Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Singapore

Share of population aged 65 and over in Singapore in 2025 — 14.2%. Ranked 72 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.9 pp.

2025 14.2% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 72of 217
Period maximum 14.2%2025
Period minimum 2.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Singapore, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.4%1962: 2.5%1964: 2.7%1966: 2.9%1968: 3.1%1970: 3.4%1972: 3.6%1974: 3.9%1976: 4.2%1978: 4.5%1980: 4.7%1982: 4.8%1984: 5%1986: 5.3%1988: 5.5%1990: 5.6%1992: 5.7%1994: 5.8%1996: 5.8%1998: 5.9%2000: 6.2%2002: 6.4%2004: 6.8%2006: 7.2%2008: 7.2%2010: 7.3%2012: 7.8%2014: 8.6%2016: 9.4%2018: 10.5%2020: 11.6%2022: 12.7%2024: 13.7%2025: 14.2%
Change over the period: +11.9 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Singapore 14.2%
World 10.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 8.4%
High-income countries computed 20%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.2 +0.6 pp
2024 13.7 +0.6 pp
2023 13.1 +0.4 pp
2022 12.7 +0.4 pp
2021 12.3 +0.7 pp
2020 11.6 +0.6 pp
2019 11 +0.5 pp
2018 10.5 +0.5 pp
2017 10 +0.5 pp
2016 9.4 +0.4 pp
2015 9 +0.4 pp
2014 8.6 +0.4 pp
2013 8.2 +0.4 pp
2012 7.8 +0.3 pp
2011 7.5 +0.1 pp
2010 7.3 +0.1 pp
2009 7.2 +0.1 pp
2008 7.2 −0 pp
2007 7.2 +0 pp
2006 7.2 +0.1 pp
2005 7 +0.2 pp
2004 6.8 +0.2 pp
2003 6.6 +0.1 pp
2002 6.4 +0.1 pp
2001 6.4 +0.1 pp
2000 6.2 +0.2 pp
1999 6.1 +0.2 pp
1998 5.9 +0.1 pp
1997 5.9 +0 pp
1996 5.8 +0 pp
1995 5.8 +0 pp
1994 5.8 +0.1 pp
1993 5.7 +0.1 pp
1992 5.7 +0.1 pp
1991 5.6 +0 pp
1990 5.6 +0 pp
1989 5.6 +0 pp
1988 5.5 +0.1 pp
1987 5.4 +0.1 pp
1986 5.3 +0.2 pp
1985 5.2 +0.1 pp
1984 5 +0.1 pp
1983 4.9 +0.1 pp
1982 4.8 +0 pp
1981 4.8 +0 pp
1980 4.7 +0.1 pp
1979 4.6 +0.1 pp
1978 4.5 +0.2 pp
1977 4.3 +0.2 pp
1976 4.2 +0.2 pp
1975 4 +0.2 pp
1974 3.9 +0.1 pp
1973 3.7 +0.1 pp
1972 3.6 +0.1 pp
1971 3.5 +0.1 pp
1970 3.4 +0.1 pp
1969 3.2 +0.1 pp
1968 3.1 +0.1 pp
1967 3 +0.1 pp
1966 2.9 +0.1 pp
1965 2.8 +0.1 pp
1964 2.7 +0.1 pp
1963 2.6 +0.1 pp
1962 2.5 +0.1 pp
1961 2.4 +0.1 pp
1960 2.4

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.