Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — South-Eastern Asia

Share of population aged 65 and over in South-Eastern Asia in 2025 — 8.4%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5.5 pp.

2025 8.4% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8.4%2025
Period minimum 3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — South-Eastern Asia, 1960–202524681019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3%1962: 3%1964: 3.1%1966: 3.2%1968: 3.3%1970: 3.3%1972: 3.4%1974: 3.5%1976: 3.6%1978: 3.7%1980: 3.7%1982: 3.8%1984: 3.8%1986: 3.9%1988: 4%1990: 4.1%1992: 4.2%1994: 4.3%1996: 4.5%1998: 4.7%2000: 4.9%2002: 5.1%2004: 5.2%2006: 5.4%2008: 5.5%2010: 5.6%2012: 5.8%2014: 6%2016: 6.3%2018: 6.6%2020: 7.1%2022: 7.5%2024: 8.1%2025: 8.4%
Change over the period: +5.5 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South-Eastern Asia

South-Eastern Asia 8.4%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.4 +0.3 pp
2024 8.1 +0.3 pp
2023 7.8 +0.3 pp
2022 7.5 +0.2 pp
2021 7.3 +0.2 pp
2020 7.1 +0.2 pp
2019 6.9 +0.2 pp
2018 6.6 +0.2 pp
2017 6.5 +0.2 pp
2016 6.3 +0.2 pp
2015 6.1 +0.1 pp
2014 6 +0.1 pp
2013 5.9 +0.1 pp
2012 5.8 +0.1 pp
2011 5.7 +0.1 pp
2010 5.6 +0.1 pp
2009 5.6 +0.1 pp
2008 5.5 +0.1 pp
2007 5.5 +0.1 pp
2006 5.4 +0.1 pp
2005 5.3 +0.1 pp
2004 5.2 +0.1 pp
2003 5.2 +0.1 pp
2002 5.1 +0.1 pp
2001 5 +0.1 pp
2000 4.9 +0.1 pp
1999 4.8 +0.1 pp
1998 4.7 +0.1 pp
1997 4.6 +0.1 pp
1996 4.5 +0.1 pp
1995 4.4 +0.1 pp
1994 4.3 +0.1 pp
1993 4.2 +0.1 pp
1992 4.2 +0.1 pp
1991 4.1 +0.1 pp
1990 4.1 +0 pp
1989 4 +0 pp
1988 4 +0 pp
1987 3.9 +0 pp
1986 3.9 +0 pp
1985 3.9 +0 pp
1984 3.8 +0 pp
1983 3.8 +0 pp
1982 3.8 +0 pp
1981 3.8 +0 pp
1980 3.7 +0 pp
1979 3.7 +0 pp
1978 3.7 +0 pp
1977 3.6 +0 pp
1976 3.6 +0 pp
1975 3.5 +0 pp
1974 3.5 +0 pp
1973 3.5 +0 pp
1972 3.4 +0 pp
1971 3.4 +0 pp
1970 3.3 +0 pp
1969 3.3 +0 pp
1968 3.3 +0 pp
1967 3.2 +0 pp
1966 3.2 +0 pp
1965 3.1 +0 pp
1964 3.1 +0 pp
1963 3.1 +0 pp
1962 3 +0 pp
1961 3 +0 pp
1960 3

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.