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Share of population aged 65 and over — all countries

Share of population aged 65 and over — Zambia

Share of population aged 65 and over in Zambia in 2025 — 2%. Ranked 215 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.9 pp.

2025 2% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 215of 217
Period maximum 3.2%1980
Period minimum 1.7%2015

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population aged 65 and over — Zambia, 1960–20251.522.533.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.9%1962: 2.9%1964: 2.9%1966: 2.9%1968: 3%1970: 3%1972: 3%1974: 3.1%1976: 3.1%1978: 3.1%1980: 3.2%1982: 3.1%1984: 3.1%1986: 3%1988: 2.9%1990: 2.9%1992: 2.8%1994: 2.7%1996: 2.6%1998: 2.5%2000: 2.4%2002: 2.2%2004: 2.1%2006: 2%2008: 1.9%2010: 1.8%2012: 1.8%2014: 1.7%2016: 1.7%2018: 1.8%2020: 1.8%2022: 1.9%2024: 1.9%2025: 2%
Change over the period: −0.9 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zambia 2%
World 10.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.2%
Eastern Africa computed 3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 6.4%
Share of population aged 65 and over — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2 +0.1 pp
2024 1.9 +0 pp
2023 1.9 +0 pp
2022 1.9 +0 pp
2021 1.8 +0 pp
2020 1.8 +0 pp
2019 1.8 +0 pp
2018 1.8 +0 pp
2017 1.8 +0 pp
2016 1.7 +0 pp
2015 1.7 −0 pp
2014 1.7 −0 pp
2013 1.8 −0 pp
2012 1.8 −0 pp
2011 1.8 −0 pp
2010 1.8 −0 pp
2009 1.9 −0 pp
2008 1.9 −0 pp
2007 2 −0.1 pp
2006 2 −0.1 pp
2005 2.1 −0.1 pp
2004 2.1 −0.1 pp
2003 2.2 −0.1 pp
2002 2.2 −0.1 pp
2001 2.3 −0.1 pp
2000 2.4 −0.1 pp
1999 2.4 −0.1 pp
1998 2.5 −0.1 pp
1997 2.5 −0.1 pp
1996 2.6 −0.1 pp
1995 2.7 −0.1 pp
1994 2.7 −0 pp
1993 2.8 −0 pp
1992 2.8 −0 pp
1991 2.8 −0 pp
1990 2.9 −0 pp
1989 2.9 −0 pp
1988 2.9 −0 pp
1987 3 −0 pp
1986 3 −0 pp
1985 3 −0 pp
1984 3.1 −0 pp
1983 3.1 −0 pp
1982 3.1 −0 pp
1981 3.1 −0 pp
1980 3.2 +0 pp
1979 3.1 +0 pp
1978 3.1 +0 pp
1977 3.1 +0 pp
1976 3.1 +0 pp
1975 3.1 +0 pp
1974 3.1 +0 pp
1973 3.1 +0 pp
1972 3 +0 pp
1971 3 +0 pp
1970 3 +0 pp
1969 3 +0 pp
1968 3 +0 pp
1967 3 +0 pp
1966 2.9 +0 pp
1965 2.9 +0 pp
1964 2.9 +0 pp
1963 2.9 +0 pp
1962 2.9 +0 pp
1961 2.9 +0 pp
1960 2.9 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MU Mauritius 14.1 SC Seychelles 8.7 DJ Djibouti 5 KM Comoros 4.5 ER Eritrea 4.3 RW Rwanda 4 ZW Zimbabwe 3.6 MG Madagascar 3.5 ET Ethiopia 3.3 SS South Sudan 3.1 TZ Tanzania 3 KE Kenya 3 MZ Mozambique 2.7 SO Somalia 2.6 MW Malawi 2.6 BI Burundi 2.5 UG Uganda 2.2 ZM Zambia 2
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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.

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