Beijing's centenarian population hits new high at 1,801

The number of centenarians in Beijing reached a record high of 1,801 by the end of 2025, up 262 from a year earlier, according to an official report released on Wednesday.

The 2025 Beijing Report on Aging Undertakings Development, released by the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau and the municipal office on aging, showed that the city's centenarians included 633 men and 1,168 women.

There were 12.4 centenarians per 100,000 registered residents. Haidian district had the largest number, with 435, or 24.2 percent of the city's total.

By the end of 2025, Beijing had 4.61 million registered residents aged 60 and above, making up 31.8 percent of its registered population. Of these, 3.37 million were aged 65 and above, accounting for 23.3 percent of the total population, while 699,000 were aged 80 and above, the report said.

The city's old-age dependency ratio rose by 2 percentage points year-on-year to 58.8 percent in 2025, meaning that there are nearly 2 working-age people for every retiree in Beijing, reflecting growing pressure on the working-age population.