Population aged 65 and over by country, 2025, OECD (38 countries)
People aged 65 or over as a share of the total population on 1 January.
26 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Italy (24.7%). Lowest: Türkiye (10.6%). The median is 20.9%.
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Highest 10
Lowest 10
- 26. Türkiye 10.6%
- 25. Luxembourg 15.2%
- 24. Ireland 15.7%
- 23. Iceland 15.9%
- 22. Slovakia 18.8%
- 21. Norway 19.0%
- 20. Switzerland 19.5%
- 19. Belgium 20.2%
- 18. Austria 20.2%
- 17. Spain 20.7%
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Source: Eurostat.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Portugal | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Greece | 23.7% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Finland | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Germany | 22.7% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 22.1% | 2025 | |
| 7 | France | 21.9%p (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 8 | Latvia | 21.9% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Poland | 21.0%ep (estimated, provisional) | 2025 | |
| 10 | Denmark | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Estonia | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Hungary | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Lithuania | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Netherlands | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Sweden | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Czechia | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Spain | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Austria | 20.2% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Belgium | 20.2% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Switzerland | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Norway | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Slovakia | 18.8% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Iceland | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Ireland | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Türkiye | 10.6% | 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 Eurostat; 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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