 pp
1987 3.3 +0 pp
1986 3.3 +0 pp
1985 3.3 −0 pp
1984 3.3 −0 pp
1983 3.3 −0 pp
1982 3.3 −0 pp
1981 3.4 −0 pp
1980 3.4 −0 pp
1979 3.4 −0 pp
1978 3.4 −0 pp
1977 3.4 −0 pp
1976 3.4 −0 pp
1975 3.4 −0 pp
1974 3.4 +0 pp
1973 3.4 +0 pp
1972 3.4 +0 pp
1971 3.4 +0 pp
1970 3.4 +0 pp
1969 3.4 +0 pp
1968 3.4 +0 pp
1967 3.4 +0 pp
1966 3.4 +0 pp
1965 3.3 +0 pp
1964 3.3 +0 pp
1963 3.3 +0 pp
1962 3.3 +0 pp
1961 3.3 +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.