Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Türkiye

Population aged 65 and over in Türkiye in 2025 — 9,078,171 people. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 670.5%.

2025 9.08M people +3.22% vs 2024
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 9.08M people2025
Period minimum 1.18M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Türkiye, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,178,231 people1962: 1,276,365 people1964: 1,387,481 people1966: 1,499,332 people1968: 1,596,917 people1970: 1,697,691 people1972: 1,805,910 people1974: 1,915,487 people1976: 2,002,306 people1978: 2,056,530 people1980: 2,121,045 people1982: 2,186,020 people1984: 2,277,816 people1986: 2,386,107 people1988: 2,511,253 people1990: 2,655,453 people1992: 2,815,836 people1994: 2,993,029 people1996: 3,225,948 people1998: 3,504,384 people2000: 3,802,691 people2002: 4,113,602 people2004: 4,434,164 people2006: 4,758,781 people2008: 5,016,476 people2010: 5,262,596 people2012: 5,518,536 people2014: 5,808,081 people2016: 6,151,693 people2018: 6,652,511 people2020: 7,474,490 people2022: 8,259,640 people2024: 8,794,894 people2025: 9,078,171 people
Change over the period: +7.9M (+670.49%) Average annual rate: 3.19 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Türkiye 9.08M people
World 855M people
Europe & Central Asia 173M people
Western Asia computed 19.63M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 333M people
Population aged 65 and over — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.08M +283,277 +3.22%
2024 8.79M +261,421 +3.06%
2023 8.53M +273,833 +3.32%
2022 8.26M +362,448 +4.59%
2021 7.9M +422,702 +5.66%
2020 7.47M +436,548 +6.2%
2019 7.04M +385,431 +5.79%
2018 6.65M +270,519 +4.24%
2017 6.38M +230,299 +3.74%
2016 6.15M +192,671 +3.23%
2015 5.96M +150,941 +2.6%
2014 5.81M +147,936 +2.61%
2013 5.66M +141,609 +2.57%
2012 5.52M +124,256 +2.3%
2011 5.39M +131,684 +2.5%
2010 5.26M +132,298 +2.58%
2009 5.13M +113,822 +2.27%
2008 5.02M +137,921 +2.83%
2007 4.88M +119,774 +2.52%
2006 4.76M +162,287 +3.53%
2005 4.6M +162,330 +3.66%
2004 4.43M +161,258 +3.77%
2003 4.27M +159,304 +3.87%
2002 4.11M +156,962 +3.97%
2001 3.96M +153,949 +4.05%
2000 3.8M +150,630 +4.12%
1999 3.65M +147,677 +4.21%
1998 3.5M +142,982 +4.25%
1997 3.36M +135,454 +4.2%
1996 3.23M +126,084 +4.07%
1995 3.1M +106,835 +3.57%
1994 2.99M +90,638 +3.12%
1993 2.9M +86,555 +3.07%
1992 2.82M +82,151 +3.01%
1991 2.73M +78,232 +2.95%
1990 2.66M +74,334 +2.88%
1989 2.58M +69,866 +2.78%
1988 2.51M +64,991 +2.66%
1987 2.45M +60,155 +2.52%
1986 2.39M +56,137 +2.41%
1985 2.33M +52,154 +2.29%
1984 2.28M +48,199 +2.16%
1983 2.23M +43,597 +1.99%
1982 2.19M +35,575 +1.65%
1981 2.15M +29,400 +1.39%
1980 2.12M +31,676 +1.52%
1979 2.09M +32,839 +1.6%
1978 2.06M +28,746 +1.42%
1977 2.03M +25,478 +1.27%
1976 2M +36,016 +1.83%
1975 1.97M +50,803 +2.65%
1974 1.92M +54,456 +2.93%
1973 1.86M +55,121 +3.05%
1972 1.81M +55,055 +3.14%
1971 1.75M +53,164 +3.13%
1970 1.7M +50,797 +3.08%
1969 1.65M +49,977 +3.13%
1968 1.6M +49,317 +3.19%
1967 1.55M +48,268 +3.22%
1966 1.5M +53,028 +3.67%
1965 1.45M +58,823 +4.24%
1964 1.39M +57,557 +4.33%
1963 1.33M +53,559 +4.2%
1962 1.28M +49,051 +4%
1961 1.23M +49,083 +4.17%
1960 1.18M

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.