Population Over 65 by Country

Population ages 65 and above measures the share of a country's population that is aged 65 years or older, expressed as a percentage of the total population. It is one of the most widely used indicators of population aging and reflects the combined effects of declining fertility and rising life expectancy. A higher share generally reflects an aging population and may increase demand for pensions, healthcare, and long-term care services. The dataset covers 214 countries and territories with values from 2020 to 2025.

Countries With the Highest Share of Population Over 65 in 2025

Monaco recorded the highest share of population aged 65 and above in 2025 at 36.0 percent, the only country above 30 percent besides Japan. Japan ranked second with 30.0 percent, ahead of Puerto Rico (25.3 percent) and Italy (25.1 percent). Portugal (24.9 percent), Greece (24.4 percent), Finland (24.2 percent), Germany (23.7 percent), Hong Kong (23.7 percent), and Croatia (23.6 percent) complete the top ten.

Population Over 65 by Country

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#	Country	Latest Data (%)	Year
1	Monaco MC	36%	2025
2	Japan JP	30%	2025
3	Puerto Rico PR	25.3%	2025
4	Italy IT	25.1%	2025
5	Portugal PT	24.9%	2025
6	Greece GR	24.4%	2025
7	Finland FI	24.2%	2025
8	Germany DE	23.7%	2025
9	Hong Kong HK	23.7%	2025
10	Croatia HR	23.6%	2025
11	Isle of Man IM	23.6%	2025
12	San Marino SM	23.1%	2025
13	Serbia RS	23.1%	2025
14	US Virgin Islands VI	23.1%	2025
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	22.9%	2025
16	Bermuda BM	22.6%	2025
17	France FR	22.5%	2025
18	Bulgaria BG	22.2%	2025
19	Latvia LV	22.2%	2025
20	Slovenia SI	22.2%	2025
21	Estonia EE	21.8%	2025
22	Spain ES	21.6%	2025
23	Liechtenstein LI	21.4%	2025
24	Czech Republic CZ	21.2%	2025
25	Hungary HU	21.2%	2025
26	Austria AT	21.1%	2025
27	Denmark DK	21.1%	2025
28	Belgium BE	21%	2025
29	Netherlands NL	20.9%	2025
30	Sweden SE	20.9%	2025
31	Poland PL	20.8%	2025
32	Lithuania LT	20.7%	2025
33	Malta MT	20.5%	2025
34	Switzerland CH	20.4%	2025
35	Canada CA	20.3%	2025
36	South Korea KR	20.3%	2025
37	Romania RO	20.1%	2025
38	Saint Martin MF	19.7%	2025
39	United Kingdom GB	19.7%	2025
40	Norway NO	19.1%	2025
41	Slovakia SK	19%	2025
42	Ukraine UA	19%	2025
43	North Macedonia MK	18.5%	2025
