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Countries Ranked by Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported population ages 65 and above (% of total population) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 8.34, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Japan

29.78

Europe & Central Asia

Monaco

36.17

Latin America & Caribbean

Puerto Rico (US)

24.72

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Malta

20.21

North America

Bermuda

21.74

South Asia

Sri Lanka

12.10

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritius

13.53

Rank Country Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1 Monaco 36.17
2 Japan 29.78
3 Puerto Rico (US) 24.72
4 Italy 24.62
5 Portugal 24.53
6 Greece 23.94
7 Finland 23.90
8 Germany 23.20
9 Croatia 23.19
10 Isle of Man 23.15
11 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 22.69
12 Serbia 22.69
13 Hong Kong SAR, China 22.67
14 San Marino 22.41
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.23
16 France 22.15
17 Bulgaria 22.03
18 Slovenia 21.77
19 Bermuda 21.74
20 Latvia 21.74
21 Estonia 21.30
22 Spain 21.15
23 Hungary 20.99
24 Denmark 20.87
25 Czechia 20.85
26 Sweden 20.75
27 Liechtenstein 20.73
28 Austria 20.61
29 Belgium 20.56
30 Netherlands 20.50
31 Malta 20.21
32 Lithuania 20.17
33 Poland 20.14
34 Channel Islands 20.03
35 Switzerland 20.02
36 Romania 19.98
37 Canada 19.80
38 United Kingdom 19.50
39 Korea, Rep. 19.27
40 Ukraine 18.96
41 Norway 18.79
42 Slovak Republic 18.54
43 St. Martin (French part) 18.41
44 North Macedonia 18.02
45 United States 17.93
46 Montenegro 17.83
47 Faroe Islands 17.74
48 Australia 17.73
49 Belarus 17.67
50 Gibraltar 17.62
51 New Zealand 17.20
52 Russian Federation 17.18
53 Aruba 17.06
54 Albania 16.92
55 Curacao 16.78
56 Cuba 16.57
57 Barbados 16.55
58 Moldova 16.21
59 Uruguay 16.05
60 Andorra 15.95
61 Ireland 15.89
62 Iceland 15.64
63 Georgia 15.64
64 Luxembourg 15.48
65 Thailand 15.36
66 China 14.67
67 Cyprus 14.62
68 Macao SAR, China 14.27
69 Chile 14.14
70 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 13.94
71 Armenia 13.70
72 Singapore 13.66
73 Mauritius 13.53
74 Dominica 12.96
75 Guam 12.60
76 Israel 12.55
77 Argentina 12.42
78 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 12.40
79 Trinidad and Tobago 12.38
80 Grenada 12.24
81 Costa Rica 12.23
82 Sri Lanka 12.10
83 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 11.89
84 Antigua and Barbuda 11.78
85 Bahamas, The 11.78
86 New Caledonia 11.43
87 Palau 11.34
88 French Polynesia 11.32
89 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.25
90 St. Kitts and Nevis 11.23
91 Brazil 11.05
92 Greenland 10.81
93 Turkiye 10.28
94 Lebanon 10.14
95 Kosovo 10.07
96 Colombia 9.78
97 Northern Mariana Islands 9.75
98 Venezuela, RB 9.68
99 British Virgin Islands 9.62
100 St. Lucia 9.62
101 Tunisia 9.53
102 Panama 9.35
103 Peru 9.23
104 Viet Nam 9.05
105 Cayman Islands 9.00
106 Kazakhstan 8.65
107 Azerbaijan 8.56
108 Seychelles 8.54
109 Ecuador 8.34
110 Mexico 8.25
111 Iran, Islamic Rep. 8.24
112 Jamaica 8.21
113 El Salvador 8.15
114 Morocco 8.14
115 American Samoa 8.04
116 Suriname 7.90
117 Dominican Republic 7.88
118 Malaysia 7.74
119 Myanmar 7.30
120 Indonesia 7.29
121 India 7.15
122 Brunei Darussalam 6.87
123 Cabo Verde 6.86
124 Guyana 6.73
125 Tonga 6.72
126 South Africa 6.69
127 Tuvalu 6.67
128 Algeria 6.58
129 Paraguay 6.54
130 Nepal 6.50
131 Bangladesh 6.50
132 Bhutan 6.49
133 Fiji 6.49
134 Cambodia 6.16
135 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 5.95
136 Samoa 5.88
137 Uzbekistan 5.86
138 Kyrgyz Republic 5.68
139 Bolivia 5.64
140 Nicaragua 5.53
141 Philippines 5.49
142 Timor-Leste 5.28
143 Mongolia 5.14
144 Egypt, Arab Rep. 5.12
145 Belize 5.02
146 Libya 5.02
147 Djibouti 4.85
148 Guatemala 4.85
149 Syrian Arab Republic 4.74
150 Haiti 4.71
151 Lao PDR 4.67
152 Marshall Islands 4.64
153 Maldives 4.64
154 Turkmenistan 4.53
155 Jordan 4.52
156 Comoros 4.47
157 Honduras 4.42
158 Vanuatu 4.30
159 Pakistan 4.28
160 Eswatini 4.26
161 Kiribati 4.24
162 Eritrea 4.20
163 Gabon 4.08
164 Botswana 4.04
165 Rwanda 3.93
166 Sao Tome and Principe 3.90
167 Lesotho 3.86
168 Bahrain 3.85
169 Tajikistan 3.85
170 West Bank and Gaza 3.84
171 Ghana 3.71
172 Equatorial Guinea 3.69
173 Namibia 3.67
174 Solomon Islands 3.64
175 Senegal 3.62
176 Zimbabwe 3.60
177 Papua New Guinea 3.46
178 Guinea 3.46
179 Iraq 3.41
180 Madagascar 3.41
181 Liberia 3.30
182 Sudan 3.30
183 Sierra Leone 3.24
184 Ethiopia 3.23
185 Mauritania 3.23
186 Togo 3.21
187 Guinea-Bissau 3.19
188 Benin 3.12
189 Kuwait 3.10
190 Gambia, The 3.08
191 Congo, Dem. Rep. 3.08
192 Nigeria 3.05
193 Tanzania 3.05
194 South Sudan 2.99
195 Congo, Rep. 2.99
196 Kenya 2.97
197 Saudi Arabia 2.95
198 Angola 2.85
199 Nauru 2.85
200 Cameroon 2.79
201 Mozambique 2.75
202 Burkina Faso 2.65
203 Oman 2.64
204 Cote d'Ivoire 2.61
205 Niger 2.59
206 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.59
207 Malawi 2.59
208 Burundi 2.53
209 Yemen, Rep. 2.52
210 Afghanistan 2.40
211 Mali 2.38
212 Uganda 2.19
213 Central African Republic 2.15
214 Chad 2.10
215 Zambia 1.95
216 United Arab Emirates 1.77
217 Qatar 1.68

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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