Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Morocco

Share of population aged 65 and over in Morocco in 2025 — 8.5%. Ranked 114 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5.6 pp.

2025 8.5% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 114of 217
Period maximum 8.5%2025
Period minimum 2.6%1983

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Morocco, 1960–202502.557.51019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.8%1962: 2.9%1964: 2.9%1966: 3%1968: 3.1%1970: 3.1%1972: 3.1%1974: 3.1%1976: 3%1978: 2.8%1980: 2.7%1982: 2.6%1984: 2.6%1986: 2.7%1988: 2.8%1990: 3.1%1992: 3.3%1994: 3.6%1996: 3.9%1998: 4.1%2000: 4.3%2002: 4.5%2004: 4.7%2006: 4.8%2008: 5%2010: 5.2%2012: 5.4%2014: 5.6%2016: 6%2018: 6.5%2020: 7%2022: 7.5%2024: 8.1%2025: 8.5%
Change over the period: +5.6 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Morocco 8.5%
World 10.4%
Northern Africa computed 5.8%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.5 +0.3 pp
2024 8.1 +0.3 pp
2023 7.8 +0.3 pp
2022 7.5 +0.3 pp
2021 7.2 +0.2 pp
2020 7 +0.3 pp
2019 6.7 +0.3 pp
2018 6.5 +0.2 pp
2017 6.2 +0.2 pp
2016 6 +0.2 pp
2015 5.8 +0.2 pp
2014 5.6 +0.1 pp
2013 5.5 +0.1 pp
2012 5.4 +0.1 pp
2011 5.3 +0.1 pp
2010 5.2 +0.1 pp
2009 5.1 +0.1 pp
2008 5 +0.1 pp
2007 4.9 +0.1 pp
2006 4.8 +0.1 pp
2005 4.7 +0.1 pp
2004 4.7 +0.1 pp
2003 4.6 +0.1 pp
2002 4.5 +0.1 pp
2001 4.4 +0.1 pp
2000 4.3 +0.1 pp
1999 4.2 +0.1 pp
1998 4.1 +0.1 pp
1997 4 +0.1 pp
1996 3.9 +0.1 pp
1995 3.8 +0.1 pp
1994 3.6 +0.1 pp
1993 3.5 +0.1 pp
1992 3.3 +0.1 pp
1991 3.2 +0.1 pp
1990 3.1 +0.1 pp
1989 2.9 +0.1 pp
1988 2.8 +0.1 pp
1987 2.8 +0.1 pp
1986 2.7 +0 pp
1985 2.6 +0 pp
1984 2.6 +0 pp
1983 2.6 −0 pp
1982 2.6 −0 pp
1981 2.7 −0 pp
1980 2.7 −0.1 pp
1979 2.8 −0.1 pp
1978 2.8 −0.1 pp
1977 2.9 −0.1 pp
1976 3 −0.1 pp
1975 3 −0 pp
1974 3.1 −0 pp
1973 3.1 −0 pp
1972 3.1 −0 pp
1971 3.1 −0 pp
1970 3.1 +0 pp
1969 3.1 +0 pp
1968 3.1 +0 pp
1967 3.1 +0 pp
1966 3 +0 pp
1965 3 +0 pp
1964 2.9 +0 pp
1963 2.9 +0 pp
1962 2.9 +0 pp
1961 2.8 +0 pp
1960 2.8

Northern Africa, 2025

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

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.