U.S. Share of population aged 65+: latest figures and trend
How much of the population is 65 or older?
18.39% of the population of the U.S. was aged 65 or over in 2025, roughly 1 in 5 people, up from 17.93% in 2024.
The latest share of population aged 65+ for U.S. is 18.39% (2025), according to World Bank. The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value18.39% Reference period: 2025
Previous (2024): 17.93% · +0.46 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 | 18.39% | World Bank |
| 2024 | 17.93% | World Bank |
| 2023 | 17.43% | World Bank |
| 2022 | 16.92% | World Bank |
| 2021 | 16.47% | World Bank |
| 2020 | 16.07% | World Bank |
| 2019 | 15.67% | World Bank |
| 2018 | 15.29% | World Bank |
| 2017 | 14.94% | World Bank |
| 2016 | 14.61% | World Bank |