Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Upper-middle-income countries

Share of population aged 65 and over in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 12.3%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.6 pp.

2025 12.3% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 12.3%2025
Period minimum 3.6%1965

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–202505101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3.8%1962: 3.7%1964: 3.6%1966: 3.6%1968: 3.7%1970: 3.8%1972: 3.8%1974: 3.9%1976: 4.1%1978: 4.2%1980: 4.3%1982: 4.5%1984: 4.6%1986: 4.7%1988: 4.8%1990: 5%1992: 5.2%1994: 5.5%1996: 5.8%1998: 6.1%2000: 6.4%2002: 6.7%2004: 7%2006: 7.3%2008: 7.5%2010: 7.8%2012: 8.1%2014: 8.5%2016: 9.1%2018: 9.8%2020: 10.6%2022: 11.4%2024: 12.1%2025: 12.3%
Change over the period: +8.6 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 12.3%
World 10.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.3 +0.3 pp
2024 12.1 +0.3 pp
2023 11.8 +0.4 pp
2022 11.4 +0.4 pp
2021 11 +0.4 pp
2020 10.6 +0.4 pp
2019 10.2 +0.4 pp
2018 9.8 +0.4 pp
2017 9.4 +0.3 pp
2016 9.1 +0.3 pp
2015 8.8 +0.3 pp
2014 8.5 +0.2 pp
2013 8.3 +0.2 pp
2012 8.1 +0.2 pp
2011 7.9 +0.1 pp
2010 7.8 +0.1 pp
2009 7.6 +0.1 pp
2008 7.5 +0.1 pp
2007 7.4 +0.1 pp
2006 7.3 +0.1 pp
2005 7.1 +0.1 pp
2004 7 +0.1 pp
2003 6.9 +0.2 pp
2002 6.7 +0.2 pp
2001 6.6 +0.2 pp
2000 6.4 +0.2 pp
1999 6.2 +0.2 pp
1998 6.1 +0.2 pp
1997 5.9 +0.1 pp
1996 5.8 +0.1 pp
1995 5.6 +0.1 pp
1994 5.5 +0.1 pp
1993 5.3 +0.1 pp
1992 5.2 +0.1 pp
1991 5.1 +0.1 pp
1990 5 +0.1 pp
1989 4.9 +0.1 pp
1988 4.8 +0.1 pp
1987 4.8 +0.1 pp
1986 4.7 +0.1 pp
1985 4.6 +0.1 pp
1984 4.6 +0.1 pp
1983 4.5 +0.1 pp
1982 4.5 +0.1 pp
1981 4.4 +0.1 pp
1980 4.3 +0.1 pp
1979 4.3 +0.1 pp
1978 4.2 +0.1 pp
1977 4.1 +0.1 pp
1976 4.1 +0.1 pp
1975 4 +0.1 pp
1974 3.9 +0.1 pp
1973 3.9 +0 pp
1972 3.8 +0 pp
1971 3.8 +0 pp
1970 3.8 +0 pp
1969 3.7 +0 pp
1968 3.7 +0 pp
1967 3.7 +0 pp
1966 3.6 +0 pp
1965 3.6 −0 pp
1964 3.6 −0 pp
1963 3.7 −0 pp
1962 3.7 −0 pp
1961 3.7 −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.