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China: Population ages 65 and above

14.91percent · 2025+48.3% 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 China from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202514.911
202414.665
202314.316
202213.782
202113.206
202012.645
201912.061
201811.516
201710.981
201610.491
201510.053
20149.666
20139.356
20129.089
20118.859
20108.661
20098.498
20088.355
20078.213
20068.054
20057.89
20047.737
20037.58
20027.402
20017.214
20007.017
19996.815
19986.603
19976.401
19966.225
19956.053
19945.885
19935.727
19925.577
19915.453
19905.345
19895.233
19885.122
19875.031
19864.944
19854.847
19844.749
19834.66
19824.578
19814.491
19804.395
19794.289
19784.179
19774.086
19764.017
19753.952
19743.881
19733.818
19723.774
19713.739
19703.708
19693.683
19683.661
19673.642
19663.632
19653.645
19643.687
19633.755
19623.824
19613.882
19603.966

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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