44	United States US	18.4%	2025
45	Belarus BY	18.3%	2025
46	Montenegro ME	18.3%	2025
47	Australia AU	18.1%	2025
48	Aruba AW	17.8%	2025
49	Faroe Islands FO	17.8%	2025
50	Gibraltar GI	17.8%	2025
51	Russia RU	17.8%	2025
52	Albania AL	17.6%	2025
53	New Zealand NZ	17.6%	2025
54	Barbados BB	17.1%	2025
55	Cuba CU	17%	2025
56	Moldova MD	16.9%	2025
57	Andorra AD	16.6%	2025
58	Uruguay UY	16.3%	2025
59	Ireland IE	16.2%	2025
60	Georgia GE	16%	2025
61	Iceland IS	16%	2025
62	Thailand TH	16%	2025
63	Luxembourg LU	15.8%	2025
64	Macau MO	15.1%	2025
65	China CN	14.9%	2025
66	Cyprus CY	14.9%	2025
67	Chile CL	14.6%	2025
68	Armenia AM	14.4%	2025
69	Singapore SG	14.2%	2025
70	Mauritius MU	14.1%	2025
71	Dominica DM	13.2%	2025
72	Guam GU	13.1%	2025
73	Trinidad and Tobago TT	12.9%	2025
74	Costa Rica CR	12.8%	2025
75	Israel IL	12.7%	2025
76	North Korea KP	12.7%	2025
77	Argentina AR	12.6%	2025
78	Grenada GD	12.6%	2025
79	Sri Lanka LK	12.5%	2025
80	Antigua and Barbuda AG	12.3%	2025
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	12.3%	2025
82	Bahamas BS	12.1%	2025
83	French Polynesia PF	11.9%	2025
84	New Caledonia NC	11.8%	2025
85	Palau PW	11.8%	2025
86	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	11.7%	2025
87	Turks and Caicos Islands TC	11.7%	2025
88	Brazil BR	11.5%	2025
89	Greenland GL	11.5%	2025
90	Northern Mariana Islands MP	10.8%	2025
91	Türkiye TR	10.6%	2025
92	Kosovo XK	10.5%	2025
93	Lebanon LB	10.4%	2025
94	Colombia CO	10.2%	2025
95	British Virgin Islands VG	10.1%	2025
96	Saint Lucia LC	10%	2025
97	Venezuela VE	10%	2025
98	Tunisia TN	9.9%	2025
99	Panama PA	9.7%	2025
100	Cayman Islands KY	9.5%	2025
101	Peru PE	9.5%	2025
102	Vietnam VN	9.5%	2025
103	Azerbaijan AZ	9.2%	2025
104	Kazakhstan KZ	9%	2025
105	Seychelles SC	8.7%	2025
106	Ecuador EC	8.6%	2025
107	Iran IR	8.6%	2025
108	Jamaica JM	8.6%	2025
109	American Samoa AS	8.5%	2025
110	Mexico MX	8.5%	2025
111	Morocco MA	8.5%	2025
112	El Salvador SV	8.3%	2025
113	Dominican Republic DO	8.2%	2025
114	Suriname SR	8.2%	2025
115	Malaysia MY	8%	2025
116	Indonesia ID	7.5%	2025
117	Myanmar MM	7.5%	2025
118	India IN	7.4%	2025
119	Brunei BN	7.2%	2025
120	Cape Verde CV	7.2%	2025
121	Guyana GY	7%	2025
122	Tuvalu TV	7%	2025
123	South Africa ZA	6.9%	2025
124	Tonga TO	6.9%	2025
125	Algeria DZ	6.8%	2025
126	Bangladesh BD	6.7%	2025
