Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — OECD

Share of population aged 65 and over in the OECD in 2025 — 19%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10.8 pp.

2025 19% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 19%2025
Period minimum 8.2%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — OECD, 1960–2025510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.2%1962: 8.4%1964: 8.6%1966: 8.8%1968: 9%1970: 9.3%1972: 9.5%1974: 9.7%1976: 10%1978: 10.2%1980: 10.4%1982: 10.4%1984: 10.4%1986: 10.7%1988: 11%1990: 11.3%1992: 11.6%1994: 11.9%1996: 12.1%1998: 12.4%2000: 12.7%2002: 13%2004: 13.3%2006: 13.7%2008: 14%2010: 14.4%2012: 14.9%2014: 15.5%2016: 16.1%2018: 16.7%2020: 17.3%2022: 17.9%2024: 18.6%2025: 19%
Change over the period: +10.8 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 19%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 19 +0.4 pp
2024 18.6 +0.4 pp
2023 18.2 +0.4 pp
2022 17.9 +0.3 pp
2021 17.6 +0.3 pp
2020 17.3 +0.3 pp
2019 17 +0.3 pp
2018 16.7 +0.3 pp
2017 16.4 +0.3 pp
2016 16.1 +0.3 pp
2015 15.8 +0.3 pp
2014 15.5 +0.3 pp
2013 15.2 +0.3 pp
2012 14.9 +0.3 pp
2011 14.6 +0.2 pp
2010 14.4 +0.2 pp
2009 14.2 +0.2 pp
2008 14 +0.2 pp
2007 13.8 +0.2 pp
2006 13.7 +0.2 pp
2005 13.5 +0.2 pp
2004 13.3 +0.2 pp
2003 13.1 +0.1 pp
2002 13 +0.1 pp
2001 12.8 +0.2 pp
2000 12.7 +0.1 pp
1999 12.5 +0.1 pp
1998 12.4 +0.1 pp
1997 12.3 +0.1 pp
1996 12.1 +0.1 pp
1995 12 +0.1 pp
1994 11.9 +0.2 pp
1993 11.7 +0.1 pp
1992 11.6 +0.1 pp
1991 11.5 +0.1 pp
1990 11.3 +0.1 pp
1989 11.2 +0.2 pp
1988 11 +0.2 pp
1987 10.9 +0.2 pp
1986 10.7 +0.2 pp
1985 10.6 +0.1 pp
1984 10.4 +0 pp
1983 10.4 −0 pp
1982 10.4 −0 pp
1981 10.4 +0 pp
1980 10.4 +0.1 pp
1979 10.4 +0.1 pp
1978 10.2 +0.1 pp
1977 10.1 +0.1 pp
1976 10 +0.1 pp
1975 9.8 +0.1 pp
1974 9.7 +0.1 pp
1973 9.6 +0.1 pp
1972 9.5 +0.1 pp
1971 9.4 +0.1 pp
1970 9.3 +0.1 pp
1969 9.1 +0.1 pp
1968 9 +0.1 pp
1967 8.9 +0.1 pp
1966 8.8 +0.1 pp
1965 8.7 +0.1 pp
1964 8.6 +0.1 pp
1963 8.5 +0.1 pp
1962 8.4 +0.1 pp
1961 8.3 +0.1 pp
1960 8.2

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.