Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Myanmar

Share of population aged 65 and over in Myanmar in 2025 — 7.5%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4 pp.

2025 7.5% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 120of 217
Period maximum 7.5%2025
Period minimum 3.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Myanmar, 1960–2025246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.5%1962: 3.6%1964: 3.6%1966: 3.7%1968: 3.8%1970: 3.8%1972: 3.9%1974: 4%1976: 4%1978: 4.1%1980: 4.1%1982: 4.2%1984: 4.3%1986: 4.3%1988: 4.4%1990: 4.5%1992: 4.6%1994: 4.7%1996: 4.8%1998: 4.9%2000: 5%2002: 5.1%2004: 5.1%2006: 5.2%2008: 5.2%2010: 5.2%2012: 5.3%2014: 5.5%2016: 5.8%2018: 6.1%2020: 6.5%2022: 6.9%2024: 7.3%2025: 7.5%
Change over the period: +4 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Myanmar 7.5%
World 10.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 8.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 7.5 +0.2 pp
2024 7.3 +0.2 pp
2023 7.1 +0.2 pp
2022 6.9 +0.2 pp
2021 6.7 +0.2 pp
2020 6.5 +0.2 pp
2019 6.3 +0.2 pp
2018 6.1 +0.2 pp
2017 6 +0.2 pp
2016 5.8 +0.2 pp
2015 5.6 +0.1 pp
2014 5.5 +0.1 pp
2013 5.4 +0.1 pp
2012 5.3 +0.1 pp
2011 5.3 +0 pp
2010 5.2 +0 pp
2009 5.2 +0 pp
2008 5.2 +0 pp
2007 5.2 +0 pp
2006 5.2 +0 pp
2005 5.1 +0 pp
2004 5.1 +0 pp
2003 5.1 +0 pp
2002 5.1 +0 pp
2001 5 +0 pp
2000 5 +0 pp
1999 5 +0 pp
1998 4.9 +0.1 pp
1997 4.9 +0.1 pp
1996 4.8 +0.1 pp
1995 4.7 +0.1 pp
1994 4.7 +0.1 pp
1993 4.6 +0.1 pp
1992 4.6 +0.1 pp
1991 4.5 +0 pp
1990 4.5 +0 pp
1989 4.4 +0 pp
1988 4.4 +0 pp
1987 4.4 +0 pp
1986 4.3 +0 pp
1985 4.3 +0 pp
1984 4.3 +0 pp
1983 4.2 +0 pp
1982 4.2 +0 pp
1981 4.2 +0 pp
1980 4.1 +0 pp
1979 4.1 +0 pp
1978 4.1 +0 pp
1977 4 +0 pp
1976 4 +0 pp
1975 4 +0 pp
1974 4 +0 pp
1973 3.9 +0 pp
1972 3.9 +0 pp
1971 3.9 +0 pp
1970 3.8 +0 pp
1969 3.8 +0 pp
1968 3.8 +0 pp
1967 3.7 +0 pp
1966 3.7 +0 pp
1965 3.6 +0 pp
1964 3.6 +0 pp
1963 3.6 +0 pp
1962 3.6 +0 pp
1961 3.5 +0 pp
1960 3.5

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.