Share of population aged 65 and over (UN estimates)
People aged 65 and above as a percentage of the total midyear population, de facto definition.
Highest in 2025
36.0%
Monaco
Lowest in 2025
1.7%
Qatar
Euro area, 2025
22.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.4% | 18.4% | 14.9% | 7.4% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | 17.9% | 14.7% | 7.1% |
| 2023 | 10.0% | 17.4% | 14.3% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 9.7% | 16.9% | 13.8% | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | 16.5% | 13.2% | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | 16.1% | 12.6% | 6.4% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | 15.7% | 12.1% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | 15.3% | 11.5% | 6.0% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | 14.9% | 11.0% | 5.8% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | 14.6% | 10.5% | 5.6% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | 14.3% | 10.1% | 5.5% |
| 2014 | 8.1% | 14.0% | 9.7% | 5.3% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | 13.7% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | 13.4% | 9.1% | 5.1% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | 13.1% | 8.9% | 5.0% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | 12.8% | 8.7% | 4.9% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | 12.7% | 8.5% | 4.9% |
| 2008 | 7.5% | 12.5% | 8.4% | 4.8% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | 12.3% | 8.2% | 4.8% |
| 2006 | 7.3% | 12.2% | 8.1% | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 7.3% | 12.1% | 7.9% | 4.7% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | 12.1% | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| 2003 | 7.1% | 12.1% | 7.6% | 4.6% |
| 2002 | 7.0% | 12.1% | 7.4% | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 6.9% | 12.1% | 7.2% | 4.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Monaco (36.0%) and the lowest Qatar (1.7%).
- Half of the countries are above 8.6% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 209 countries and fell in 8.
- The figure for the world was 10.4% in 2025, against 9.3% in 2020 (+1.1 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Monaco 36.0%
- 2 Japan 30.0%
- 3 Puerto Rico (US) 25.3%
- 4 Italy 25.1%
- 5 Portugal 24.9%
- 6 Greece 24.4%
- 7 Finland 24.2%
- 8 Germany 23.7%
- 9 Hong Kong SAR, China 23.7%
- 10 Croatia 23.6%
- 11 Isle of Man 23.6%
- 12 San Marino 23.1%
- 13 US Virgin Islands 23.1%
- 14 Serbia 23.1%
- 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.9%
- 16 Bermuda 22.6%
- 17 France 22.5%
- 18 Bulgaria 22.2%
- 19 Slovenia 22.2%
- 20 Latvia 22.2%
- 21 Estonia 21.8%
- 22 Spain 21.6%
- 23 Liechtenstein 21.4%
- 24 Czechia 21.2%
- 25 Hungary 21.2%
- 26 Denmark 21.1%
- 27 Austria 21.1%
- 28 Belgium 21.0%
- 29 Sweden 20.9%
- 30 Netherlands 20.9%
- 31 Poland 20.8%
- 32 Lithuania 20.7%
- 33 Malta 20.5%
- 34 Switzerland 20.4%
- 35 Channel Islands 20.4%
- 36 South Korea 20.3%
- 37 Canada 20.3%
- 38 Romania 20.1%
- 39 United Kingdom 19.7%
- 40 Saint Martin (French part) 19.7%
- 41 Norway 19.1%
- 42 Slovakia 19.0%
- 43 Ukraine 19.0%
- 44 North Macedonia 18.5%
- 45 United States 18.4%
- 46 Montenegro 18.3%
- 47 Belarus 18.3%
- 48 Australia 18.1%
- 49 Gibraltar 17.8%
- 50 Russia 17.8%
- 51 Faroe Islands 17.8%
- 52 Aruba 17.8%
- 53 Albania 17.6%
- 54 New Zealand 17.6%
- 55 Curaçao 17.3%
- 56 Barbados 17.1%
- 57 Cuba 17.0%
- 58 Moldova 16.9%
- 59 Andorra 16.6%
- 60 Uruguay 16.3%
- 61 Ireland 16.2%
- 62 Thailand 16.0%
- 63 Georgia 16.0%
- 64 Iceland 16.0%
- 65 Luxembourg 15.8%
- 66 Macao SAR, China 15.1%
- 67 Cyprus 14.9%
- 68 China 14.9%
- 69 Chile 14.6%
