Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Thailand

Population aged 65 and over in Thailand in 2025 — 11,471,655 people. Ranked 13 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,416.8%.

2025 11.47M people +4.19% vs 2024
World rank 13of 217
Period maximum 11.47M people2025
Period minimum 756,313 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Thailand, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 756,313 people1962: 799,667 people1964: 851,707 people1966: 907,095 people1968: 968,306 people1970: 1,040,535 people1972: 1,124,097 people1974: 1,215,617 people1976: 1,308,160 people1978: 1,403,198 people1980: 1,500,294 people1982: 1,601,449 people1984: 1,712,960 people1986: 1,838,824 people1988: 1,982,940 people1990: 2,161,463 people1992: 2,392,725 people1994: 2,675,924 people1996: 2,999,106 people1998: 3,395,778 people2000: 3,854,709 people2002: 4,278,362 people2004: 4,714,197 people2006: 5,138,786 people2008: 5,497,629 people2010: 5,882,475 people2012: 6,355,054 people2014: 6,947,364 people2016: 7,639,738 people2018: 8,410,479 people2020: 9,240,308 people2022: 10,112,375 people2024: 11,010,180 people2025: 11,471,655 people
Change over the period: +10.72M (+1,416.79%) Average annual rate: 4.27 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Thailand 11.47M people
World 855M people
East Asia & Pacific 333M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 58.86M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 333M people
Population aged 65 and over — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11.47M +461,475 +4.19%
2024 11.01M +456,832 +4.33%
2023 10.55M +440,973 +4.36%
2022 10.11M +434,902 +4.49%
2021 9.68M +437,165 +4.73%
2020 9.24M +422,503 +4.79%
2019 8.82M +407,326 +4.84%
2018 8.41M +393,575 +4.91%
2017 8.02M +377,166 +4.94%
2016 7.64M +357,126 +4.9%
2015 7.28M +335,248 +4.83%
2014 6.95M +310,415 +4.68%
2013 6.64M +281,895 +4.44%
2012 6.36M +250,314 +4.1%
2011 6.1M +222,265 +3.78%
2010 5.88M +200,801 +3.53%
2009 5.68M +184,045 +3.35%
2008 5.5M +175,897 +3.31%
2007 5.32M +182,946 +3.56%
2006 5.14M +203,961 +4.13%
2005 4.93M +220,628 +4.68%
2004 4.71M +220,770 +4.91%
2003 4.49M +215,065 +5.03%
2002 4.28M +210,977 +5.19%
2001 4.07M +212,676 +5.52%
2000 3.85M +227,256 +6.26%
1999 3.63M +231,675 +6.82%
1998 3.4M +211,412 +6.64%
1997 3.18M +185,260 +6.18%
1996 3M +166,767 +5.89%
1995 2.83M +156,415 +5.85%
1994 2.68M +146,986 +5.81%
1993 2.53M +136,213 +5.69%
1992 2.39M +122,245 +5.38%
1991 2.27M +109,017 +5.04%
1990 2.16M +95,711 +4.63%
1989 2.07M +82,812 +4.18%
1988 1.98M +75,102 +3.94%
1987 1.91M +69,014 +3.75%
1986 1.84M +64,834 +3.65%
1985 1.77M +61,030 +3.56%
1984 1.71M +57,332 +3.46%
1983 1.66M +54,179 +3.38%
1982 1.6M +51,388 +3.32%
1981 1.55M +49,767 +3.32%
1980 1.5M +48,850 +3.37%
1979 1.45M +48,246 +3.44%
1978 1.4M +47,978 +3.54%
1977 1.36M +47,060 +3.6%
1976 1.31M +46,272 +3.67%
1975 1.26M +46,271 +3.81%
1974 1.22M +46,176 +3.95%
1973 1.17M +45,344 +4.03%
1972 1.12M +43,117 +3.99%
1971 1.08M +40,445 +3.89%
1970 1.04M +37,714 +3.76%
1969 1M +34,515 +3.56%
1968 968,306 +31,649 +3.38%
1967 936,657 +29,562 +3.26%
1966 907,095 +28,204 +3.21%
1965 878,891 +27,184 +3.19%
1964 851,707 +26,493 +3.21%
1963 825,214 +25,547 +3.19%
1962 799,667 +23,259 +3%
1961 776,408 +20,095 +2.66%
1960 756,313

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.