Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Tuvalu

Share of population aged 65 and over in Tuvalu in 2025 — 7%. Ranked 124 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3 pp.

2025 7% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 124of 217
Period maximum 7%2025
Period minimum 4%1963

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Tuvalu, 1960–202534567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4%1962: 4%1964: 4%1966: 4.2%1968: 4.3%1970: 4.3%1972: 4.5%1974: 4.6%1976: 4.3%1978: 4.1%1980: 4.1%1982: 4.2%1984: 4.5%1986: 4.9%1988: 5.2%1990: 5.5%1992: 5.8%1994: 6%1996: 6.2%1998: 6.2%2000: 6%2002: 5.7%2004: 5.7%2006: 5.8%2008: 5.7%2010: 5.4%2012: 5.3%2014: 5.4%2016: 5.4%2018: 5.5%2020: 5.7%2022: 5.9%2024: 6.7%2025: 7%
Change over the period: +3 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tuvalu 7%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 7 +0.4 pp
2024 6.7 +0.4 pp
2023 6.3 +0.4 pp
2022 5.9 +0.1 pp
2021 5.8 +0 pp
2020 5.7 +0.1 pp
2019 5.6 +0.1 pp
2018 5.5 +0.1 pp
2017 5.4 +0 pp
2016 5.4 −0 pp
2015 5.4 +0 pp
2014 5.4 +0 pp
2013 5.4 +0 pp
2012 5.3 −0 pp
2011 5.3 −0.1 pp
2010 5.4 −0.1 pp
2009 5.5 −0.1 pp
2008 5.7 −0.1 pp
2007 5.7 −0 pp
2006 5.8 +0 pp
2005 5.7 +0.1 pp
2004 5.7 +0.1 pp
2003 5.6 −0.1 pp
2002 5.7 −0.2 pp
2001 5.8 −0.2 pp
2000 6 −0.1 pp
1999 6.1 −0.1 pp
1998 6.2 −0 pp
1997 6.2 +0 pp
1996 6.2 +0.1 pp
1995 6.1 +0.1 pp
1994 6 +0.1 pp
1993 5.9 +0.1 pp
1992 5.8 +0.1 pp
1991 5.7 +0.1 pp
1990 5.5 +0.2 pp
1989 5.4 +0.2 pp
1988 5.2 +0.2 pp
1987 5 +0.1 pp
1986 4.9 +0.2 pp
1985 4.7 +0.2 pp
1984 4.5 +0.2 pp
1983 4.4 +0.2 pp
1982 4.2 +0.1 pp
1981 4.1 +0 pp
1980 4.1 +0 pp
1979 4.1 −0 pp
1978 4.1 −0.1 pp
1977 4.2 −0.1 pp
1976 4.3 −0.1 pp
1975 4.5 −0.1 pp
1974 4.6 −0 pp
1973 4.6 +0.1 pp
1972 4.5 +0.1 pp
1971 4.4 +0.1 pp
1970 4.3 +0 pp
1969 4.3 +0 pp
1968 4.3 +0.1 pp
1967 4.2 +0.1 pp
1966 4.2 +0.1 pp
1965 4.1 +0.1 pp
1964 4 +0 pp
1963 4 −0 pp
1962 4 −0 pp
1961 4 +0 pp
1960 4

Polynesia, 2025

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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.