Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Argentina

Population aged 65 and over in Argentina in 2025 — 5,793,062 people. Ranked 27 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 438.7%.

2025 5.79M people +2.1% vs 2024
World rank 27of 217
Period maximum 5.79M people2025
Period minimum 1.08M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Argentina, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,075,467 people1962: 1,173,015 people1964: 1,272,551 people1966: 1,376,863 people1968: 1,484,106 people1970: 1,587,995 people1972: 1,697,358 people1974: 1,807,684 people1976: 1,925,125 people1978: 2,050,149 people1980: 2,169,839 people1982: 2,283,048 people1984: 2,387,905 people1986: 2,511,704 people1988: 2,658,990 people1990: 2,820,480 people1992: 2,990,014 people1994: 3,158,894 people1996: 3,317,782 people1998: 3,464,815 people2000: 3,594,788 people2002: 3,723,353 people2004: 3,841,646 people2006: 3,979,928 people2008: 4,120,759 people2010: 4,294,893 people2012: 4,486,991 people2014: 4,687,103 people2016: 4,903,144 people2018: 5,119,080 people2020: 5,329,685 people2022: 5,464,423 people2024: 5,673,637 people2025: 5,793,062 people
Change over the period: +4.72M (+438.66%) Average annual rate: 2.62 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Argentina 5.79M people
World 855M people
South America computed 48.13M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 333M people
Population aged 65 and over — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.79M +119,425 +2.1%
2024 5.67M +116,576 +2.1%
2023 5.56M +92,638 +1.7%
2022 5.46M +63,824 +1.18%
2021 5.4M +70,914 +1.33%
2020 5.33M +98,129 +1.88%
2019 5.23M +112,476 +2.2%
2018 5.12M +111,279 +2.22%
2017 5.01M +104,657 +2.13%
2016 4.9M +106,968 +2.23%
2015 4.8M +109,073 +2.33%
2014 4.69M +102,183 +2.23%
2013 4.58M +97,929 +2.18%
2012 4.49M +98,556 +2.25%
2011 4.39M +93,542 +2.18%
2010 4.29M +88,375 +2.1%
2009 4.21M +85,759 +2.08%
2008 4.12M +72,483 +1.79%
2007 4.05M +68,348 +1.72%
2006 3.98M +71,887 +1.84%
2005 3.91M +66,395 +1.73%
2004 3.84M +58,916 +1.56%
2003 3.78M +59,377 +1.59%
2002 3.72M +64,220 +1.76%
2001 3.66M +64,345 +1.79%
2000 3.59M +64,403 +1.82%
1999 3.53M +65,570 +1.89%
1998 3.46M +70,927 +2.09%
1997 3.39M +76,106 +2.29%
1996 3.32M +77,242 +2.38%
1995 3.24M +81,646 +2.58%
1994 3.16M +84,174 +2.74%
1993 3.07M +84,706 +2.83%
1992 2.99M +86,583 +2.98%
1991 2.9M +82,951 +2.94%
1990 2.82M +80,831 +2.95%
1989 2.74M +80,659 +3.03%
1988 2.66M +76,181 +2.95%
1987 2.58M +71,105 +2.83%
1986 2.51M +65,959 +2.7%
1985 2.45M +57,840 +2.42%
1984 2.39M +52,438 +2.25%
1983 2.34M +52,419 +2.3%
1982 2.28M +55,666 +2.5%
1981 2.23M +57,543 +2.65%
1980 2.17M +57,939 +2.74%
1979 2.11M +61,751 +3.01%
1978 2.05M +63,438 +3.19%
1977 1.99M +61,586 +3.2%
1976 1.93M +59,181 +3.17%
1975 1.87M +58,260 +3.22%
1974 1.81M +56,095 +3.2%
1973 1.75M +54,231 +3.2%
1972 1.7M +54,327 +3.31%
1971 1.64M +55,036 +3.47%
1970 1.59M +52,821 +3.44%
1969 1.54M +51,068 +3.44%
1968 1.48M +53,139 +3.71%
1967 1.43M +54,104 +3.93%
1966 1.38M +53,217 +4.02%
1965 1.32M +51,095 +4.02%
1964 1.27M +50,063 +4.1%
1963 1.22M +49,473 +4.22%
1962 1.17M +49,228 +4.38%
1961 1.12M +48,320 +4.49%
1960 1.08M

About the indicator

The population aged 65 and over. In absolute numbers this group is growing faster than any other: it expands both from the rise in life expectancy and from the entry of the large cohorts born in the middle of the 20th century. Japan and Italy lead by share of population, China and India by absolute number, and the divergence of the two rankings shows where the load on health care and pensions is larger in scale and where it is sharper.

Important: The threshold of 65 years is an international convention and is not tied to the retirement age of any particular country.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.