Canada - Population ages 65 and above, total

The value for Population ages 65 and above, total in Canada was 6,886,393 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,886,393 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1,378,771 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 1,378,771
1961 1,407,526
1962 1,434,579
1963 1,462,751
1964 1,493,291
1965 1,525,628
1966 1,558,956
1967 1,595,673
1968 1,633,709
1969 1,670,704
1970 1,710,681
1971 1,782,373
1972 1,821,364
1973 1,862,488
1974 1,911,645
1975 1,968,710
1976 2,034,883
1977 2,103,679
1978 2,171,955
1979 2,239,330
1980 2,311,306
1981 2,381,672
1982 2,448,291
1983 2,510,573
1984 2,577,069
1985 2,650,597
1986 2,724,136
1987 2,812,700
1988 2,905,527
1989 3,014,902
1990 3,115,950
1991 3,200,905
1992 3,279,950
1993 3,354,011
1994 3,428,374
1995 3,503,041
1996 3,575,806
1997 3,649,262
1998 3,718,199
1999 3,785,493
2000 3,855,655
2001 3,931,204
2002 4,003,899
2003 4,070,291
2004 4,144,518
2005 4,229,591
2006 4,321,765
2007 4,419,182
2008 4,532,226
2009 4,663,632
2010 4,812,933
2011 4,962,451
2012 5,139,058
2013 5,333,257
2014 5,536,520
2015 5,731,614
2016 5,941,820
2017 6,155,128
2018 6,387,058
2019 6,635,826
2020 6,886,393

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population