Data · Population & urbanization
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population): Vietnam, 1960–2025
- Latest (2025)
- 9.49 %
- Source
- World Bank
- Code
- SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS
- Frequency
- Yearly
Definition
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
What the series shows
The series runs from 1960 to 2025 (66 years of data). It moved from 4.82 to 9.49 %, a change of 96.9%. The highest value was 9.49 in 2025 and the lowest 4.82 in 1960. The comparison below sets Vietnam against 9 neighbouring economies on the latest available year.
Using it in a thesis
Indicators like this one are typical control or explanatory variables in macro and finance theses: merge the CSV with your other series on the year column, check for missing years before running a regression, and log-transform level variables that grow over time. If you use the series in a panel with other countries, take every country from the same source and vintage so the definitions match. Cite the original publisher, not this site, as shown below.
Values by year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.49 |
| 2024 | 9.05 |
| 2023 | 8.62 |
| 2022 | 8.23 |
| 2021 | 7.89 |
| 2020 | 7.57 |
| 2019 | 7.25 |
| 2018 | 6.98 |
| 2017 | 6.77 |
| 2016 | 6.61 |
| 2015 | 6.45 |
| 2014 | 6.28 |
| 2013 | 6.17 |
| 2012 | 6.09 |
| 2011 | 6.05 |
| 2010 | 6.05 |
| 2009 | 6.05 |
| 2008 | 6.10 |
| 2007 | 6.15 |
| 2006 | 6.19 |
| 2005 | 6.20 |
| 2004 | 6.18 |
| 2003 | 6.15 |
| 2002 | 6.11 |
| 2001 | 6.06 |
| 2000 | 5.98 |
| 1999 | 5.90 |
| 1998 | 5.81 |
| 1997 | 5.71 |
| 1996 | 5.63 |
| 1995 | 5.57 |
| 1994 | 5.52 |
| 1993 | 5.50 |
| 1992 | 5.49 |
| 1991 | 5.49 |
| 1990 | 5.47 |
| 1989 | 5.45 |
| 1988 | 5.42 |
| 1987 | 5.38 |
| 1986 | 5.35 |
| 1985 | 5.33 |
| 1984 | 5.33 |
| 1983 | 5.33 |
| 1982 | 5.34 |
| 1981 | 5.35 |
| 1980 | 5.34 |
| 1979 | 5.31 |
| 1978 | 5.27 |
| 1977 | 5.24 |
| 1976 | 5.21 |
| 1975 | 5.19 |
| 1974 | 5.20 |
| 1973 | 5.24 |
| 1972 | 5.29 |
| 1971 | 5.33 |
| 1970 | 5.33 |
| 1969 | 5.31 |
| 1968 | 5.28 |
| 1967 | 5.21 |
| 1966 | 5.13 |
| 1965 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 5.01 |
| 1963 | 4.97 |
| 1962 | 4.94 |
| 1961 | 4.88 |
| 1960 | 4.82 |
Comparison with other countries
| Country | Latest year | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2025 | 9.49 |
| Thailand | 2025 | 16.02 |
| Indonesia | 2025 | 7.54 |
| Malaysia | 2025 | 8.03 |
| Philippines | 2025 | 5.72 |
| Singapore | 2025 | 14.21 |
| Cambodia | 2025 | 6.38 |
| Laos | 2025 | 4.81 |
| Myanmar | 2025 | 7.52 |
| China | 2025 | 14.91 |
How to cite (APA 7)
World Bank. (2026). Population ages 65 and above (% of total population), Vietnam [Data set]. World Development Indicators. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?locations=VN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-11-02. The CSV has one row per period
with the variable name sp_pop_65up_to_zs, ready for Stata, R or SPSS.