UK Share of population aged 65+: latest figures and trend
How much of the population is 65 or older?
19.7% of the population of the UK was aged 65 or over in 2025, roughly 1 in 5 people, up from 19.5% in 2024.
The latest share of population aged 65+ for UK is 19.7% (2025), according to World Bank. The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value19.7% Reference period: 2025
Previous (2024): 19.5% · +0.2 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 | 19.7% | World Bank |
| 2024 | 19.5% | World Bank |
| 2023 | 19.24% | World Bank |
| 2022 | 18.93% | World Bank |
| 2021 | 18.72% | World Bank |
| 2020 | 18.61% | World Bank |
| 2019 | 18.46% | World Bank |
| 2018 | 18.26% | World Bank |
| 2017 | 18.07% | World Bank |
| 2016 | 17.92% | World Bank |