Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Western Asia

Share of population aged 65 and over in Western Asia in 2025 — 6.2%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1.8 pp.

2025 6.2% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.2%2025
Period minimum 4.1%1990

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Western Asia, 1960–2025456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.4%1962: 4.4%1964: 4.4%1966: 4.4%1968: 4.4%1970: 4.5%1972: 4.5%1974: 4.5%1976: 4.5%1978: 4.4%1980: 4.4%1982: 4.3%1984: 4.2%1986: 4.1%1988: 4.1%1990: 4.1%1992: 4.2%1994: 4.3%1996: 4.4%1998: 4.5%2000: 4.6%2002: 4.7%2004: 4.8%2006: 4.9%2008: 4.9%2010: 4.9%2012: 4.9%2014: 5%2016: 5.1%2018: 5.3%2020: 5.6%2022: 5.9%2024: 6.1%2025: 6.2%
Change over the period: +1.8 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 6.2%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.2 +0.1 pp
2024 6.1 +0.1 pp
2023 6 +0.1 pp
2022 5.9 +0.1 pp
2021 5.8 +0.2 pp
2020 5.6 +0.2 pp
2019 5.5 +0.2 pp
2018 5.3 +0.1 pp
2017 5.2 +0.1 pp
2016 5.1 +0.1 pp
2015 5 +0 pp
2014 5 +0 pp
2013 5 +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 4.9 +0 pp
2006 4.9 +0 pp
2005 4.9 +0.1 pp
2004 4.8 +0.1 pp
2003 4.8 +0.1 pp
2002 4.7 +0.1 pp
2001 4.6 +0.1 pp
2000 4.6 +0.1 pp
1999 4.5 +0.1 pp
1998 4.5 +0.1 pp
1997 4.4 +0.1 pp
1996 4.4 +0.1 pp
1995 4.3 +0 pp
1994 4.3 +0 pp
1993 4.2 +0 pp
1992 4.2 +0 pp
1991 4.2 +0 pp
1990 4.1 −0 pp
1989 4.1 +0 pp
1988 4.1 −0 pp
1987 4.1 −0 pp
1986 4.1 −0 pp
1985 4.2 −0 pp
1984 4.2 −0 pp
1983 4.2 −0 pp
1982 4.3 −0 pp
1981 4.3 −0 pp
1980 4.4 −0 pp
1979 4.4 −0 pp
1978 4.4 −0 pp
1977 4.5 −0 pp
1976 4.5 −0 pp
1975 4.5 +0 pp
1974 4.5 +0 pp
1973 4.5 +0 pp
1972 4.5 +0 pp
1971 4.5 +0 pp
1970 4.5 +0 pp
1969 4.5 +0 pp
1968 4.4 +0 pp
1967 4.4 +0 pp
1966 4.4 +0 pp
1965 4.4 +0 pp
1964 4.4 +0 pp
1963 4.4 +0 pp
1962 4.4 −0 pp
1961 4.4 −0 pp
1960 4.4

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.