Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Vietnam

Share of population aged 65 and over in Vietnam in 2025 — 9.5%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.7 pp.

2025 9.5% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 104of 217
Period maximum 9.5%2025
Period minimum 4.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Vietnam, 1960–20254681019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.8%1962: 4.9%1964: 5%1966: 5.1%1968: 5.3%1970: 5.3%1972: 5.3%1974: 5.2%1976: 5.2%1978: 5.3%1980: 5.3%1982: 5.3%1984: 5.3%1986: 5.3%1988: 5.4%1990: 5.5%1992: 5.5%1994: 5.5%1996: 5.6%1998: 5.8%2000: 6%2002: 6.1%2004: 6.2%2006: 6.2%2008: 6.1%2010: 6%2012: 6.1%2014: 6.3%2016: 6.6%2018: 7%2020: 7.6%2022: 8.2%2024: 9%2025: 9.5%
Change over the period: +4.7 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vietnam 9.5%
World 10.4%
South-Eastern Asia computed 8.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.5 +0.4 pp
2024 9 +0.4 pp
2023 8.6 +0.4 pp
2022 8.2 +0.3 pp
2021 7.9 +0.3 pp
2020 7.6 +0.3 pp
2019 7.3 +0.3 pp
2018 7 +0.2 pp
2017 6.8 +0.2 pp
2016 6.6 +0.2 pp
2015 6.5 +0.2 pp
2014 6.3 +0.1 pp
2013 6.2 +0.1 pp
2012 6.1 +0 pp
2011 6.1 +0 pp
2010 6 −0 pp
2009 6.1 −0 pp
2008 6.1 −0.1 pp
2007 6.2 −0 pp
2006 6.2 −0 pp
2005 6.2 +0 pp
2004 6.2 +0 pp
2003 6.2 +0 pp
2002 6.1 +0.1 pp
2001 6.1 +0.1 pp
2000 6 +0.1 pp
1999 5.9 +0.1 pp
1998 5.8 +0.1 pp
1997 5.7 +0.1 pp
1996 5.6 +0.1 pp
1995 5.6 +0 pp
1994 5.5 +0 pp
1993 5.5 +0 pp
1992 5.5 +0 pp
1991 5.5 +0 pp
1990 5.5 +0 pp
1989 5.5 +0 pp
1988 5.4 +0 pp
1987 5.4 +0 pp
1986 5.3 +0 pp
1985 5.3 +0 pp
1984 5.3 −0 pp
1983 5.3 −0 pp
1982 5.3 −0 pp
1981 5.3 +0 pp
1980 5.3 +0 pp
1979 5.3 +0 pp
1978 5.3 +0 pp
1977 5.2 +0 pp
1976 5.2 +0 pp
1975 5.2 −0 pp
1974 5.2 −0 pp
1973 5.2 −0.1 pp
1972 5.3 −0 pp
1971 5.3 −0 pp
1970 5.3 +0 pp
1969 5.3 +0 pp
1968 5.3 +0.1 pp
1967 5.2 +0.1 pp
1966 5.1 +0.1 pp
1965 5.1 +0.1 pp
1964 5 +0 pp
1963 5 +0 pp
1962 4.9 +0.1 pp
1961 4.9 +0.1 pp
1960 4.8

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.