Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Paraguay

Share of population aged 65 and over in Paraguay in 2025 — 6.7%. Ranked 129 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.8 pp.

2025 6.7% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 129of 217
Period maximum 6.7%2025
Period minimum 3.8%1989

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Paraguay, 1960–20253456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.9%1962: 3.9%1964: 3.9%1966: 4%1968: 4%1970: 4%1972: 4%1974: 4%1976: 4.1%1978: 4.2%1980: 4.3%1982: 4.2%1984: 4%1986: 3.8%1988: 3.8%1990: 3.8%1992: 3.8%1994: 3.9%1996: 4%1998: 4%2000: 4%2002: 4.1%2004: 4.3%2006: 4.5%2008: 4.7%2010: 5%2012: 5.2%2014: 5.4%2016: 5.7%2018: 5.9%2020: 6.2%2022: 6.2%2024: 6.5%2025: 6.7%
Change over the period: +2.8 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Paraguay 6.7%
World 10.4%
South America computed 11%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.7 +0.2 pp
2024 6.5 +0.2 pp
2023 6.4 +0.1 pp
2022 6.2 +0 pp
2021 6.2 +0 pp
2020 6.2 +0.1 pp
2019 6 +0.1 pp
2018 5.9 +0.1 pp
2017 5.8 +0.1 pp
2016 5.7 +0.1 pp
2015 5.6 +0.1 pp
2014 5.4 +0.1 pp
2013 5.3 +0.1 pp
2012 5.2 +0.1 pp
2011 5.1 +0.1 pp
2010 5 +0.1 pp
2009 4.9 +0.1 pp
2008 4.7 +0.1 pp
2007 4.6 +0.1 pp
2006 4.5 +0.1 pp
2005 4.4 +0.1 pp
2004 4.3 +0.1 pp
2003 4.2 +0.1 pp
2002 4.1 +0.1 pp
2001 4 +0 pp
2000 4 +0 pp
1999 4 +0 pp
1998 4 +0 pp
1997 4 +0 pp
1996 4 +0 pp
1995 3.9 +0 pp
1994 3.9 +0 pp
1993 3.9 +0 pp
1992 3.8 +0 pp
1991 3.8 +0 pp
1990 3.8 +0 pp
1989 3.8 −0 pp
1988 3.8 −0 pp
1987 3.8 −0 pp
1986 3.8 −0.1 pp
1985 3.9 −0.1 pp
1984 4 −0.1 pp
1983 4.1 −0.1 pp
1982 4.2 −0.1 pp
1981 4.3 −0 pp
1980 4.3 +0 pp
1979 4.3 +0 pp
1978 4.2 +0.1 pp
1977 4.2 +0.1 pp
1976 4.1 +0.1 pp
1975 4 +0 pp
1974 4 +0 pp
1973 4 +0 pp
1972 4 −0 pp
1971 4 −0 pp
1970 4 −0 pp
1969 4 +0 pp
1968 4 +0 pp
1967 4 +0 pp
1966 4 +0 pp
1965 4 +0 pp
1964 3.9 +0 pp
1963 3.9 +0 pp
1962 3.9 −0 pp
1961 3.9 −0 pp
1960 3.9

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.