# Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

All 38 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_65_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Residents aged 65 or over as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. United States: 1 July, Census Bureau population estimates. World Bank figures for other countries and the World refer to mid-year.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-65-plus/germany-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-65-plus/germany-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chemnitz | 30.4 |
| 2 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 28.5 |
| 3 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 28 |
| 3 | Thüringen | 28 |
| 5 | Dresden | 27.1 |
| 6 | Brandenburg | 26.5 |
| 7 | Saarland | 25.4 |
| 8 | Kassel | 24.1 |
| 8 | Oberfranken | 24.1 |
| 10 | Koblenz | 24 |
| 10 | Lüneburg | 24 |
| 10 | Schleswig-Holstein | 24 |
| 13 | Braunschweig | 23.9 |
| 14 | Unterfranken | 23.6 |
| 15 | Hannover | 23.3 |
| 16 | Leipzig | 23.1 |
| 17 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 22.9 |
| 18 | Trier | 22.8 |
| 19 | Arnsberg | 22.7 |
| 20 | Gießen | 22.5 |
| 21 | Niederbayern | 22.4 |
| 22 | Detmold | 22.2 |
| 22 | Düsseldorf | 22.2 |
| 22 | Weser-Ems | 22.2 |
| 25 | Freiburg | 22.1 |
| 26 | Oberpfalz | 22 |
| 27 | Münster | 21.9 |
| 28 | Karlsruhe | 21.7 |
| 28 | Mittelfranken | 21.7 |
| 28 | Schwaben | 21.7 |
| 31 | Tübingen | 21.6 |
| 32 | Köln | 21.3 |
| 33 | Stuttgart | 21.1 |
| 34 | Bremen | 20.8 |
| 35 | Darmstadt | 20.7 |
| 36 | Oberbayern | 20 |
| 37 | Berlin | 19.2 |
| 38 | Hamburg | 18 |