127	Paraguay PY	6.7%	2025
128	Bhutan BT	6.6%	2025
129	Fiji FJ	6.6%	2025
130	Nepal NP	6.6%	2025
131	Cambodia KH	6.4%	2025
132	Micronesia FM	6.2%	2025
133	Samoa WS	6.1%	2025
134	Uzbekistan UZ	6.1%	2025
135	Kyrgyzstan KG	6%	2025
136	Bolivia BO	5.7%	2025
137	Nicaragua NI	5.7%	2025
138	Philippines PH	5.7%	2025
139	Mongolia MN	5.4%	2025
140	Egypt EG	5.3%	2025
141	Belize BZ	5.2%	2025
142	Libya LY	5.2%	2025
143	Timor-Leste TL	5.2%	2025
144	Djibouti DJ	5%	2025
145	Guatemala GT	5%	2025
146	Maldives MV	5%	2025
147	Marshall Islands MH	4.9%	2025
148	Haiti HT	4.8%	2025
149	Jordan JO	4.8%	2025
150	Laos LA	4.8%	2025
151	Syria SY	4.8%	2025
152	Turkmenistan TM	4.8%	2025
153	Comoros KM	4.5%	2025
154	Honduras HN	4.5%	2025
155	Kiribati KI	4.4%	2025
156	Pakistan PK	4.4%	2025
157	Vanuatu VU	4.4%	2025
158	Eritrea ER	4.3%	2025
159	Eswatini SZ	4.3%	2025
160	Botswana BW	4.1%	2025
161	Gabon GA	4.1%	2025
162	Tajikistan TJ	4.1%	2025
163	Bahrain BH	4%	2025
164	Rwanda RW	4%	2025
165	Lesotho LS	3.9%	2025
166	Palestine PS	3.9%	2025
167	Sao Tome and Principe ST	3.9%	2025
168	Equatorial Guinea GQ	3.8%	2025
169	Ghana GH	3.8%	2025
170	Namibia NA	3.8%	2025
171	Solomon Islands SB	3.7%	2025
172	Papua New Guinea PG	3.6%	2025
173	Senegal SN	3.6%	2025
174	Zimbabwe ZW	3.6%	2025
175	Guinea GN	3.5%	2025
176	Madagascar MG	3.5%	2025
177	Togo TG	3.5%	2025
178	Iraq IQ	3.4%	2025
179	Sudan SD	3.4%	2025
180	Ethiopia ET	3.3%	2025
181	Liberia LR	3.3%	2025
182	Sierra Leone SL	3.3%	2025
183	Benin BJ	3.2%	2025
184	Gambia GM	3.2%	2025
185	Guinea-Bissau GW	3.2%	2025
186	Kuwait KW	3.2%	2025
187	Mauritania MR	3.2%	2025
188	Congo CG	3.1%	2025
189	DR Congo CD	3.1%	2025
190	Nigeria NG	3.1%	2025
191	Saudi Arabia SA	3.1%	2025
192	South Sudan SS	3.1%	2025
193	Kenya KE	3%	2025
194	Nauru NR	3%	2025
195	Tanzania TZ	3%	2025
196	Angola AO	2.9%	2025
197	Cameroon CM	2.8%	2025
198	Burkina Faso BF	2.7%	2025
199	Ivory Coast CI	2.7%	2025
200	Mozambique MZ	2.7%	2025
201	Oman OM	2.7%	2025
202	Malawi MW	2.6%	2025
203	Niger NE	2.6%	2025
204	Somalia SO	2.6%	2025
205	Burundi BI	2.5%	2025
206	Yemen YE	2.5%	2025
207	Afghanistan AF	2.4%	2025
208	Mali ML	2.4%	2025
209	Central African Republic CF	2.2%	2025
210	Uganda UG	2.2%	2025
211	Chad TD	2.1%	2025
212	Zambia ZM	2%	2025
213	United Arab Emirates AE	1.8%	2025
214	Qatar QA	1.7%	2025

