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Population aged 65+, % of total: ranking of countries

217 countries ranked by their latest value. Monaco is highest at 36.0%; Qatar is lowest at 1.7%.

World 10.4% (2025)Median country 8.6%217 countries
Aged 65+: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
0%5.0%10%15%20%1994199920042009201420192024WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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All 217 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

217 shown
#CountryRegionAged 65+YearRelative
1MonacoEurope & Central Asia36.0%2025
2JapanEast Asia & Pacific30.0%2025
3Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean25.3%2025
4ItalyEurope & Central Asia25.1%2025
5PortugalEurope & Central Asia24.9%2025
6GreeceEurope & Central Asia24.4%2025
7FinlandEurope & Central Asia24.2%2025
8GermanyEurope & Central Asia23.7%2025
9Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific23.7%2025
10CroatiaEurope & Central Asia23.6%2025
11Isle of ManEurope & Central Asia23.6%2025
12San MarinoEurope & Central Asia23.1%2025
13US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean23.1%2025
14SerbiaEurope & Central Asia23.1%2025
15Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia22.9%2025
16BermudaNorth America22.6%2025
17FranceEurope & Central Asia22.5%2025
18BulgariaEurope & Central Asia22.2%2025
19SloveniaEurope & Central Asia22.2%2025
20LatviaEurope & Central Asia22.2%2025
21EstoniaEurope & Central Asia21.8%2025
22SpainEurope & Central Asia21.6%2025
23LiechtensteinEurope & Central Asia21.4%2025
24CzechiaEurope & Central Asia21.2%2025
25HungaryEurope & Central Asia21.2%2025
26DenmarkEurope & Central Asia21.1%2025
27AustriaEurope & Central Asia21.1%2025
28BelgiumEurope & Central Asia21.0%2025
29SwedenEurope & Central Asia20.9%2025
30NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia20.9%2025
31PolandEurope & Central Asia20.8%2025
32LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia20.7%2025
33MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan20.5%2025
34SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia20.4%2025
35Channel IslandsEurope & Central Asia20.4%2025
36South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific20.3%2025
37CanadaNorth America20.3%2025
38RomaniaEurope & Central Asia20.1%2025
39United KingdomEurope & Central Asia19.7%2025
40Saint Martin (French part)Latin America & Caribbean19.7%2025
41NorwayEurope & Central Asia19.1%2025
42SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia19.0%2025
43UkraineEurope & Central Asia19.0%2025
44North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia18.5%2025
45United StatesNorth America18.4%2025
46MontenegroEurope & Central Asia18.3%2025
47BelarusEurope & Central Asia18.3%2025
48AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific18.1%2025
49GibraltarEurope & Central Asia17.8%2025
50RussiaEurope & Central Asia17.8%2025
51Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia17.8%2025
52ArubaLatin America & Caribbean17.8%2025
53AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia17.6%2025
54New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific17.6%2025
55CuraçaoLatin America & Caribbean17.3%2025
56BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean17.1%2025
57CubaLatin America & Caribbean17.0%2025
58MoldovaEurope & Central Asia16.9%2025
59AndorraEurope & Central Asia16.6%2025
60UruguayLatin America & Caribbean16.3%2025
61IrelandEurope & Central Asia16.2%2025
62ThailandEast Asia & Pacific16.0%2025
63GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia16.0%2025
64IcelandEurope & Central Asia16.0%2025
65LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia15.8%2025
66MacaoEast Asia & Pacific15.1%2025
67CyprusEurope & Central Asia14.9%2025
68ChinaEast Asia & Pacific14.9%2025
69ChileLatin America & Caribbean14.6%2025
70Sint MaartenLatin America & Caribbean14.5%2025
71ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia14.4%2025
72SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific14.2%2025
73MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa14.1%2025
74DominicaLatin America & Caribbean13.2%2025
75GuamEast Asia & Pacific13.1%2025
76Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean12.9%2025
77Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean12.8%2025
78North KoreaEast Asia & Pacific12.7%2025
79IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan12.7%2025
80ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean12.6%2025
81GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean12.6%2025
82Sri LankaSouth Asia12.5%2025
83Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean12.3%2025
84Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean12.3%2025
85BahamasLatin America & Caribbean12.1%2025
86French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific11.9%2025
87PalauEast Asia & Pacific11.8%2025
88New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific11.8%2025
89Saint Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean11.7%2025
90Turks and Caicos IslandsLatin America & Caribbean11.7%2025
91GreenlandEurope & Central Asia11.5%2025
92BrazilLatin America & Caribbean11.5%2025
93Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific10.8%2025
94TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia10.6%2025
95KosovoEurope & Central Asia10.5%2025
96LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan10.4%2025
97ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean10.2%2025
98British Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean10.1%2025
99VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean10.0%2025
100Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean10.0%2025
101TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan9.9%2025
102PanamaLatin America & Caribbean9.7%2025
103Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean9.5%2025
104VietnamEast Asia & Pacific9.5%2025
105PeruLatin America & Caribbean9.5%2025
106AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia9.2%2025
107KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia9.0%2025
108SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa8.7%2025
109EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean8.6%2025
110IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan8.6%2025
111JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean8.6%2025
112American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific8.5%2025
113MexicoLatin America & Caribbean8.5%2025
114MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan8.5%2025
115El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean8.3%2025
116SurinameLatin America & Caribbean8.2%2025
117Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean8.2%2025
118MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific8.0%2025
119IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific7.5%2025
120MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific7.5%2025
121IndiaSouth Asia7.4%2025
122BruneiEast Asia & Pacific7.2%2025
123Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa7.2%2025
124TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific7.0%2025
125GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean7.0%2025
126South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa6.9%2025
127TongaEast Asia & Pacific6.9%2025
128AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan6.8%2025
129ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean6.7%2025
130BangladeshSouth Asia6.7%2025
131FijiEast Asia & Pacific6.6%2025
132BhutanSouth Asia6.6%2025
133NepalSouth Asia6.6%2025
134CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific6.4%2025
135MicronesiaEast Asia & Pacific6.2%2025
136UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia6.1%2025
137SamoaEast Asia & Pacific6.1%2025
138KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia6.0%2025
139BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean5.7%2025
140PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific5.7%2025
141NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean5.7%2025
142MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific5.4%2025
143EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan5.3%2025
144Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific5.2%2025
145BelizeLatin America & Caribbean5.2%2025
146LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan5.2%2025
147DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan5.0%2025
148GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean5.0%2025
149MaldivesSouth Asia5.0%2025
150Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific4.9%2025
151SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.8%2025
152LaosEast Asia & Pacific4.8%2025
153TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia4.8%2025
154HaitiLatin America & Caribbean4.8%2025
155JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.8%2025
156HondurasLatin America & Caribbean4.5%2025
157ComorosSub-Saharan Africa4.5%2025
158VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific4.4%2025
159KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific4.4%2025
160PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.4%2025
161EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa4.3%2025
162EritreaSub-Saharan Africa4.3%2025
163GabonSub-Saharan Africa4.1%2025
164BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa4.1%2025
165TajikistanEurope & Central Asia4.1%2025
166RwandaSub-Saharan Africa4.0%2025
167BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.0%2025
168São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa3.9%2025
169LesothoSub-Saharan Africa3.9%2025
170West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan3.9%2025
171NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa3.8%2025
172GhanaSub-Saharan Africa3.8%2025
173Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa3.8%2025
174Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific3.7%2025
175SenegalSub-Saharan Africa3.6%2025
176Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific3.6%2025
177ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa3.6%2025
178TogoSub-Saharan Africa3.5%2025
179GuineaSub-Saharan Africa3.5%2025
180MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa3.5%2025
181IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan3.4%2025
182SudanSub-Saharan Africa3.4%2025
183LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa3.3%2025
184EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa3.3%2025
185Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa3.3%2025
186MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa3.2%2025
187Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa3.2%2025
188The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa3.2%2025
189KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan3.2%2025
190BeninSub-Saharan Africa3.2%2025
191Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa3.1%2025
192South SudanSub-Saharan Africa3.1%2025
193NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa3.1%2025
194Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa3.1%2025
195Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan3.1%2025
196TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa3.0%2025
197KenyaSub-Saharan Africa3.0%2025
198NauruEast Asia & Pacific3.0%2025
199AngolaSub-Saharan Africa2.9%2025
200CameroonSub-Saharan Africa2.8%2025
201MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa2.7%2025
202OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.7%2025
203Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa2.7%2025
204Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa2.7%2025
205NigerSub-Saharan Africa2.6%2025
206SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa2.6%2025
207MalawiSub-Saharan Africa2.6%2025
208BurundiSub-Saharan Africa2.5%2025
209YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.5%2025
210AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.4%2025
211MaliSub-Saharan Africa2.4%2025
212UgandaSub-Saharan Africa2.2%2025
213Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa2.2%2025
214ChadSub-Saharan Africa2.1%2025
215ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa2.0%2025
216United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.8%2025
217QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.7%2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)