Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Moldova

Share of population aged 65 and over in Moldova in 2025 — 16.9%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.9 pp.

2025 16.9% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 217
Period maximum 16.9%2025
Period minimum 4.9%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Moldova, 1960–20250510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.9%1962: 5.1%1964: 5.4%1966: 5.8%1968: 6.1%1970: 6.4%1972: 6.5%1974: 6.7%1976: 7.1%1978: 7.4%1980: 7.3%1982: 7.4%1984: 7.4%1986: 7.6%1988: 8%1990: 8.4%1992: 8.8%1994: 9.3%1996: 9.7%1998: 9.9%2000: 10.1%2002: 10.4%2004: 10.5%2006: 10.7%2008: 10.9%2010: 10.7%2012: 10.5%2014: 11.1%2016: 12.3%2018: 13.3%2020: 14.3%2022: 15.1%2024: 16.2%2025: 16.9%
Change over the period: +11.9 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Moldova 16.9%
World 10.4%
Eastern Europe computed 18.9%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.9 +0.6 pp
2024 16.2 +0.6 pp
2023 15.6 +0.5 pp
2022 15.1 +0.4 pp
2021 14.7 +0.4 pp
2020 14.3 +0.5 pp
2019 13.8 +0.5 pp
2018 13.3 +0.5 pp
2017 12.8 +0.5 pp
2016 12.3 +0.6 pp
2015 11.7 +0.6 pp
2014 11.1 +0.5 pp
2013 10.6 +0.1 pp
2012 10.5 −0.1 pp
2011 10.5 −0.1 pp
2010 10.7 −0.2 pp
2009 10.8 −0.1 pp
2008 10.9 +0 pp
2007 10.9 +0.1 pp
2006 10.7 +0.1 pp
2005 10.6 +0.1 pp
2004 10.5 +0 pp
2003 10.5 +0.1 pp
2002 10.4 +0.1 pp
2001 10.2 +0.1 pp
2000 10.1 +0.1 pp
1999 10 +0.1 pp
1998 9.9 +0.1 pp
1997 9.8 +0.1 pp
1996 9.7 +0.2 pp
1995 9.5 +0.2 pp
1994 9.3 +0.2 pp
1993 9.1 +0.3 pp
1992 8.8 +0.2 pp
1991 8.6 +0.2 pp
1990 8.4 +0.2 pp
1989 8.2 +0.2 pp
1988 8 +0.2 pp
1987 7.8 +0.2 pp
1986 7.6 +0.1 pp
1985 7.5 +0.1 pp
1984 7.4 +0 pp
1983 7.4 +0 pp
1982 7.4 −0 pp
1981 7.4 +0 pp
1980 7.3 −0.1 pp
1979 7.4 −0 pp
1978 7.4 +0.2 pp
1977 7.3 +0.2 pp
1976 7.1 +0.2 pp
1975 6.9 +0.2 pp
1974 6.7 +0.1 pp
1973 6.6 +0.1 pp
1972 6.5 +0.1 pp
1971 6.4 +0.1 pp
1970 6.4 +0.1 pp
1969 6.3 +0.2 pp
1968 6.1 +0.2 pp
1967 6 +0.2 pp
1966 5.8 +0.2 pp
1965 5.6 +0.2 pp
1964 5.4 +0.1 pp
1963 5.3 +0.1 pp
1962 5.1 +0.1 pp
1961 5 +0.1 pp
1960 4.9

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.