Health · Sweden
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Sweden's population ages 65 and above, total was 2.22 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 14.81% from 1.93 million in 2015 (1.39% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.22 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.08 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.93 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.22 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 879,407 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.09 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 879,407 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 6.7% from 2.08 million in 2020 (1.31% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 151.99% from 879,407 in 1960 (1.43% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Sweden's population ages 65 and above, total rose 1.1% on 2024 (from 2.19 million to 2.22 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.2% and a typical year strayed about 1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.8% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.3% in 1999. 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 28,376 a year. A straight line explains 100% 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.
Extending that straight line gives about 2.31 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 15,291, against 57,680 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.
In 2025, Sweden had the 49th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2.22 million | 2025 |
| World | 854.6 million | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 172.64 million | 2025 |
| High income | 284.74 million | 2025 |
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.
| Year | Population ages 65 and above, total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,216,050 |
| 2024 | 2,192,873 |
| 2023 | 2,163,847 |
| 2022 | 2,133,243 |
| 2021 | 2,103,659 |
| 2020 | 2,076,899 |
| 2019 | 2,050,706 |
| 2018 | 2,021,056 |
| 2017 | 1,991,609 |
| 2016 | 1,962,174 |
| 2015 | 1,930,269 |
| 2014 | 1,892,784 |
| 2013 | 1,850,418 |
| 2012 | 1,806,544 |
| 2011 | 1,760,968 |
| 2010 | 1,714,067 |
| 2009 | 1,668,083 |
| 2008 | 1,626,933 |
| 2007 | 1,595,046 |
| 2006 | 1,573,478 |
| 2005 | 1,559,997 |
| 2004 | 1,548,005 |
| 2003 | 1,537,677 |
| 2002 | 1,532,988 |
| 2001 | 1,531,506 |
| 2000 | 1,531,693 |
| 1999 | 1,534,934 |
| 1998 | 1,539,701 |
| 1997 | 1,542,374 |
| 1996 | 1,542,745 |
| 1995 | 1,541,184 |
| 1994 | 1,537,643 |
| 1993 | 1,534,877 |
| 1992 | 1,532,713 |
| 1991 | 1,528,606 |
| 1990 | 1,521,667 |
| 1989 | 1,510,888 |
| 1988 | 1,498,592 |
| 1987 | 1,484,919 |
| 1986 | 1,465,477 |
| 1985 | 1,439,240 |
| 1984 | 1,417,204 |
| 1983 | 1,402,437 |
| 1982 | 1,386,324 |
| 1981 | 1,369,872 |
| 1980 | 1,353,737 |
| 1979 | 1,334,622 |
| 1978 | 1,312,162 |
| 1977 | 1,287,203 |
| 1976 | 1,262,379 |
| 1975 | 1,238,000 |
| 1974 | 1,210,530 |
| 1973 | 1,181,730 |
| 1972 | 1,154,363 |
| 1971 | 1,127,219 |
| 1970 | 1,099,475 |
| 1969 | 1,073,982 |
| 1968 | 1,051,768 |
| 1967 | 1,028,293 |
| 1966 | 1,003,239 |
| 1965 | 979,667 |
| 1964 | 957,799 |
| 1963 | 936,968 |
| 1962 | 917,379 |
| 1961 | 898,113 |
| 1960 | 879,407 |
Every indicator for Sweden is on the Sweden data page.
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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