Portugal's population ages 65 and above, female was 1.54 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 24.02% from 1.24 million in 2015 (2.18% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.54 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.35 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.24 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.54 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 422,184 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.38 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 422,184 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Portugal's population ages 65 and above, female rose 2.7% on 2024 (from 1.5 million to 1.54 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.9% and a typical year strayed about 0.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.7% in 1975. 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 30,661 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 1.6 million 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 51,547, against 86,205 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, Portugal had the 44th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1.54 million | 2025 |
| World | 474.56 million | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 100.82 million | 2025 |
| High income | 160.38 million | 2025 |
Closest to Portugal in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Female 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, female |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,540,977 |
| 2024 | 1,500,668 |
| 2023 | 1,459,266 |
| 2022 | 1,414,099 |
| 2021 | 1,382,804 |
| 2020 | 1,353,577 |
| 2019 | 1,329,644 |
| 2018 | 1,306,580 |
| 2017 | 1,284,822 |
| 2016 | 1,262,967 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 65 and above, female in nearby economies
- Albania — 220,645 (2025)
- Andorra — 7,008 (2025)
- Armenia — 282,721 (2025)
- Austria — 1.08 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 549,313 (2025)
- Belarus — 1.09 million (2025)
- Belgium — 1.38 million (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 441,543 (2025)
- Bulgaria — 862,145 (2025)
- Channel Islands — 18,690 (2025)
- Croatia
More health data for Portugal
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 3.81% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 670,341 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 11.85% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 703,389 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 13.67% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.37 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 12.71% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 3.96% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Portugal's population ages 65 and above, female?
- 1.54 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 265% from 422,184 in 1960 (2.01% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.54 million in 2025 and the lowest 422,184 in 1960.
- How does Portugal rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.65UP.FE.IN, 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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