Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Caribbean

Population aged 65 and over in the Caribbean in 2025 — 4,868,200 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 525.8%.

2025 4.87M people +3.03% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 4.87M people2025
Period minimum 777,913 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Caribbean, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 777,913 people1962: 829,497 people1964: 893,185 people1966: 969,202 people1968: 1,057,948 people1970: 1,149,145 people1972: 1,245,651 people1974: 1,348,663 people1976: 1,457,537 people1978: 1,569,160 people1980: 1,674,358 people1982: 1,754,705 people1984: 1,831,145 people1986: 1,908,974 people1988: 1,987,010 people1990: 2,067,128 people1992: 2,144,610 people1994: 2,223,220 people1996: 2,321,925 people1998: 2,429,833 people2000: 2,547,074 people2002: 2,688,103 people2004: 2,841,296 people2006: 2,998,754 people2008: 3,162,746 people2010: 3,321,252 people2012: 3,478,917 people2014: 3,663,738 people2016: 3,860,329 people2018: 4,070,104 people2020: 4,308,804 people2022: 4,474,157 people2024: 4,725,037 people2025: 4,868,200 people
Change over the period: +4.09M (+525.8%) Average annual rate: 2.86 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Caribbean 4.87M people
World 855M people
Population aged 65 and over — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.87M +143,163 +3.03%
2024 4.73M +132,718 +2.89%
2023 4.59M +118,162 +2.64%
2022 4.47M +81,648 +1.86%
2021 4.39M +83,705 +1.94%
2020 4.31M +113,663 +2.71%
2019 4.2M +125,037 +3.07%
2018 4.07M +100,851 +2.54%
2017 3.97M +108,924 +2.82%
2016 3.86M +101,370 +2.7%
2015 3.76M +95,221 +2.6%
2014 3.66M +91,580 +2.56%
2013 3.57M +93,241 +2.68%
2012 3.48M +84,941 +2.5%
2011 3.39M +72,724 +2.19%
2010 3.32M +75,691 +2.33%
2009 3.25M +82,815 +2.62%
2008 3.16M +83,101 +2.7%
2007 3.08M +80,891 +2.7%
2006 3M +80,254 +2.75%
2005 2.92M +77,204 +2.72%
2004 2.84M +77,037 +2.79%
2003 2.76M +76,156 +2.83%
2002 2.69M +74,057 +2.83%
2001 2.61M +66,972 +2.63%
2000 2.55M +60,089 +2.42%
1999 2.49M +57,152 +2.35%
1998 2.43M +54,858 +2.31%
1997 2.37M +53,050 +2.28%
1996 2.32M +50,850 +2.24%
1995 2.27M +47,855 +2.15%
1994 2.22M +41,879 +1.92%
1993 2.18M +36,731 +1.71%
1992 2.14M +37,607 +1.78%
1991 2.11M +39,875 +1.93%
1990 2.07M +40,542 +2%
1989 2.03M +39,576 +1.99%
1988 1.99M +39,218 +2.01%
1987 1.95M +38,818 +2.03%
1986 1.91M +38,843 +2.08%
1985 1.87M +38,986 +2.13%
1984 1.83M +38,500 +2.15%
1983 1.79M +37,940 +2.16%
1982 1.75M +37,439 +2.18%
1981 1.72M +42,908 +2.56%
1980 1.67M +51,093 +3.15%
1979 1.62M +54,105 +3.45%
1978 1.57M +55,720 +3.68%
1977 1.51M +55,903 +3.84%
1976 1.46M +55,177 +3.93%
1975 1.4M +53,697 +3.98%
1974 1.35M +52,195 +4.03%
1973 1.3M +50,817 +4.08%
1972 1.25M +50,124 +4.19%
1971 1.2M +46,382 +4.04%
1970 1.15M +44,614 +4.04%
1969 1.1M +46,583 +4.4%
1968 1.06M +45,636 +4.51%
1967 1.01M +43,110 +4.45%
1966 969,202 +39,630 +4.26%
1965 929,572 +36,387 +4.07%
1964 893,185 +33,328 +3.88%
1963 859,857 +30,360 +3.66%
1962 829,497 +27,309 +3.4%
1961 802,188 +24,275 +3.12%
1960 777,913

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.