Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Samoa

Share of population aged 65 and over in Samoa in 2025 — 6.1%. Ranked 137 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.3 pp.

2025 6.1% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 137of 217
Period maximum 6.1%2025
Period minimum 2.8%1964

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Samoa, 1960–202523456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.8%1962: 2.8%1964: 2.8%1966: 2.8%1968: 2.8%1970: 2.9%1972: 2.9%1974: 2.9%1976: 2.9%1978: 2.9%1980: 3%1982: 3%1984: 3.2%1986: 3.3%1988: 3.5%1990: 3.7%1992: 4%1994: 4.1%1996: 4.3%1998: 4.4%2000: 4.5%2002: 4.5%2004: 4.7%2006: 4.8%2008: 4.9%2010: 4.9%2012: 4.9%2014: 4.9%2016: 4.9%2018: 5.1%2020: 5.3%2022: 5.6%2024: 5.9%2025: 6.1%
Change over the period: +3.3 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Samoa 6.1%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.1 +0.2 pp
2024 5.9 +0.2 pp
2023 5.7 +0.1 pp
2022 5.6 +0.1 pp
2021 5.4 +0.1 pp
2020 5.3 +0.1 pp
2019 5.2 +0.1 pp
2018 5.1 +0.1 pp
2017 4.9 +0.1 pp
2016 4.9 +0 pp
2015 4.9 −0 pp
2014 4.9 −0 pp
2013 4.9 −0 pp
2012 4.9 −0 pp
2011 4.9 +0 pp
2010 4.9 +0 pp
2009 4.9 +0 pp
2008 4.9 +0 pp
2007 4.8 +0 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 pp
2001 4.5 +0 pp
2000 4.5 +0 pp
1999 4.4 +0.1 pp
1998 4.4 +0.1 pp
1997 4.3 +0.1 pp
1996 4.3 +0.1 pp
1995 4.2 +0.1 pp
1994 4.1 +0.1 pp
1993 4.1 +0.1 pp
1992 4 +0.1 pp
1991 3.9 +0.1 pp
1990 3.7 +0.1 pp
1989 3.6 +0.1 pp
1988 3.5 +0.1 pp
1987 3.4 +0.1 pp
1986 3.3 +0.1 pp
1985 3.2 +0.1 pp
1984 3.2 +0.1 pp
1983 3.1 +0.1 pp
1982 3 +0 pp
1981 3 +0 pp
1980 3 +0 pp
1979 3 +0 pp
1978 2.9 +0 pp
1977 2.9 +0 pp
1976 2.9 +0 pp
1975 2.9 −0 pp
1974 2.9 +0 pp
1973 2.9 +0 pp
1972 2.9 +0 pp
1971 2.9 +0 pp
1970 2.9 +0 pp
1969 2.9 +0 pp
1968 2.8 +0 pp
1967 2.8 +0 pp
1966 2.8 +0 pp
1965 2.8 +0 pp
1964 2.8 −0 pp
1963 2.8 −0 pp
1962 2.8 −0 pp
1961 2.8 −0 pp
1960 2.8

Polynesia, 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.