Australia Share of population aged 65+: latest figures and trend
How much of the population is 65 or older?
18.09% of the population of Australia was aged 65 or over in 2025, roughly 1 in 6 people, up from 17.73% in 2024.
The latest share of population aged 65+ for Australia is 18.09% (2025), according to World Bank. The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value18.09% Reference period: 2025
Previous (2024): 17.73% · +0.36 percentage points
World Bank · Sources · Last checked with the source
About this indicator
- Official series
- Population aged 65 and above (% of total population)
- Unit
- %
- Frequency
- Annual
- Sources
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) — license
- We record revisions when the source changes a value we already collected.
- We do not receive a provisional/final flag from the source, so recent values may still be revised.
| Period | Value | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.09% | World Bank |
| 2024 | 17.73% | World Bank |
| 2023 | 17.38% | World Bank |
| 2022 | 17.08% | World Bank |
| 2021 | 16.75% | World Bank |
| 2020 | 16.34% | World Bank |
| 2019 | 15.95% | World Bank |
| 2018 | 15.64% | World Bank |
| 2017 | 15.39% | World Bank |
| 2016 | 15.15% | World Bank |