Health & Population
Population ages 65 and above, female
Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
World Bank code: SP.POP.65UP.FE.IN
• Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024
In 2024 ,
China
led Population ages 65 and above, female at 113.59M .
The world median across 217 reporting countries was
268,816.00 .
What this measures:
Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2024
Reporting
217 countries
Median
268,816.00
Mean
2.11M
25th percentile
31,924.00
75th percentile
1.04M
Range
213.00 – 113.59M
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
East Asia & Pacific American Samoa: 2,003.00 AS Australia: 2.57M AU Brunei Darussalam: 16,911.00 BN Cambodia: 663,786.00 KH China: 113.59M CN Fiji: 34,468.00 FJ French Polynesia: 16,320.00 PF Guam: 11,406.00 GU Hong Kong SAR, China: 904,748.00 HK Indonesia: 11.72M ID Japan: 20.69M JP Kiribati: 3,490.00 KI Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 1.90M KP Korea, Rep.: 5.61M KR Lao PDR: 196,433.00 LA Macao SAR, China: 51,060.00 MO Malaysia: 1.43M MY Marshall Islands: 878.00 MH Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 3,936.00 FM Mongolia: 110,617.00 MN Myanmar: 2.28M MM Nauru: 213.00 NR New Caledonia: 17,878.00 NC New Zealand: 482,971.00 NZ Northern Mariana Islands: 2,111.00 MP Palau: 1,073.00 PW Papua New Guinea: 178,173.00 PG Philippines: 3.72M PH Samoa: 6,927.00 WS Singapore: 444,563.00 SG Solomon Islands: 15,151.00 SB Thailand: 6.23M TH Timor-Leste: 39,744.00 TL Tonga: 4,047.00 TO Tuvalu: 394.00 TV Vanuatu: 7,150.00 VU Viet Nam: 5.57M VN Europe & Central Asia Albania: 214,082.00 AL Andorra: 6,680.00 AD Armenia: 263,450.00 AM Austria: 1.06M AT Azerbaijan: 511,967.00 AZ Belarus: 1.07M BY Belgium: 1.35M BE Bosnia and Herzegovina: 434,517.00 BA Bulgaria: 855,997.00 BG Channel Islands: 18,294.00 JG Croatia: 529,214.00 HR Cyprus: 106,904.00 CY Czechia: 1.31M CZ Denmark: 671,571.00 DK Estonia: 188,244.00 EE Faroe Islands: 4,987.00 FO Finland: 748,206.00 FI France: 8.60M FR Georgia: 374,977.00 GE Germany: 10.78M DE Gibraltar: 3,713.00 GI Greece: 1.41M GR Greenland: 2,787.00 GL Hungary: 1.24M HU Iceland: 31,162.00 IS Ireland: 454,396.00 IE Isle of Man: 10,300.00 IM Italy: 8.12M IT Kazakhstan: 1.13M KZ Kosovo: 90,993.00 XK Kyrgyz Republic: 241,708.00 KG Latvia: 267,537.00 LV Liechtenstein: 4,472.00 LI Lithuania: 381,502.00 LT Luxembourg: 56,600.00 LU Moldova: 252,548.00 MD Monaco: 7,338.00 MC Montenegro: 66,037.00 ME Netherlands: 1.97M NL North Macedonia: 187,666.00 MK Norway: 552,934.00 NO Poland: 4.39M PL Portugal: 1.50M PT Romania: 2.30M RO Russian Federation: 16.30M RU San Marino: 4,082.00 SM Serbia: 874,924.00 RS Slovak Republic: 597,918.00 SK Slovenia: 259,535.00 SI Spain: 5.81M ES Sweden: 1.16M SE Switzerland: 984,459.00 CH Tajikistan: 227,666.00 TJ Turkiye: 4.92M TR Turkmenistan: 220,010.00 TM Ukraine: 4.73M UA United Kingdom: 7.34M GB Uzbekistan: 1.25M UZ Latin America & Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda: 6,536.00 AG Argentina: 3.27M AR Aruba: 10,646.00 AW Bahamas, The: 27,322.00 BS Barbados: 26,925.00 BB Belize: 10,893.00 BZ Bolivia: 388,077.00 BO Brazil: 13.13M BR British Virgin Islands: 2,085.00 VG Cayman Islands: 3,611.00 KY Chile: 1.52M CL Colombia: 2.88M CO Costa Rica: 344,221.00 CR Cuba: 1.01M CU Curacao: 16,353.00 CW Dominica: 4,498.00 DM Dominican Republic: 508,496.00 DO Ecuador: 833,629.00 EC El Salvador: 315,267.00 SV Grenada: 7,851.00 GD Guatemala: 491,554.00 GT Guyana: 32,312.00 GY Haiti: 317,164.00 HT Honduras: 265,653.00 HN Jamaica: 132,116.00 JM Mexico: 5.97M MX Nicaragua: 223,871.00 NI Panama: 231,552.00 PA Paraguay: 252,107.00 PY Peru: 1.70M PE Puerto Rico (US): 453,283.00 