Kiribati's population ages 65 and above, total was 5,971 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 38.76% from 4,303 in 2015 (3.33% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5,971 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4,956 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 4,303 | 2015 |
| Highest | 5,971 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 2,118 | 1979 |
| Average since 2016 | 5,091 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2,261 | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kiribati's population ages 65 and above, total rose 4.8% on 2024 (from 5,699 to 5,971).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +2.5% and a typical year strayed about 0.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.8% in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.1% in 1978. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 163.71 a year. A straight line explains 98% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 6,257 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 268.18, against 470.33 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Kiribati had the 207th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kiribati | 5,971 | 2025 |
| World | 854.6 million | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 332.81 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 177.82 million | 2025 |
Closest to Kiribati in the 2025 ranking
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 204th of 217: 7,029
- Greenland — 205th of 217: 6,553
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 206th of 217: 6,360
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 208th of 217: 5,500
- Turks and Caicos Islands — 209th of 217: 5,472
- St. Martin (French part) — 210th of 217: 4,902
What this measures
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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 65 and above, total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,971 |
| 2024 | 5,699 |
| 2023 | 5,458 |
| 2022 | 5,239 |
| 2021 | 5,080 |
| 2020 | 4,956 |
| 2019 | 4,824 |
| 2018 | 4,695 |
| 2017 | 4,562 |
| 2016 | 4,430 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 65 and above, total in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 3,930 (2025)
- Australia — 5 million (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 33,755 (2025)
- Cambodia — 1.14 million (2025)
- China — 209.74 million (2025)
- Fiji — 61,913 (2025)
- French Polynesia — 33,751 (2025)
- Guam — 22,131 (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 1.77 million (2025)
- Indonesia — 21.55 million (2025)
- Japan
More health data for Kiribati
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.21% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.58% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 23,039 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.83% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 23,865 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 35.99% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 46,903 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 34.36% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 10.91% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kiribati's population ages 65 and above, total?
- 5,971 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 164.09% from 2,261 in 1960 (1.51% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 5,971 in 2025 and the lowest 2,118 in 1979.
- How does Kiribati rank?
- 207th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.65UP.TO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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