Population aged 65 and over by country, 2025
People aged 65 and above as a percentage of the total midyear population, de facto definition.
217 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Monaco (36.0%). Lowest: Qatar (1.7%). The median is 8.6%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 217. Qatar 1.7%
- 216. United Arab Emirates 1.8%
- 215. Zambia 2.0%
- 214. Chad 2.1%
- 213. Central African Republic 2.2%
- 212. Uganda 2.2%
- 211. Mali 2.4%
- 210. Afghanistan 2.4%
- 209. Yemen 2.5%
- 208. Burundi 2.5%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Japan | 30.0% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (US) | 25.3% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Italy | 25.1% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Portugal | 24.9% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Greece | 24.4% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Finland | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Germany | 23.7% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 23.7% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Croatia | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Isle of Man | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 12 | San Marino | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| 13 | US Virgin Islands | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Serbia | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Bermuda | 22.6% | 2025 | |
| 17 | France | 22.5% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 22.2% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Slovenia | 22.2% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Latvia | 22.2% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Estonia | 21.8% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Spain | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Czechia | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Hungary | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Denmark | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Austria | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Belgium | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Sweden | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Netherlands | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Poland | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Lithuania | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Malta | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Switzerland | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Channel Islands | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| 36 | South Korea | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Canada | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Romania | 20.1% | 2025 | |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Saint Martin (French part) | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Norway | 19.1% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Slovakia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Ukraine | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| 45 | United States | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Montenegro | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Belarus | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Australia | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Russia | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Faroe Islands | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Aruba | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Albania | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 54 | New Zealand | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Curaçao | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Barbados | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Cuba | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Moldova | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Andorra | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Uruguay | 16.3% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Ireland | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Thailand | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Georgia | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Iceland | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Macao SAR, China | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Cyprus | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 68 | China | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Chile | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Armenia | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Singapore | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Mauritius | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Dominica | 13.2% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Guam | 13.1% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 12.8% | 2025 | |
| 78 | North Korea | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Israel | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Argentina | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Grenada | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 12.5% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Bahamas | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Palau | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| 88 | New Caledonia | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Greenland | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Brazil | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Türkiye | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Kosovo | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Lebanon | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Colombia | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| 98 | British Virgin Islands | 10.1% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Venezuela | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Tunisia | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Panama | 9.7% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Cayman Islands | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Viet Nam | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Peru | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Kazakhstan | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Seychelles | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Ecuador | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Iran | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Jamaica | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 112 | American Samoa | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Mexico | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Morocco | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| 115 | El Salvador | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Suriname | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Malaysia | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Indonesia | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Myanmar | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 121 | India | 7.4% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Brunei | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Cabo Verde | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Tuvalu | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Guyana | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| 126 | South Africa | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Tonga | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Algeria | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Paraguay | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Fiji | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Bhutan | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Nepal | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Cambodia | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Micronesia | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Samoa | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Bolivia | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Philippines | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Nicaragua | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Mongolia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Egypt | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Timor-Leste | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Belize | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Libya | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Djibouti | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Guatemala | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Maldives | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Marshall Islands | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Syria | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Laos | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Haiti | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Jordan | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Comoros | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Kiribati | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Pakistan | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Eswatini | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Eritrea | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Gabon | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Botswana | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Bahrain | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| 168 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Lesotho | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 170 | West Bank and Gaza | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Namibia | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Ghana | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Senegal | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Togo | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Guinea | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Madagascar | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Iraq | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Sudan | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Liberia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Mauritania | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 188 | Gambia | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Kuwait | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 190 | Benin | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 192 | South Sudan | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Republic of the Congo | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Saudi Arabia | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 196 | Tanzania | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Kenya | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Naoero | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Angola | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Cameroon | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 202 | Oman | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Burkina Faso | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 205 | Niger | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Malawi | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 208 | Burundi | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Yemen | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| 210 | Afghanistan | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Mali | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 212 | Uganda | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Chad | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 215 | Zambia | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 216 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 217 | Qatar | 1.7% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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