Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Belarus

Population aged 65 and over in Belarus in 2025 — 1,661,334 people. Ranked 60 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 179.8%.

2025 1.66M people +2.97% vs 2024
World rank 60of 217
Period maximum 1.66M people2025
Period minimum 593,857 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Belarus, 1960–2025500,0001M1.5M2M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 593,857 people1962: 614,615 people1964: 646,430 people1966: 700,148 people1968: 746,503 people1970: 801,465 people1972: 854,072 people1974: 903,642 people1976: 956,644 people1978: 1,003,427 people1980: 1,014,785 people1982: 990,285 people1984: 982,111 people1986: 985,672 people1988: 1,026,516 people1990: 1,084,042 people1992: 1,153,306 people1994: 1,232,465 people1996: 1,299,900 people1998: 1,339,851 people2000: 1,349,124 people2002: 1,383,956 people2004: 1,414,617 people2006: 1,420,342 people2008: 1,383,748 people2010: 1,322,567 people2012: 1,297,974 people2014: 1,328,203 people2016: 1,376,874 people2018: 1,420,646 people2020: 1,475,822 people2022: 1,523,258 people2024: 1,613,422 people2025: 1,661,334 people
Change over the period: +1.07M (+179.75%) Average annual rate: 1.6 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Belarus 1.66M people
World 855M people
Europe & Central Asia 173M people
Eastern Europe computed 53.16M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 333M people
Population aged 65 and over — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.66M +47,912 +2.97%
2024 1.61M +47,423 +3.03%
2023 1.57M +42,741 +2.81%
2022 1.52M +28,354 +1.9%
2021 1.49M +19,082 +1.29%
2020 1.48M +27,822 +1.92%
2019 1.45M +27,354 +1.93%
2018 1.42M +20,938 +1.5%
2017 1.4M +22,834 +1.66%
2016 1.38M +22,638 +1.67%
2015 1.35M +26,033 +1.96%
2014 1.33M +20,891 +1.6%
2013 1.31M +9,338 +0.72%
2012 1.3M −2,317 −0.18%
2011 1.3M −22,276 −1.68%
2010 1.32M −30,098 −2.23%
2009 1.35M −31,083 −2.25%
2008 1.38M −26,548 −1.88%
2007 1.41M −10,046 −0.71%
2006 1.42M −582 −0.04%
2005 1.42M +6,307 +0.45%
2004 1.41M +14,011 +1%
2003 1.4M +16,650 +1.2%
2002 1.38M +18,519 +1.36%
2001 1.37M +16,313 +1.21%
2000 1.35M +5,990 +0.45%
1999 1.34M +3,283 +0.25%
1998 1.34M +17,539 +1.33%
1997 1.32M +22,412 +1.72%
1996 1.3M +29,456 +2.32%
1995 1.27M +37,979 +3.08%
1994 1.23M +38,276 +3.21%
1993 1.19M +40,883 +3.54%
1992 1.15M +37,193 +3.33%
1991 1.12M +32,071 +2.96%
1990 1.08M +30,378 +2.88%
1989 1.05M +27,148 +2.64%
1988 1.03M +24,615 +2.46%
1987 1M +16,229 +1.65%
1986 985,672 +4,218 +0.43%
1985 981,454 −657 −0.07%
1984 982,111 −1,528 −0.16%
1983 983,639 −6,646 −0.67%
1982 990,285 −15,208 −1.51%
1981 1.01M −9,292 −0.92%
1980 1.01M −330 −0.03%
1979 1.02M +11,688 +1.16%
1978 1M +23,482 +2.4%
1977 979,945 +23,301 +2.44%
1976 956,644 +24,725 +2.65%
1975 931,919 +28,277 +3.13%
1974 903,642 +24,453 +2.78%
1973 879,189 +25,117 +2.94%
1972 854,072 +26,005 +3.14%
1971 828,067 +26,602 +3.32%
1970 801,465 +27,844 +3.6%
1969 773,621 +27,118 +3.63%
1968 746,503 +26,325 +3.66%
1967 720,178 +20,030 +2.86%
1966 700,148 +27,381 +4.07%
1965 672,767 +26,337 +4.07%
1964 646,430 +18,149 +2.89%
1963 628,281 +13,666 +2.22%
1962 614,615 +7,784 +1.28%
1961 606,831 +12,974 +2.18%
1960 593,857

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.