Poland
5.8→20.8
- Total change
- +15.0 pp
- Period
- 1960–2025
Poland: 5.8 (1960) → 20.8 (2025). Difference: +15.0 pp. Peak value of 20.8 in 2025; lowest value of 5.8 in 1960.
Population 65+
Share of population aged 65 and over from the World Bank.
20.8%Poland · 2025
World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-10-23, ID 45c9ce2801a2Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
- Poland: 1960–2025; observations: 66; missing years: 0
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
Compare with:
66 rows for Poland
Time range:
Year
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Period statistics
Calculated from the values shown in this view for the selected period. Statistics follow the active display mode.
Format:
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Poland | 20.8% |
| 2024 | Poland | 20.1% |
| 2023 | Poland | 19.6% |
| 2022 | Poland | 19% |
| 2021 | Poland | 18.5% |
| 2020 | Poland | 18.1% |
| 2019 | Poland | 17.6% |
| 2018 | Poland | 17% |
| 2017 | Poland | 16.5% |
| 2016 | Poland | 15.9% |
| 2015 | Poland | 15.4% |
| 2014 | Poland | 14.9% |
| 2013 | Poland | 14.4% |
| 2012 | Poland | 14% |
| 2011 | Poland | 13.7% |
| 2010 | Poland | 13.6% |
| 2009 | Poland | 13.5% |
| 2008 | Poland | 13.5% |
| 2007 | Poland | 13.5% |
| 2006 | Poland | 13.4% |
- Source
- World Bank Open Data
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Published by source
- 2026-10-08
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-23
- Indicator code in source
- SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
- Unit of measure
- percent
- Data version
- v45
Cite
Longseries, “Population 65+”. World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS), 1960–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-10-23. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 45c9ce2801a20412e1e91dc74ac0d60b5d086b6d777424ef1f35b880ac15b1ce. https://longseries.com/en/d/population-65plus/Embed chart
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Latest values
Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Japan; lowest — India
Only the first rows are shown here. Use “Remaining locations” below for the full list.
| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↑Highest value in the comparable yearmaxJapan | 2025 | 30%30%↑+0.2 pp |
| Italy | 2025 | 25.1%25.1%↑+0.5 pp |
| Germany | 2025 | 23.7%23.7%↑+0.5 pp |
| France | 2025 | 22.5%22.5%↑+0.4 pp |
| Spain | 2025 | 21.6%21.6%↑+0.5 pp |
| Czechia | 2025 | 21.2%21.2%↑+0.3 pp |
| Sweden | 2025 | 20.9%20.9%↑+0.2 pp |
| Netherlands | 2025 | 20.9%20.9%↑+0.4 pp |
Remaining locations (7)
About this series
Population aged 65+, % of total. World Bank, from 1960.
Indicator definition
Share of the population aged 65 years and older.
How to read the data
Poland’s share passed 20%. Read with Age dependency and Median age.
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