Australia - Population ages 65 and above, total

The value for Population ages 65 and above, total in Australia was 4,165,664 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,165,664 in 2020 and a minimum value of 884,868 in 1960.

Definition: Total population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 884,868
1961 904,704
1962 928,144
1963 946,353
1964 964,280
1965 981,496
1966 995,393
1967 998,328
1968 1,006,166
1969 1,018,293
1970 1,031,064
1971 1,079,689
1972 1,112,392
1973 1,142,706
1974 1,187,416
1975 1,220,598
1976 1,254,217
1977 1,293,980
1978 1,336,486
1979 1,376,153
1980 1,413,926
1981 1,460,177
1982 1,501,769
1983 1,534,800
1984 1,569,235
1985 1,613,701
1986 1,662,464
1987 1,715,038
1988 1,773,165
1989 1,832,635
1990 1,887,187
1991 1,945,565
1992 2,000,583
1993 2,048,277
1994 2,095,025
1995 2,142,807
1996 2,191,058
1997 2,233,026
1998 2,272,163
1999 2,314,268
2000 2,360,353
2001 2,410,183
2002 2,459,554
2003 2,512,170
2004 2,565,354
2005 2,625,040
2006 2,675,535
2007 2,703,824
2008 2,774,878
2009 2,860,193
2010 2,947,089
2011 3,045,014
2012 3,166,837
2013 3,296,373
2014 3,419,308
2015 3,537,773
2016 3,662,774
2017 3,789,676
2018 3,911,408
2019 4,038,531
2020 4,165,664

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population