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Brazil now has more people over 65 than Germany

People aged 65 and older, millions, 2000–2025. World Bank estimates based on UN population data.

24.4 million

Brazilians were 65 or older in 2025, up from 9 million in 2000.

2018

The year Brazil passed Germany; it is now 1.1 million behind Russia's 25.5 million.

×2.7

Brazil's over-65s grew 2.7 times since 2000 while Germany's grew by almost half, so ageing is no longer only a rich-world story.

Source World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population ages 65 and above, total ·Data 2025 ·Fact·Estimate·Interpretation
the numbers
Brazil now has more people over 65 than Germany. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population ages 65 and above, total, 2025.
YearBrazil (M)Germany (M)Russia (M)Japan (M)
20009.013.518.122.1
20019.313.918.222.9
20029.614.218.623.7
20039.914.619.024.4
200410.315.119.425.1
200510.715.619.725.9
200611.116.119.926.8
200711.516.519.827.7
200811.916.719.328.5
200912.416.818.629.2
201012.916.818.129.6
201113.416.518.030.2
201214.016.618.231.3
201314.616.818.532.4
201415.317.019.033.4
201516.117.219.634.2
201616.817.420.135.0
201717.617.620.735.5
201818.417.821.335.9
201919.218.021.936.3
202020.018.222.536.5
202120.818.422.836.7
202221.618.723.236.8
202322.519.023.936.8
202423.419.424.736.9
202524.419.825.537.0
source notes & method

All values read from the World Bank API (SP.POP.65UP.TO, WDI last updated 8 Oct 2026) on 3 Nov 2026, rounded to 0.01 million. Population by age is modelled by the World Bank from UN World Population Prospects and national sources: estimates, not counts. Brazil 2025: 24.43M; Germany 19.79M; Russia 25.53M; Japan 37.00M. Brazil passed Germany in 2018 (18.40M vs 17.78M; 2017: 17.59M vs 17.60M). ×2.7 = 24.43/8.97 (2.72); Germany 19.79/13.53 = 1.46. Takeaway 3's second clause is an interpretation. Germany's series dips in 2011 (16.82M to 16.47M), a level shift in the published data rather than a real fall in older people; shown as published. 2017 was a near tie (17,587,410 vs 17,600,685).

Published 3 Nov 2026

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