Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Caribbean

Share of population aged 65 and over in the Caribbean in 2025 — 11.2%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7.3 pp.

2025 11.2% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 11.2%2025
Period minimum 3.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Caribbean, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.8%1962: 3.9%1964: 4.1%1966: 4.2%1968: 4.4%1970: 4.7%1972: 4.9%1974: 5.1%1976: 5.3%1978: 5.6%1980: 5.8%1982: 5.9%1984: 6%1986: 6.1%1988: 6.1%1990: 6.2%1992: 6.3%1994: 6.3%1996: 6.5%1998: 6.6%2000: 6.8%2002: 7.1%2004: 7.3%2006: 7.6%2008: 7.9%2010: 8.2%2012: 8.5%2014: 8.8%2016: 9.2%2018: 9.6%2020: 10.1%2022: 10.4%2024: 10.9%2025: 11.2%
Change over the period: +7.3 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Caribbean 11.2%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11.2 +0.3 pp
2024 10.9 +0.3 pp
2023 10.6 +0.2 pp
2022 10.4 +0.2 pp
2021 10.2 +0.2 pp
2020 10.1 +0.2 pp
2019 9.9 +0.2 pp
2018 9.6 +0.2 pp
2017 9.4 +0.2 pp
2016 9.2 +0.2 pp
2015 9 +0.2 pp
2014 8.8 +0.2 pp
2013 8.7 +0.2 pp
2012 8.5 +0.1 pp
2011 8.3 +0.1 pp
2010 8.2 +0.1 pp
2009 8.1 +0.1 pp
2008 7.9 +0.2 pp
2007 7.8 +0.1 pp
2006 7.6 +0.1 pp
2005 7.5 +0.1 pp
2004 7.3 +0.1 pp
2003 7.2 +0.1 pp
2002 7.1 +0.1 pp
2001 6.9 +0.1 pp
2000 6.8 +0.1 pp
1999 6.7 +0.1 pp
1998 6.6 +0.1 pp
1997 6.6 +0.1 pp
1996 6.5 +0.1 pp
1995 6.4 +0.1 pp
1994 6.3 +0 pp
1993 6.3 +0 pp
1992 6.3 +0 pp
1991 6.2 +0 pp
1990 6.2 +0 pp
1989 6.2 +0 pp
1988 6.1 +0 pp
1987 6.1 +0 pp
1986 6.1 +0 pp
1985 6 +0 pp
1984 6 +0 pp
1983 5.9 +0 pp
1982 5.9 +0 pp
1981 5.9 +0.1 pp
1980 5.8 +0.1 pp
1979 5.7 +0.1 pp
1978 5.6 +0.1 pp
1977 5.4 +0.1 pp
1976 5.3 +0.1 pp
1975 5.2 +0.1 pp
1974 5.1 +0.1 pp
1973 5 +0.1 pp
1972 4.9 +0.1 pp
1971 4.8 +0.1 pp
1970 4.7 +0.1 pp
1969 4.6 +0.1 pp
1968 4.4 +0.1 pp
1967 4.3 +0.1 pp
1966 4.2 +0.1 pp
1965 4.1 +0.1 pp
1964 4.1 +0.1 pp
1963 4 +0.1 pp
1962 3.9 +0 pp
1961 3.9 +0 pp
1960 3.8

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.