Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Trinidad and Tobago

Share of population aged 65 and over in Trinidad and Tobago in 2025 — 12.9%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.9 pp.

2025 12.9% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 76of 217
Period maximum 12.9%2025
Period minimum 3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Trinidad and Tobago, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3%1962: 3.1%1964: 3.4%1966: 3.7%1968: 4%1970: 4.3%1972: 4.3%1974: 4.3%1976: 4.3%1978: 4.3%1980: 4.4%1982: 4.4%1984: 4.4%1986: 4.4%1988: 4.5%1990: 4.5%1992: 4.6%1994: 4.6%1996: 4.7%1998: 4.8%2000: 4.9%2002: 5%2004: 5.2%2006: 5.4%2008: 5.8%2010: 6.2%2012: 6.8%2014: 7.6%2016: 8.5%2018: 9.3%2020: 10.4%2022: 11.4%2024: 12.4%2025: 12.9%
Change over the period: +9.9 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Trinidad and Tobago 12.9%
World 10.4%
Caribbean computed 11.2%
High-income countries computed 20%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.9 +0.5 pp
2024 12.4 +0.5 pp
2023 11.9 +0.5 pp
2022 11.4 +0.4 pp
2021 10.9 +0.5 pp
2020 10.4 +0.6 pp
2019 9.8 +0.5 pp
2018 9.3 +0.4 pp
2017 8.9 +0.5 pp
2016 8.5 +0.5 pp
2015 8 +0.4 pp
2014 7.6 +0.4 pp
2013 7.2 +0.4 pp
2012 6.8 +0.3 pp
2011 6.5 +0.3 pp
2010 6.2 +0.2 pp
2009 6 +0.2 pp
2008 5.8 +0.2 pp
2007 5.6 +0.2 pp
2006 5.4 +0.1 pp
2005 5.3 +0.1 pp
2004 5.2 +0.1 pp
2003 5.1 +0.1 pp
2002 5 +0.1 pp
2001 5 +0.1 pp
2000 4.9 +0.1 pp
1999 4.9 +0.1 pp
1998 4.8 +0.1 pp
1997 4.7 +0 pp
1996 4.7 +0 pp
1995 4.7 +0 pp
1994 4.6 +0 pp
1993 4.6 +0 pp
1992 4.6 +0 pp
1991 4.5 +0 pp
1990 4.5 +0 pp
1989 4.5 +0 pp
1988 4.5 +0 pp
1987 4.4 +0 pp
1986 4.4 +0 pp
1985 4.4 +0 pp
1984 4.4 +0 pp
1983 4.4 +0 pp
1982 4.4 +0 pp
1981 4.4 +0 pp
1980 4.4 +0 pp
1979 4.4 +0 pp
1978 4.3 +0 pp
1977 4.3 +0 pp
1976 4.3 +0 pp
1975 4.3 +0 pp
1974 4.3 +0 pp
1973 4.3 −0 pp
1972 4.3 −0 pp
1971 4.3 −0 pp
1970 4.3 +0.1 pp
1969 4.2 +0.2 pp
1968 4 +0.2 pp
1967 3.9 +0.2 pp
1966 3.7 +0.2 pp
1965 3.5 +0.1 pp
1964 3.4 +0.1 pp
1963 3.3 +0.1 pp
1962 3.1 +0.1 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.