World - Population ages 65 and above, total

The value for Population ages 65 and above, total in World was 723,484,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 723,484,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 150,633,700 in 1960.

Definition: Total population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 150,633,700
1961 154,023,200
1962 157,478,400
1963 161,066,500
1964 164,516,700
1965 167,934,200
1966 173,397,300
1967 178,820,400
1968 184,257,300
1969 189,708,300
1970 195,108,400
1971 201,794,500
1972 208,145,600
1973 214,322,000
1974 220,445,200
1975 226,540,700
1976 233,893,900
1977 241,260,100
1978 248,491,700
1979 255,204,000
1980 261,101,300
1981 267,266,400
1982 272,479,700
1983 277,144,400
1984 281,902,600
1985 287,249,900
1986 294,144,800
1987 301,407,500
1988 309,002,800
1989 316,910,600
1990 325,168,600
1991 334,528,600
1992 344,160,100
1993 353,893,700
1994 363,289,200
1995 372,224,800
1996 382,704,200
1997 392,273,100
1998 401,350,300
1999 410,527,200
2000 420,125,700
2001 430,783,800
2002 441,758,500
2003 452,725,400
2004 463,027,700
2005 472,398,400
2006 482,886,000
2007 492,577,500
2008 502,154,100
2009 512,294,900
2010 523,576,600
2011 536,834,000
2012 551,416,100
2013 567,286,100
2014 584,769,000
2015 604,066,000
2016 626,306,200
2017 650,029,500
2018 674,549,500
2019 699,071,100
2020 723,484,000

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population