PR Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 3,055.00 SX St. Kitts and Nevis: 2,925.00 KN St. Lucia: 9,855.00 LC St. Martin (French part): 2,732.00 MF St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 6,218.00 VC Suriname: 29,521.00 SR Trinidad and Tobago: 96,131.00 TT Turks and Caicos Islands: 2,877.00 TC Uruguay: 330,569.00 UY Venezuela, RB: 1.57M VE Virgin Islands (U.S.): 13,678.00 VI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Afghanistan: 589,850.00 AF Algeria: 1.59M DZ Bahrain: 28,972.00 BH Djibouti: 31,349.00 DJ Egypt, Arab Rep.: 3.39M EG Iran, Islamic Rep.: 3.88M IR Iraq: 930,371.00 IQ Israel: 691,988.00 IL Jordan: 268,816.00 JO Kuwait: 70,925.00 KW Lebanon: 330,305.00 LB Libya: 200,367.00 LY Malta: 61,900.00 MT Morocco: 1.64M MA Oman: 72,268.00 OM Pakistan: 5.78M PK Qatar: 18,946.00 QA Saudi Arabia: 467,421.00 SA Syrian Arab Republic: 652,261.00 SY Tunisia: 640,090.00 TN United Arab Emirates: 85,760.00 AE West Bank and Gaza: 112,243.00 PS Yemen, Rep.: 577,323.00 YE North America Bermuda: 8,042.00 BM Canada: 4.40M CA United States: 33.02M US South Asia Bangladesh: 5.76M BD Bhutan: 25,921.00 BT India: 54.37M IN Maldives: 11,673.00 MV Nepal: 1.04M NP Sri Lanka: 1.55M LK Sub-Saharan Africa Angola: 608,979.00 AO Benin: 248,033.00 BJ Botswana: 56,783.00 BW Burkina Faso: 370,805.00 BF Burundi: 200,579.00 BI Cabo Verde: 21,871.00 CV Cameroon: 449,894.00 CM Central African Republic: 66,319.00 CF Chad: 232,377.00 TD Comoros: 20,996.00 KM Congo, Dem. Rep.: 1.84M CD Congo, Rep.: 102,987.00 CG Cote d'Ivoire: 419,849.00 CI Equatorial Guinea: 36,790.00 GQ Eritrea: 85,620.00 ER Eswatini: 31,924.00 SZ Ethiopia: 2.37M ET Gabon: 55,718.00 GA Gambia, The: 47,207.00 GM Ghana: 705,108.00 GH Guinea: 295,016.00 GN Guinea-Bissau: 43,139.00 GW Kenya: 948,603.00 KE Lesotho: 58,385.00 LS Liberia: 100,228.00 LR Madagascar: 582,514.00 MG Malawi: 329,817.00 MW Mali: 316,230.00 ML Mauritania: 90,723.00 MR Mauritius: 92,115.00 MU Mozambique: 640,168.00 MZ Namibia: 69,961.00 NA Niger: 374,075.00 NE Nigeria: 3.73M NG Rwanda: 332,985.00 RW Sao Tome and Principe: 5,107.00 ST Senegal: 343,604.00 SN Seychelles: 5,537.00 SC Sierra Leone: 156,075.00 SL Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 272,314.00 SO South Africa: 2.63M ZA South Sudan: 208,457.00 SS Sudan: 809,762.00 SD Tanzania: 1.26M TZ Togo: 161,787.00 TG Uganda: 653,239.00 UG Zambia: 248,172.00 ZM Zimbabwe: 359,728.00 ZW Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2024
#
Country
Population ages 65 and above, female
1
China
East Asia & Pacific
113.585M
2
India
South Asia
54.371M
3
United States
North America
33.025M
4
Japan
East Asia & Pacific
20.686M
5
Russian Federation
Europe & Central Asia
16.295M
6
Brazil
Latin America & Caribbean
13.129M
7
Indonesia
East Asia & Pacific
11.723M
8
Germany
Europe & Central Asia
10.779M
9
France
Europe & Central Asia
8.597M
10
Italy
Europe & Central Asia
8.116M
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Biggest Movers — Year over Year
By Income Group — Average
Income group
Countries
Mean
High income
86
1.79M
Upper middle income
54
3.49M
Lower middle income
50
2.01M
Low income
25
461,579.80
Not classified
2
1.97M
By Region — Average
Region
Countries
Mean
East Asia & Pacific
37
4.82M
Europe & Central Asia
58
1.70M
Latin America & Caribbean
42
867,996.14
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
23
961,493.48
North America
3
12.48M
South Asia
6
10.46M
Sub-Saharan Africa
48
480,671.06
Indicator Details
WB Code SP.POP.65UP.FE.IN Category Health & PopulationCountries with data 217Latest year 2024
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.65UP.FE.IN ), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.