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Australia: Population ages 65 and above

18.09percent · 2025+21.4% since 2015

Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202518.093
202417.73
202317.384
202217.075
202116.749
202016.339
201915.945
201815.641
201715.388
201615.151
201514.899
201414.634
201314.366
201214.088
201113.799
201013.529
200913.315
200813.177
200713.088
200612.993
200512.885
200412.771
200312.657
200212.553
200112.444
200012.338
199912.252
199812.166
199712.069
199611.963
199511.847
199411.725
199311.579
199211.414
199111.237
199011.059
198910.912
198810.776
198710.618
198610.425
198510.224
198410.066
19839.945
19829.841
19819.729
19809.587
19799.411
19789.221
19779.045
19768.878
19758.709
19748.576
19738.48
19728.392
19718.343
19708.347
19698.38
19688.428
19678.47
19668.497
19658.518
19648.533
19638.546
19628.542
19618.529
19608.525

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Population ages 65 and above. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-population-ages-65-and-above (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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