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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Somalia

Share of population aged 65 and over in Somalia in 2025 — 2.6%. Ranked 206 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.5 pp.

2025 2.6% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 206of 217
Period maximum 3.4%1973
Period minimum 2.3%2012

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Somalia, 1960–202522.533.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.2%1962: 3.2%1964: 3.3%1966: 3.3%1968: 3.4%1970: 3.4%1972: 3.4%1974: 3.4%1976: 3.4%1978: 3.3%1980: 3.3%1982: 3.3%1984: 3.2%1986: 3.2%1988: 3.1%1990: 3.1%1992: 2.8%1994: 2.7%1996: 2.7%1998: 2.6%2000: 2.6%2002: 2.6%2004: 2.6%2006: 2.5%2008: 2.5%2010: 2.4%2012: 2.3%2014: 2.4%2016: 2.4%2018: 2.5%2020: 2.5%2022: 2.5%2024: 2.6%2025: 2.6%
Change over the period: −0.5 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 2.6%
World 10.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.2%
Eastern Africa computed 3%
Low-income countries computed 3.3%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.6 +0 pp
2024 2.6 +0 pp
2023 2.6 +0 pp
2022 2.5 +0 pp
2021 2.5 −0 pp
2020 2.5 +0 pp
2019 2.5 +0 pp
2018 2.5 +0 pp
2017 2.5 +0 pp
2016 2.4 +0 pp
2015 2.4 +0 pp
2014 2.4 +0 pp
2013 2.4 +0 pp
2012 2.3 −0 pp
2011 2.4 −0 pp
2010 2.4 −0 pp
2009 2.4 −0 pp
2008 2.5 −0 pp
2007 2.5 −0 pp
2006 2.5 −0 pp
2005 2.5 −0 pp
2004 2.6 −0 pp
2003 2.6 −0 pp
2002 2.6 −0 pp
2001 2.6 −0 pp
2000 2.6 −0 pp
1999 2.6 −0 pp
1998 2.6 −0 pp
1997 2.7 −0 pp
1996 2.7 −0 pp
1995 2.7 −0 pp
1994 2.7 −0 pp
1993 2.8 −0.1 pp
1992 2.8 −0.1 pp
1991 3 −0.1 pp
1990 3.1 −0 pp
1989 3.1 −0 pp
1988 3.1 −0 pp
1987 3.2 −0 pp
1986 3.2 −0 pp
1985 3.2 −0 pp
1984 3.2 −0 pp
1983 3.3 −0 pp
1982 3.3 −0 pp
1981 3.3 −0 pp
1980 3.3 −0 pp
1979 3.3 −0 pp
1978 3.3 −0 pp
1977 3.4 −0 pp
1976 3.4 −0 pp
1975 3.4 −0 pp
1974 3.4 −0 pp
1973 3.4 +0 pp
1972 3.4 +0 pp
1971 3.4 +0 pp
1970 3.4 +0 pp
1969 3.4 +0 pp
1968 3.4 +0 pp
1967 3.3 +0 pp
1966 3.3 +0 pp
1965 3.3 +0 pp
1964 3.3 +0 pp
1963 3.3 +0 pp
1962 3.2 +0 pp
1961 3.2 +0 pp
1960 3.2 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MU Mauritius 14.1 SC Seychelles 8.7 DJ Djibouti 5 KM Comoros 4.5 ER Eritrea 4.3 RW Rwanda 4 ZW Zimbabwe 3.6 MG Madagascar 3.5 ET Ethiopia 3.3 SS South Sudan 3.1 TZ Tanzania 3 KE Kenya 3 MZ Mozambique 2.7 SO Somalia 2.6 MW Malawi 2.6 BI Burundi 2.5 UG Uganda 2.2 ZM Zambia 2
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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.

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