Population aged 65 and over — all countries

Population aged 65 and over — Ukraine

Population aged 65 and over in Ukraine in 2025 — 7,395,255 people. Ranked 23 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 136.6%.

2025 7.4M people +3.01% vs 2024
World rank 23of 217
Period maximum 7.7M people2021
Period minimum 3.13M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 65 and over — Ukraine, 1960–20252M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,125,273 people1962: 3,309,768 people1964: 3,497,322 people1966: 3,790,053 people1968: 4,066,099 people1970: 4,347,964 people1972: 4,649,377 people1974: 4,978,077 people1976: 5,341,318 people1978: 5,744,382 people1980: 5,933,183 people1982: 5,820,664 people1984: 5,807,621 people1986: 5,827,143 people1988: 6,013,315 people1990: 6,265,622 people1992: 6,524,945 people1994: 6,813,307 people1996: 6,857,029 people1998: 6,832,554 people2000: 6,647,600 people2002: 6,865,995 people2004: 7,229,908 people2006: 7,328,699 people2008: 7,229,537 people2010: 6,921,719 people2012: 6,750,937 people2014: 6,787,015 people2016: 7,083,939 people2018: 7,390,727 people2020: 7,638,640 people2022: 7,330,053 people2024: 7,179,225 people2025: 7,395,255 people
Change over the period: +4.27M (+136.63%) Average annual rate: 1.33 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Ukraine 7.4M people
World 855M people
Europe & Central Asia 173M people
Eastern Europe computed 53.16M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 210M people
Population aged 65 and over — Ukraine, by year Ukraine All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 7.4M +216,030 +3.01%
2024 7.18M +176,941 +2.53%
2023 7M −327,769 −4.47%
2022 7.33M −372,624 −4.84%
2021 7.7M +64,037 +0.84%
2020 7.64M +123,417 +1.64%
2019 7.52M +124,496 +1.68%
2018 7.39M +140,559 +1.94%
2017 7.25M +166,229 +2.35%
2016 7.08M +145,468 +2.1%
2015 6.94M +151,456 +2.23%
2014 6.79M +42,524 +0.63%
2013 6.74M −6,446 −0.1%
2012 6.75M −19,789 −0.29%
2011 6.77M −150,993 −2.18%
2010 6.92M −146,514 −2.07%
2009 7.07M −161,304 −2.23%
2008 7.23M −124,968 −1.7%
2007 7.35M +25,806 +0.35%
2006 7.33M +31,896 +0.44%
2005 7.3M +66,895 +0.93%
2004 7.23M +161,619 +2.29%
2003 7.07M +202,294 +2.95%
2002 6.87M +160,757 +2.4%
2001 6.71M +57,638 +0.87%
2000 6.65M −59,457 −0.89%
1999 6.71M −125,497 −1.84%
1998 6.83M −52,519 −0.76%
1997 6.89M +28,044 +0.41%
1996 6.86M −14,090 −0.21%
1995 6.87M +57,812 +0.85%
1994 6.81M +158,120 +2.38%
1993 6.66M +130,242 +2%
1992 6.52M +135,248 +2.12%
1991 6.39M +124,075 +1.98%
1990 6.27M +121,165 +1.97%
1989 6.14M +131,142 +2.18%
1988 6.01M +116,177 +1.97%
1987 5.9M +69,995 +1.2%
1986 5.83M +17,761 +0.31%
1985 5.81M +1,761 +0.03%
1984 5.81M +16,615 +0.29%
1983 5.79M −29,658 −0.51%
1982 5.82M −76,031 −1.29%
1981 5.9M −36,488 −0.61%
1980 5.93M +52,936 +0.9%
1979 5.88M +135,865 +2.37%
1978 5.74M +194,775 +3.51%
1977 5.55M +208,289 +3.9%
1976 5.34M +183,936 +3.57%
1975 5.16M +179,305 +3.6%
1974 4.98M +169,478 +3.52%
1973 4.81M +159,222 +3.42%
1972 4.65M +170,021 +3.8%
1971 4.48M +131,392 +3.02%
1970 4.35M +120,157 +2.84%
1969 4.23M +161,708 +3.98%
1968 4.07M +159,072 +4.07%
1967 3.91M +116,974 +3.09%
1966 3.79M +146,607 +4.02%
1965 3.64M +146,124 +4.18%
1964 3.5M +100,312 +2.95%
1963 3.4M +87,242 +2.64%
1962 3.31M +81,005 +2.51%
1961 3.23M +103,490 +3.31%
1960 3.13M

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.