Population aged 65+
% of population · no best or worst — largest to smallest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for population aged 65+
World average: 10.8%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Monaco | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Japan | 30.0% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Puerto Rico | 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 | 23.7% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Croatia | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Isle of Man | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| #12 | San Marino | 23.1% | 2025 | |
| #13 | United States 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 | Czech Republic | 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 | Kingdom of the 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 | South Korea | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Canada | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Romania | 20.1% | 2025 | |
| #38 | United Kingdom | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Saint-Martin | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Norway | 19.1% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Slovakia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Ukraine | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #43 | North Macedonia | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| #44 | United States | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Montenegro | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Belarus | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Australia | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Gibraltar | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Russia | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Faroe Islands | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Aruba | 17.8% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Albania | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| #53 | New Zealand | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Curaçao | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Barbados | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Cuba | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Moldova | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Andorra | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Uruguay | 16.3% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Ireland | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Thailand | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Georgia | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Iceland | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Luxembourg | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Macau | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Cyprus | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| #67 | People's Republic of China | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Chile | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Sint Maarten | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Armenia | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Singapore | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Mauritius | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Dominica | 13.2% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Guam | 13.1% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Costa Rica | 12.8% | 2025 | |
| #77 | North Korea | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Israel | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Argentina | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Grenada | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Sri Lanka | 12.5% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.3% | 2025 | |
| #84 | The Bahamas | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| #85 | French Polynesia | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Palau | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| #87 | New Caledonia | 11.8% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Greenland | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Brazil | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Turkey | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Kosovo | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Lebanon | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Colombia | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| #97 | British Virgin Islands | 10.1% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Venezuela | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Saint Lucia | 10.0% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Tunisia | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Panama | 9.7% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Cayman Islands | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Vietnam | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Peru | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Azerbaijan | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Kazakhstan | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Seychelles | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Ecuador | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Iran | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Jamaica | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #111 | American Samoa | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Mexico | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Morocco | 8.5% | 2025 | |
| #114 | El Salvador | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Suriname | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Dominican Republic | 8.2% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Malaysia | 8.0% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Indonesia | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Myanmar | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| #120 | India | 7.4% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Brunei | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Cape Verde | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Tuvalu | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Guyana | 7.0% | 2025 | |
| #125 | South Africa | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Tonga | 6.9% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Algeria | 6.8% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Paraguay | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Bangladesh | 6.7% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Fiji | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Bhutan | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Nepal | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Cambodia | 6.4% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Federated States of Micronesia | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Uzbekistan | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Samoa | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Bolivia | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Philippines | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Nicaragua | 5.7% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Mongolia | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Egypt | 5.3% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Timor-Leste | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Belize | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Libya | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Djibouti | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Guatemala | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Maldives | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Marshall Islands | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Syria | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Laos | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Turkmenistan | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Haiti | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Jordan | 4.8% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Comoros | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Vanuatu | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Kiribati | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Pakistan | 4.4% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Eswatini | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Eritrea | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Gabon | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Botswana | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Tajikistan | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Bahrain | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #167 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Lesotho | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Palestine | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Namibia | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Ghana | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Solomon Islands | 3.7% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Senegal | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Papua New Guinea | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Zimbabwe | 3.6% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Togo | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Guinea | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Madagascar | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Iraq | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Sudan | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Liberia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Sierra Leone | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Mauritania | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #187 | The Gambia | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #188 | Kuwait | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #189 | Benin | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #190 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #191 | South Sudan | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Republic of the Congo | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Saudi Arabia | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| #195 | Tanzania | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #196 | Kenya | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Nauru | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Angola | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #199 | Cameroon | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #201 | Oman | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Burkina Faso | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #203 | Ivory Coast | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Niger | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Somalia | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Malawi | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #207 | Burundi | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Yemen | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| #209 | Afghanistan | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Mali | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #211 | Uganda | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Central African Republic | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Chad | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #214 | Zambia | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #215 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #216 | Qatar | 1.7% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)