Population ages 65 and above

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
215
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    United Nations

    World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20252.43percent
Albania202517.62percent
Algeria20256.81percent
American Samoa20258.54percent
Andorra202516.56percent
Angola20252.89percent
Antigua and Barbuda202512.34percent
Argentina202512.63percent
Armenia202514.44percent
Aruba202517.76percent

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