- 70 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 14.5%
- 71 Armenia 14.4%
- 72 Singapore 14.2%
- 73 Mauritius 14.1%
- 74 Dominica 13.2%
- 75 Guam 13.1%
- 76 Trinidad and Tobago 12.9%
- 77 Costa Rica 12.8%
- 78 North Korea 12.7%
- 79 Israel 12.7%
- 80 Argentina 12.6%
- 81 Grenada 12.6%
- 82 Sri Lanka 12.5%
- 83 Antigua and Barbuda 12.3%
- 84 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.3%
- 85 Bahamas 12.1%
- 86 French Polynesia 11.9%
- 87 Palau 11.8%
- 88 New Caledonia 11.8%
- 89 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.7%
- 90 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.7%
- 91 Greenland 11.5%
- 92 Brazil 11.5%
- 93 Northern Mariana Islands 10.8%
- 94 Türkiye 10.6%
- 95 Kosovo 10.5%
- 96 Lebanon 10.4%
- 97 Colombia 10.2%
- 98 British Virgin Islands 10.1%
- 99 Venezuela 10.0%
- 100 Saint Lucia 10.0%
- 101 Tunisia 9.9%
- 102 Panama 9.7%
- 103 Cayman Islands 9.5%
- 104 Viet Nam 9.5%
- 105 Peru 9.5%
- 106 Azerbaijan 9.2%
- 107 Kazakhstan 9.0%
- 108 Seychelles 8.7%
- 109 Ecuador 8.6%
- 110 Iran 8.6%
- 111 Jamaica 8.6%
- 112 American Samoa 8.5%
- 113 Mexico 8.5%
- 114 Morocco 8.5%
- 115 El Salvador 8.3%
- 116 Suriname 8.2%
- 117 Dominican Republic 8.2%
- 118 Malaysia 8.0%
- 119 Indonesia 7.5%
- 120 Myanmar 7.5%
- 121 India 7.4%
- 122 Brunei 7.2%
- 123 Cabo Verde 7.2%
- 124 Tuvalu 7.0%
- 125 Guyana 7.0%
- 126 South Africa 6.9%
- 127 Tonga 6.9%
- 128 Algeria 6.8%
- 129 Paraguay 6.7%
- 130 Bangladesh 6.7%
- 131 Fiji 6.6%
- 132 Bhutan 6.6%
- 133 Nepal 6.6%
- 134 Cambodia 6.4%
- 135 Micronesia 6.2%
- 136 Uzbekistan 6.1%
- 137 Samoa 6.1%
- 138 Kyrgyzstan 6.0%
- 139 Bolivia 5.7%
- 140 Philippines 5.7%
- 141 Nicaragua 5.7%
- 142 Mongolia 5.4%
- 143 Egypt 5.3%
- 144 Timor-Leste 5.2%
- 145 Belize 5.2%
- 146 Libya 5.2%
- 147 Djibouti 5.0%
- 148 Guatemala 5.0%
- 149 Maldives 5.0%
- 150 Marshall Islands 4.9%
- 151 Syria 4.8%
- 152 Laos 4.8%
- 153 Turkmenistan 4.8%
- 154 Haiti 4.8%
- 155 Jordan 4.8%
- 156 Honduras 4.5%
- 157 Comoros 4.5%
- 158 Vanuatu 4.4%
- 159 Kiribati 4.4%
- 160 Pakistan 4.4%
- 161 Eswatini 4.3%
- 162 Eritrea 4.3%
- 163 Gabon 4.1%
- 164 Botswana 4.1%
- 165 Tajikistan 4.1%
- 166 Rwanda 4.0%
- 167 Bahrain 4.0%
- 168 São Tomé and Príncipe 3.9%
- 169 Lesotho 3.9%
- 170 West Bank and Gaza 3.9%
- 171 Namibia 3.8%
- 172 Ghana 3.8%
- 173 Equatorial Guinea 3.8%
- 174 Solomon Islands 3.7%
- 175 Senegal 3.6%
- 176 Papua New Guinea 3.6%
- 177 Zimbabwe 3.6%
- 178 Togo 3.5%
- 179 Guinea 3.5%
- 180 Madagascar 3.5%
- 181 Iraq 3.4%
- 182 Sudan 3.4%
- 183 Liberia 3.3%
- 184 Ethiopia 3.3%
- 185 Sierra Leone 3.3%
- 186 Mauritania 3.2%
- 187 Guinea-Bissau 3.2%
- 188 Gambia 3.2%
- 189 Kuwait 3.2%
- 190 Benin 3.2%
- 191 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.1%
- 192 South Sudan 3.1%
- 193 Nigeria 3.1%
- 194 Republic of the Congo 3.1%
- 195 Saudi Arabia 3.1%
- 196 Tanzania 3.0%
- 197 Kenya 3.0%
- 198 Naoero 3.0%
- 199 Angola 2.9%
- 200 Cameroon 2.8%
- 201 Mozambique 2.7%
- 202 Oman 2.7%
- 203 Burkina Faso 2.7%
- 204 Côte d'Ivoire 2.7%
- 205 Niger 2.6%
- 206 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.6%
- 207 Malawi 2.6%
- 208 Burundi 2.5%
- 209 Yemen 2.5%
- 210 Afghanistan 2.4%
- 211 Mali 2.4%
- 212 Uganda 2.2%
- 213 Central African Republic 2.2%
- 214 Chad 2.1%
- 215 Zambia 2.0%
- 216 United Arab Emirates 1.8%
- 217 Qatar 1.7%
- East Asia and Pacific 13.9%
- Euro area 22.9%
- Europe and Central Asia 18.5%
- European Union 22.4%
- Latin America and Caribbean 10.2%
- Middle East and North Africa 5.2%
- North America 18.6%
- OECD members 19.0%
- South Asia 7.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.2%
- World 10.4%
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