Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Czechia

Population aged 65 and over in Czechia in 2025 — 2,305,849 people. Ranked 47 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 156%.

2025 2.31M people +1.44% vs 2024
World rank 47of 217
Period maximum 2.31M people2025
Period minimum 900,783 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Czechia, 1960–2025500,0001M1.5M2M2.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 900,783 people1962: 950,696 people1964: 1,010,368 people1966: 1,080,593 people1968: 1,148,894 people1970: 1,193,535 people1972: 1,238,960 people1974: 1,292,878 people1976: 1,342,283 people1978: 1,381,504 people1980: 1,385,253 people1982: 1,307,937 people1984: 1,229,203 people1986: 1,235,471 people1988: 1,271,834 people1990: 1,297,693 people1992: 1,318,368 people1994: 1,344,823 people1996: 1,374,347 people1998: 1,400,054 people2000: 1,411,199 people2002: 1,410,225 people2004: 1,419,589 people2006: 1,459,318 people2008: 1,535,039 people2010: 1,619,239 people2012: 1,734,285 people2014: 1,853,039 people2016: 1,964,826 people2018: 2,076,193 people2020: 2,171,020 people2022: 2,189,738 people2024: 2,273,195 people2025: 2,305,849 people
Change over the period: +1.41M (+155.98%) Average annual rate: 1.46 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Czechia 2.31M people
World 855M people
Europe & Central Asia 173M people
Eastern Europe computed 53.16M people
High-income countries computed 278M people
Population aged 65 and over — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.31M +32,654 +1.44%
2024 2.27M +41,080 +1.84%
2023 2.23M +42,377 +1.94%
2022 2.19M +32,151 +1.49%
2021 2.16M −13,433 −0.62%
2020 2.17M +42,133 +1.98%
2019 2.13M +52,694 +2.54%
2018 2.08M +54,151 +2.68%
2017 2.02M +57,216 +2.91%
2016 1.96M +56,318 +2.95%
2015 1.91M +55,469 +2.99%
2014 1.85M +56,974 +3.17%
2013 1.8M +61,780 +3.56%
2012 1.73M +65,530 +3.93%
2011 1.67M +49,516 +3.06%
2010 1.62M +38,467 +2.43%
2009 1.58M +45,733 +2.98%
2008 1.54M +43,531 +2.92%
2007 1.49M +32,190 +2.21%
2006 1.46M +23,868 +1.66%
2005 1.44M +15,861 +1.12%
2004 1.42M +7,024 +0.5%
2003 1.41M +2,340 +0.17%
2002 1.41M +7 +0%
2001 1.41M −981 −0.07%
2000 1.41M +2,866 +0.2%
1999 1.41M +8,279 +0.59%
1998 1.4M +11,411 +0.82%
1997 1.39M +14,296 +1.04%
1996 1.37M +15,358 +1.13%
1995 1.36M +14,166 +1.05%
1994 1.34M +13,262 +1%
1993 1.33M +13,193 +1%
1992 1.32M +12,762 +0.98%
1991 1.31M +7,913 +0.61%
1990 1.3M +8,797 +0.68%
1989 1.29M +17,062 +1.34%
1988 1.27M +19,813 +1.58%
1987 1.25M +16,550 +1.34%
1986 1.24M +10,571 +0.86%
1985 1.22M −4,303 −0.35%
1984 1.23M −31,829 −2.52%
1983 1.26M −46,905 −3.59%
1982 1.31M −43,258 −3.2%
1981 1.35M −34,058 −2.46%
1980 1.39M −9,365 −0.67%
1979 1.39M +13,114 +0.95%
1978 1.38M +18,546 +1.36%
1977 1.36M +20,675 +1.54%
1976 1.34M +23,603 +1.79%
1975 1.32M +25,802 +2%
1974 1.29M +26,061 +2.06%
1973 1.27M +27,857 +2.25%
1972 1.24M +28,419 +2.35%
1971 1.21M +17,006 +1.42%
1970 1.19M +16,536 +1.4%
1969 1.18M +28,105 +2.45%
1968 1.15M +32,694 +2.93%
1967 1.12M +35,607 +3.3%
1966 1.08M +35,718 +3.42%
1965 1.04M +34,507 +3.42%
1964 1.01M +31,994 +3.27%
1963 978,374 +27,678 +2.91%
1962 950,696 +26,847 +2.91%
1961 923,849 +23,066 +2.56%
1960 900,783

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.