Among the 214 countries with 2025 data, 37 record a share of 20 percent or more, and 20 record a share of 22 percent or more. Europe contains many of the world's oldest populations: Italy (25.1 percent), Portugal (24.9 percent), Greece (24.4 percent), and Finland (24.2 percent) all sit above 24 percent, while Japan remains the most aged major economy in Asia at 30.0 percent, followed by Hong Kong (23.7 percent) and South Korea (20.3 percent).

Among the major economies, Japan has the highest share at 30.0 percent. Germany (23.7 percent), France (22.5 percent), and Italy (25.1 percent) also have relatively old populations, while the United States records 18.4 percent, China 14.9 percent, and India 7.4 percent.

Population Over 65 Around the World

In Europe, the highest shares are recorded in Southern and Eastern Europe, with Italy (25.1 percent), Portugal (24.9 percent), Greece (24.4 percent), and Croatia (23.6 percent) among the leaders. Bulgaria (22.2 percent), Latvia (22.2 percent), and Estonia (21.8 percent) also record shares above 21 percent, while Ireland (16.2 percent) and Russia (17.8 percent) are among the countries with the lowest shares in Europe.

In Asia, Japan (30.0 percent) leads by a wide margin, followed by Hong Kong (23.7 percent), South Korea (20.3 percent), Thailand (16.0 percent), and Macau (15.1 percent). China records 14.9 percent, Singapore 14.2 percent, and Sri Lanka 12.5 percent, while Pakistan (4.4 percent), Bangladesh (6.7 percent), and India (7.4 percent) record the lowest shares in the region. Australia records 18.1 percent.

In the Americas, Puerto Rico (25.3 percent) leads, followed by Canada (20.3 percent) and the United States (18.4 percent). Cuba (17.0 percent), Uruguay (16.3 percent), and Chile (14.6 percent) record the highest shares in Latin America, while Guatemala (5.0 percent) and Honduras (4.5 percent) record the lowest. In Africa, every country records a share below 10 percent in 2025; Tunisia (9.9 percent) and Morocco (8.5 percent) are the highest, while Zambia, Chad, the Central African Republic, and Uganda all record 2.2 percent or less.

In the Middle East, the lowest shares in the dataset are recorded, reflecting very young populations and large migrant workforces. Qatar records the lowest share of any country at 1.7 percent in 2025, followed by the United Arab Emirates (1.8 percent), Oman (2.7 percent), Saudi Arabia (3.1 percent), and Kuwait (3.2 percent). Israel (12.7 percent) and Lebanon (10.4 percent) record the highest shares in the region.

Largest Increases in Population Over 65, 2020–2025

Hong Kong recorded the largest increase in its share of population aged 65 and above between 2020 and 2025, rising from 18.8 percent to 23.7 percent, an increase of 4.9 percentage points. South Korea recorded the second largest increase among major economies, from 15.8 percent to 20.3 percent, plus 4.5 points, ahead of San Marino (19.9 to 23.1 percent, plus 3.2 points) and Thailand (12.9 to 16.0 percent, plus 3.1 points).

The increases reflect the rapid pace of population aging in East Asia. Japan, the most aged major economy, rose from 28.9 percent in 2020 to 30.0 percent in 2025, while China increased from 12.6 percent to 14.9 percent over the same period, adding 2.3 percentage points as its population ages at an accelerating rate.

