Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Share of population aged 65 and over in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2025 — 12.3%. Ranked 84 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.3 pp.

2025 12.3% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 84of 217
Period maximum 12.3%2025
Period minimum 3.9%1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.9%1962: 3.9%1964: 4%1966: 4.1%1968: 4.3%1970: 4.6%1972: 4.8%1974: 5%1976: 5.2%1978: 5.5%1980: 5.7%1982: 5.7%1984: 5.8%1986: 5.9%1988: 6%1990: 6.3%1992: 6.5%1994: 6.6%1996: 6.7%1998: 6.8%2000: 7%2002: 7.2%2004: 7.5%2006: 7.8%2008: 8.1%2010: 8.5%2012: 9%2014: 9.3%2016: 9.7%2018: 10.2%2020: 10.8%2022: 11.2%2024: 11.9%2025: 12.3%
Change over the period: +8.3 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.3%
World 10.4%
Caribbean computed 11.2%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.3 +0.4 pp
2024 11.9 +0.3 pp
2023 11.6 +0.3 pp
2022 11.2 +0.3 pp
2021 11 +0.2 pp
2020 10.8 +0.2 pp
2019 10.5 +0.3 pp
2018 10.2 +0.3 pp
2017 10 +0.2 pp
2016 9.7 +0.2 pp
2015 9.5 +0.2 pp
2014 9.3 +0.2 pp
2013 9.1 +0.2 pp
2012 9 +0.2 pp
2011 8.7 +0.3 pp
2010 8.5 +0.2 pp
2009 8.2 +0.2 pp
2008 8.1 +0.1 pp
2007 7.9 +0.1 pp
2006 7.8 +0.1 pp
2005 7.6 +0.1 pp
2004 7.5 +0.1 pp
2003 7.4 +0.1 pp
2002 7.2 +0.1 pp
2001 7.1 +0.1 pp
2000 7 +0.1 pp
1999 6.9 +0.1 pp
1998 6.8 +0.1 pp
1997 6.8 +0.1 pp
1996 6.7 +0.1 pp
1995 6.6 +0 pp
1994 6.6 +0 pp
1993 6.5 +0.1 pp
1992 6.5 +0.1 pp
1991 6.4 +0.1 pp
1990 6.3 +0.1 pp
1989 6.2 +0.1 pp
1988 6 +0.1 pp
1987 6 +0.1 pp
1986 5.9 +0.1 pp
1985 5.8 +0 pp
1984 5.8 +0 pp
1983 5.7 +0 pp
1982 5.7 +0 pp
1981 5.7 +0 pp
1980 5.7 +0.1 pp
1979 5.6 +0.1 pp
1978 5.5 +0.1 pp
1977 5.4 +0.1 pp
1976 5.2 +0.1 pp
1975 5.1 +0.1 pp
1974 5 +0.1 pp
1973 4.9 +0.1 pp
1972 4.8 +0.1 pp
1971 4.7 +0.1 pp
1970 4.6 +0.1 pp
1969 4.5 +0.1 pp
1968 4.3 +0.1 pp
1967 4.2 +0.1 pp
1966 4.1 +0.1 pp
1965 4.1 +0.1 pp
1964 4 +0.1 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.