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#	Country	2020 (%)	2021 (%)	2022 (%)	2023 (%)	2024 (%)	2025 (%)
1	Monaco	36.5%	37.3%	37.1%	36.4%	36.2%	36%
2	Japan	28.9%	29.2%	29.4%	29.6%	29.8%	30%
3	Italy	23.4%	23.7%	23.9%	24.2%	24.6%	25.1%
4	Portugal	22.9%	23.3%	23.7%	24.1%	24.5%	24.9%
5	Finland	22.5%	22.9%	23.2%	23.6%	23.9%	24.2%
6	Puerto Rico	22.5%	23.2%	23.8%	24.2%	24.7%	25.3%
7	Greece	22.4%	22.8%	23.2%	23.5%	23.9%	24.4%
8	Isle of Man	21.9%	22%	22.3%	22.7%	23.2%	23.6%
9	Germany	21.8%	22.1%	22.5%	22.8%	23.2%	23.7%
10	Bulgaria	21.7%	21.7%	21.7%	21.8%	22%	22.2%
11	Croatia	21.7%	22.1%	22.5%	22.8%	23.2%	23.6%
12	Serbia	21.6%	21.9%	22.1%	22.3%	22.7%	23.1%
13	US Virgin Islands	21.2%	21.5%	21.8%	22.2%	22.7%	23.1%
14	France	20.7%	21.1%	21.4%	21.7%	22.1%	22.5%
15	Latvia	20.7%	20.8%	21%	21.3%	21.7%	22.2%
16	Czech Republic	20.3%	20.5%	20.5%	20.5%	20.8%	21.2%
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.2%	20.7%	21.1%	21.6%	22.2%	22.9%
18	Estonia	20.2%	20.4%	20.6%	20.9%	21.3%	21.8%
19	Hungary	20.1%	20.4%	20.6%	20.8%	21%	21.2%
20	Slovenia	20.1%	20.4%	20.9%	21.3%	21.8%	22.2%
21	Sweden	20.1%	20.2%	20.3%	20.5%	20.7%	20.9%
22	Denmark	20%	20.2%	20.4%	20.6%	20.9%	21.1%
23	Lithuania	19.9%	19.9%	19.9%	19.9%	20.2%	20.7%
24	San Marino	19.9%	20.4%	21%	21.7%	22.4%	23.1%
25	Spain	19.6%	19.8%	20.2%	20.7%	21.1%	21.6%
26	Netherlands	19.4%	19.7%	19.9%	20.2%	20.5%	20.9%
27	Austria	19.2%	19.5%	19.8%	20.2%	20.6%	21.1%
28	Belgium	19.2%	19.5%	19.8%	20.1%	20.6%	21%
29	Romania	19%	19.3%	19.5%	19.8%	20%	20.1%
30	Bermuda	18.8%	19.4%	20.1%	20.9%	21.7%	22.6%
31	Hong Kong	18.8%	19.8%	20.7%	21.6%	22.7%	23.7%
32	Switzerland	18.8%	18.9%	19.2%	19.6%	20%	20.4%
33	Liechtenstein	18.7%	19.1%	19.6%	20.2%	20.7%	21.4%
34	United Kingdom	18.6%	18.7%	18.9%	19.2%	19.5%	19.7%
35	Malta	18.5%	18.8%	19.3%	19.8%	20.2%	20.5%
36	Poland	18.1%	18.5%	19%	19.6%	20.1%	20.8%
37	Saint Martin	18.1%	15.9%	16.3%	17.2%	18.4%	19.7%
38	Canada	18%	18.5%	18.9%	19.4%	19.8%	20.3%
39	Faroe Islands	17.7%	17.8%	17.8%	17.7%	17.7%	17.8%
40	Norway	17.7%	18.1%	18.3%	18.5%	18.8%	19.1%
41	Gibraltar	17.4%	17.3%	17.3%	17.5%	17.6%	17.8%
42	Ukraine	17.1%	17.4%	17.9%	18.6%	19%	19%
43	Slovakia	16.8%	17.2%	17.6%	18.1%	18.5%	19%
44	Montenegro	16.6%	16.9%	17.1%	17.5%	17.8%	18.3%
45	Australia	16.3%	16.7%	17.1%	17.4%	17.7%	18.1%
46	North Macedonia	16.3%	16.7%	17%	17.5%	18%	18.5%
47	United States	16.1%	16.5%	16.9%	17.4%	17.9%	18.4%
48	South Korea	15.8%	16.7%	17.5%	18.3%	19.3%	20.3%
49	Belarus	15.7%	16.1%	16.5%	17.1%	17.7%	18.3%
50	Cuba	15.6%	15.7%	15.9%	16.2%	16.6%	17%
51	New Zealand	15.6%	16%	16.4%	16.8%	17.2%	17.6%
52	Russia	15.5%	15.7%	16.1%	16.6%	17.2%	17.8%
53	Uruguay	15.3%	15.5%	15.6%	15.8%	16%	16.3%
54	Georgia	14.9%	15%	15.1%	15.3%	15.6%	16%
55	Albania	14.8%	15.3%	15.8%	16.3%	16.9%	17.6%
56	Barbados	14.8%	15.3%	15.7%	16.1%	16.6%	17.1%
57	Aruba	14.6%	15.1%	15.7%	16.4%	17.1%	17.8%
58	Iceland	14.6%	14.9%	15.1%	15.3%	15.6%	16%
59	Ireland	14.6%	14.9%	15.2%	15.5%	15.9%	16.2%
60	Luxembourg	14.6%	14.7%	14.8%	15.1%	15.5%	15.8%
61	Moldova	14.3%	14.7%	15.1%	15.6%	16.2%	16.9%
62	Andorra	14.2%	14.6%	15%	15.4%	15.9%	16.6%
63	Cyprus	13.6%	13.9%	14.1%	14.3%	14.6%	14.9%
64	Thailand	12.9%	13.5%	14.1%	14.7%	15.4%	16%
65	Chile	12.6%	13%	13.3%	13.7%	14.1%	14.6%
66	China	12.6%	13.2%	13.8%	14.3%	14.7%	14.9%
67	Armenia	12.3%	12.6%	12.9%	13.2%	13.7%	14.4%
68	Dominica	12.2%	12.4%	12.6%	12.7%	13%	13.2%
69	Israel	12.1%	12.2%	12.3%	12.4%	12.6%	12.7%
70	Argentina	11.8%	11.9%	12%	12.2%	12.4%	12.6%
71	Singapore	11.6%	12.3%	12.7%	13.1%	13.7%	14.2%
72	Mauritius	11.4%	11.9%	12.4%	12.9%	13.5%	14.1%
73	Macau	11.3%	12%	12.7%	13.5%	14.3%	15.1%
74	North Korea	11.1%	11.3%	11.6%	12%	12.4%	12.7%
75	Bahamas	11%	11.1%	11.3%	11.5%	11.8%	12.1%
76	Grenada	11%	11.2%	11.5%	11.9%	12.2%	12.6%
77	Guam	10.8%	11.2%	11.6%	12.1%	12.6%	13.1%
78	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.8%	11%	11.2%	11.6%	11.9%	12.3%
79	Sri Lanka	10.7%	11%	11.4%	11.7%	12.1%	12.5%
80	Costa Rica	10.5%	10.9%	11.3%	11.7%	12.2%	12.8%
81	Trinidad and Tobago	10.4%	10.9%	11.4%	11.9%	12.4%	12.9%
82	New Caledonia	10.3%	10.5%	10.8%	11.1%	11.4%	11.8%
83	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.1%	10.3%	10.6%	10.9%	11.3%	11.7%
84	Antigua and Barbuda	9.9%	10.3%	10.7%	11.2%	11.8%	12.3%
85	Brazil	9.6%	9.9%	10.3%	10.6%	11%	11.5%
86	Palau	9.5%	9.9%	10.4%	10.9%	11.3%	11.8%
87	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.4%	9.9%	10.2%	10.7%	11.2%	11.7%
88	French Polynesia	9.2%	9.7%	10.2%	10.7%	11.3%	11.9%
89	Lebanon	9.1%	9.3%	9.5%	9.8%	10.1%	10.4%
90	Türkiye	9%	9.4%	9.7%	10%	10.3%	10.6%
91	Greenland	8.8%	9.2%	9.6%	10.1%	10.8%	11.5%
92	Kosovo	8.7%	8.9%	9.2%	9.6%	10.1%	10.5%
93	Peru	8.7%	8.8%	8.8%	9%	9.2%	9.5%
94	Saint Lucia	8.7%	8.8%	9%	9.3%	9.6%	10%
95	Colombia	8.5%	8.7%	9%	9.4%	9.8%	10.2%
96	British Virgin Islands	8.3%	8.6%	8.9%	9.2%	9.6%	10.1%
97	Panama	8.3%	8.5%	8.8%	9.1%	9.4%	9.7%
98	Tunisia	8.3%	8.6%	8.8%	9.2%	9.5%	9.9%
99	Venezuela	8.3%	8.6%	9%	9.3%	9.7%	10%
100	El Salvador	7.7%	7.8%	7.9%	8%	8.1%	8.3%
101	Ecuador	7.6%	7.7%	7.9%	8.1%	8.3%	8.6%
102	Kazakhstan	7.6%	7.8%	8%	8.3%	8.7%	9%
103	Seychelles	7.6%	7.9%	8.1%	8.3%	8.5%	8.7%
104	Vietnam	7.6%	7.9%	8.2%	8.6%	9%	9.5%
105	Mexico	7.5%	7.6%	7.7%	8%	8.2%	8.5%
106	Cayman Islands	7.4%	7.8%	8.1%	8.5%	9%	9.5%
107	Iran	7.2%	7.4%	7.6%	7.9%	8.2%	8.6%
108	Jamaica	7.1%	7.3%	7.5%	7.9%	8.2%	8.6%
109	Morocco	7%	7.2%	7.5%	7.8%	8.1%	8.5%
110	Suriname	7%	7.2%	7.4%	7.6%	7.9%	8.2%
111	Azerbaijan	6.9%	7.1%	7.5%	8%	8.6%	9.2%
112	Dominican Republic	6.8%	7%	7.3%	7.6%	7.9%	8.2%
113	Malaysia	6.7%	7%	7.2%	7.5%	7.7%	8%
114	Indonesia	6.6%	6.7%	6.8%	7%	7.3%	7.5%
115	Myanmar	6.5%	6.7%	6.9%	7.1%	7.3%	7.5%
116	American Samoa	6.4%	6.7%	7.1%	7.6%	8%	8.5%
117	India	6.4%	6.5%	6.7%	6.9%	7.1%	7.4%
118	Tonga	6.3%	6.4%	6.5%	6.6%	6.7%	6.9%
119	Northern Mariana Islands	6.2%	6.9%	7.8%	8.7%	9.8%	10.8%
120	Paraguay	6.2%	6.2%	6.2%	6.4%	6.5%	6.7%
121	Nepal	6.1%	6.1%	6.2%	6.4%	6.5%	6.6%
122	South Africa	6.1%	6.2%	6.4%	6.5%	6.7%	6.9%
123	Bhutan	6%	6.1%	6.2%	6.4%	6.5%	6.6%
124	Cape Verde	6%	6.1%	6.3%	6.6%	6.9%	7.2%
125	Fiji	6%	6.1%	6.2%	6.3%	6.5%	6.6%
126	Guyana	6%	6.1%	6.2%	6.5%	6.7%	7%
127	Algeria	5.9%	6%	6.2%	6.4%	6.6%	6.8%
128	Bangladesh	5.8%	6%	6.1%	6.3%	6.5%	6.7%
129	Bolivia	5.7%	5.5%	5.5%	5.6%	5.6%	5.7%
130	Tuvalu	5.7%	5.8%	5.9%	6.3%	6.7%	7%
131	Brunei	5.6%	5.9%	6.2%	6.5%	6.9%	7.2%
132	Timor-Leste	5.5%	5.5%	5.4%	5.3%	5.3%	5.2%
133	Cambodia	5.4%	5.6%	5.8%	6%	6.2%	6.4%
134	Samoa	5.3%	5.4%	5.6%	5.7%	5.9%	6.1%
135	Uzbekistan	5.3%	5.4%	5.5%	5.7%	5.9%	6.1%
136	Nicaragua	5.2%	5.2%	5.2%	5.4%	5.5%	5.7%
137	Kyrgyzstan	5.1%	5.1%	5.2%	5.4%	5.7%	6%
138	Micronesia	5%	5.3%	5.5%	5.7%	5.9%	6.2%
139	Egypt	4.7%	4.7%	4.8%	5%	5.1%	5.3%
140	Philippines	4.7%	4.9%	5%	5.3%	5.5%	5.7%
141	Libya	4.6%	4.7%	4.7%	4.9%	5%	5.2%
142	Belize	4.5%	4.6%	4.7%	4.8%	5%	5.2%
143	Comoros	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%
144	Djibouti	4.5%	4.5%	4.6%	4.7%	4.9%	5%
145	Guatemala	4.5%	4.6%	4.6%	4.7%	4.8%	5%
146	Syria	4.5%	4.6%	4.7%	4.7%	4.7%	4.8%
147	Haiti	4.4%	4.5%	4.5%	4.6%	4.7%	4.8%
148	Mongolia	4.3%	4.4%	4.6%	4.9%	5.1%	5.4%
149	Laos	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%	4.5%	4.7%	4.8%
150	Eritrea	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%	4.2%	4.2%	4.3%
151	Vanuatu	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
152	Gabon	4%	4%	4%	4%	4.1%	4.1%
153	Honduras	4%	4.1%	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%	4.5%
154	Kuwait	4%	3.4%	2.7%	3%	3.1%	3.2%
155	Pakistan	4%	4.1%	4.1%	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
156	Botswana	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%	4%	4%	4.1%
157	Eswatini	3.9%	3.9%	4%	4.1%	4.3%	4.3%
158	Jordan	3.9%	4%	4.1%	4.3%	4.5%	4.8%
159	Kiribati	3.9%	4%	4%	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%
160	Maldives	3.9%	3.9%	4.1%	4.3%	4.6%	5%
161	Lesotho	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%
162	Sao Tome and Principe	3.8%	3.8%	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%
163	Turkmenistan	3.8%	3.9%	4%	4.3%	4.5%	4.8%
164	Marshall Islands	3.7%	3.9%	4.1%	4.4%	4.6%	4.9%
165	Solomon Islands	3.7%	3.7%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%
166	Namibia	3.6%	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
167	Palestine	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%	3.9%
168	Togo	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.5%	3.5%
169	Zimbabwe	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
170	Equatorial Guinea	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
171	Ghana	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%
172	Rwanda	3.5%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	3.9%	4%
173	Senegal	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
174	Guinea	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
175	Iraq	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%	3.4%
176	Bahrain	3.3%	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%	3.9%	4%
177	Mauritania	3.3%	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%
178	Tajikistan	3.3%	3.3%	3.5%	3.7%	3.9%	4.1%
179	Liberia	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%	3.3%	3.3%	3.3%
180	Madagascar	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%
181	DR Congo	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
182	Ethiopia	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%
183	Papua New Guinea	3.1%	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%	3.5%	3.6%
184	Sierra Leone	3.1%	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	3.3%
185	Benin	3%	3%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	3.2%
186	Guinea-Bissau	3%	3%	3.1%	3.1%	3.2%	3.2%
187	Nigeria	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3.1%
188	Sudan	3%	3.1%	3.1%	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%
189	Tanzania	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%
190	Cameroon	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%
191	Congo	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%	3%	3.1%
192	Gambia	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%	3%	3.1%	3.2%
193	Kenya	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%	3%	3%
194	Mozambique	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	2.7%
195	Angola	2.7%	2.7%	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%	2.9%
196	Malawi	2.7%	2.7%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%
197	South Sudan	2.7%	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%	3%	3.1%
198	Burkina Faso	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.7%	2.7%
199	Oman	2.6%	2.6%	2.7%	2.7%	2.6%	2.7%
200	Ivory Coast	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2.7%
201	Mali	2.5%	2.5%	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%
202	Niger	2.5%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%
203	Saudi Arabia	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%	2.8%	3%	3.1%
204	Somalia	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%
205	Yemen	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
206	Afghanistan	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%
207	Burundi	2.4%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
208	Central African Republic	2.2%	2.2%	2.1%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%
209	Nauru	2.1%	2.2%	2.4%	2.7%	2.9%	3%
210	Uganda	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
211	Chad	2%	2%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%
212	Zambia	1.8%	1.8%	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%	2%
213	United Arab Emirates	1.6%	1.6%	1.6%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%
214	Qatar	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%	1.6%	1.7%	1.7%

Methodology

The statistics are based on the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset, indicator SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS (Population ages 65 and above, percent of total population). The main comparison uses 2025 data where available, covering 214 of the 214 countries and territories in our dataset. For countries without a 2025 observation, the latest available year is noted where relevant, but earlier years are not substituted for missing 2025 values in the ranking. Values are expressed as a percentage of total population. Missing observations are treated as missing, not as zero.