Health & Population
Population ages 65 and above, total
Total 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.TO
• Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024
In 2024 ,
China
led Population ages 65 and above, total at 206.63M .
The world median across 217 reporting countries was
492,638.00 .
What this measures:
Total 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
492,638.00
Mean
3.81M
25th percentile
60,250.00
75th percentile
1.80M
Range
341.00 – 206.63M
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
East Asia & Pacific American Samoa: 3,762.00 AS Australia: 4.82M AU Brunei Darussalam: 31,779.00 BN Cambodia: 1.09M KH China: 206.63M CN Fiji: 60,250.00 FJ French Polynesia: 31,912.00 PF Guam: 21,143.00 GU Hong Kong SAR, China: 1.71M HK Indonesia: 20.66M ID Japan: 36.92M JP Kiribati: 5,699.00 KI Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 3.29M KP Korea, Rep.: 9.97M KR Lao PDR: 362,523.00 LA Macao SAR, China: 98,024.00 MO Malaysia: 2.75M MY Marshall Islands: 1,742.00 MH Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 6,732.00 FM Mongolia: 181,091.00 MN Myanmar: 3.98M MM Nauru: 341.00 NR New Caledonia: 33,437.00 NC New Zealand: 909,226.00 NZ Northern Mariana Islands: 4,318.00 MP Palau: 2,007.00 PW Papua New Guinea: 366,435.00 PG Philippines: 6.36M PH Samoa: 12,821.00 WS Singapore: 824,407.00 SG Solomon Islands: 29,809.00 SB Thailand: 11.01M TH Timor-Leste: 73,921.00 TL Tonga: 6,996.00 TO Tuvalu: 643.00 TV Vanuatu: 14,080.00 VU Viet Nam: 9.14M VN Europe & Central Asia Albania: 402,276.00 AL Andorra: 13,066.00 AD Armenia: 415,674.00 AM Austria: 1.89M AT Azerbaijan: 872,930.00 AZ Belarus: 1.61M BY Belgium: 2.44M BE Bosnia and Herzegovina: 703,421.00 BA Bulgaria: 1.42M BG Channel Islands: 33,676.00 JG Croatia: 896,486.00 HR Cyprus: 198,529.00 CY Czechia: 2.27M CZ Denmark: 1.25M DK Estonia: 292,272.00 EE Faroe Islands: 9,699.00 FO Finland: 1.34M FI France: 15.18M FR Georgia: 578,525.00 GE Germany: 19.37M DE Gibraltar: 6,928.00 GI Greece: 2.49M GR Greenland: 6,143.00 GL Hungary: 2.01M HU Iceland: 60,468.00 IS Ireland: 857,503.00 IE Isle of Man: 19,485.00 IM Italy: 14.52M IT Kazakhstan: 1.78M KZ Kosovo: 160,617.00 XK Kyrgyz Republic: 410,342.00 KG Latvia: 405,618.00 LV Liechtenstein: 8,384.00 LI Lithuania: 582,464.00 LT Luxembourg: 104,777.00 LU Moldova: 389,450.00 MD Monaco: 13,971.00 MC Montenegro: 111,187.00 ME Netherlands: 3.69M NL North Macedonia: 328,836.00 MK Norway: 1.05M NO Poland: 7.36M PL Portugal: 2.62M PT Romania: 3.81M RO Russian Federation: 24.66M RU San Marino: 7,614.00 SM Serbia: 1.49M RS Slovak Republic: 1.01M SK Slovenia: 463,185.00 SI Spain: 10.33M ES Sweden: 2.19M SE Switzerland: 1.80M CH Tajikistan: 407,927.00 TJ Turkiye: 8.79M TR Turkmenistan: 339,519.00 TM Ukraine: 7.18M UA United Kingdom: 13.50M GB Uzbekistan: 2.13M UZ Latin America & Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda: 11,051.00 AG Argentina: 5.67M AR Aruba: 18,420.00 AW Bahamas, The: 47,254.00 BS Barbados: 46,749.00 BB Belize: 20,953.00 BZ Bolivia: 700,294.00 BO Brazil: 23.42M BR British Virgin Islands: 3,798.00 VG Cayman Islands: 6,699.00 KY Chile: 2.79M CL Colombia: 5.17M CO Costa Rica: 627,139.00 CR Cuba: 1.82M CU Curacao: 26,174.00 CW Dominica: 8,578.00 DM Dominican Republic: 900,432.00 DO Ecuador: 1.51M EC El Salvador: 516,475.00 SV Grenada: 14,345.00 GD Guatemala: 892,586.00 GT Guyana: 55,973.00 GY Haiti: 553,925.00 HT Honduras: 478,249.00 HN Jamaica: 233,085.00 JM Mexico: 10.79M MX Nicaragua: 382,711.00 NI Panama: 422,347.00 PA Paraguay: 453,004.00 PY Peru: 3.16M PE Puerto Rico (US): 791,812.00 PR Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 6,044.00 SX St. Kitts and Nevis: 5,258.00 KN St. Lucia: 17,286.00 LC St. Martin (French part): 4,809.00 MF St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 11,964.00 VC Suriname: 50,115.00 SR Trinidad and Tobago: 169,377.00 TT Turks and Caicos Islands: 5,236.00 TC Uruguay: 543,385.00 UY Venezuela, RB: 2.75M VE Virgin Islands (U.S.): 23,683.00 VI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Afghanistan: 1.02M AF Algeria: 3.08M DZ Bahrain: 61,218.00 BH Djibouti: 56,692.00 DJ Egypt, Arab Rep.: 5.96M EG Iran, Islamic Rep.: 7.54M IR Iraq: 1.57M IQ Israel: 1.25M IL Jordan: 522,555.00 JO Kuwait: 152,052.00 KW Lebanon: 588,643.00 LB Libya: 370,468.00 LY Malta: 114,977.00 MT Morocco: 3.10M MA Oman: 139,649.00 OM Pakistan: 10.76M PK Qatar: 47,892.00 QA Saudi Arabia: 1.04M SA Syrian Arab Republic: 1.17M SY Tunisia: 1.17M TN United Arab Emirates: 194,125.00 AE West Bank and Gaza: 202,984.00 PS Yemen, Rep.: 1.02M YE North America Bermuda: 14,054.00 BM Canada: 8.17M CA United States: 60.98M US South Asia Bangladesh: 11.28M BD Bhutan: 51,403.00 BT India: 103.69M IN Maldives: 24,491.00 MV Nepal: 1.93M NP Sri Lanka: 2.65M LK Sub-Saharan Africa Angola: 1.08M AO Benin: 450,969.00 BJ Botswana: 101,750.00 BW Burkina Faso: 624,460.00 BF Burundi: 355,663.00 BI Cabo Verde: 35,997.00 CV Cameroon: 813,950.00 CM Central African Republic: 114,667.00 CF Chad: 426,391.00 TD Comoros: 38,757.00 KM Congo, Dem. Rep.: 3.36M CD Congo, Rep.: 189,077.00 CG Cote d'Ivoire: 833,154.00 CI Equatorial Guinea: 69,794.00 GQ Eritrea: 148,597.00 ER Eswatini: 52,969.00 SZ Ethiopia: 4.27M ET Gabon: 103,654.00 GA Gambia, The: 84,959.00 GM Ghana: 1.28M GH Guinea: 509,795.00 GN Guinea-Bissau: 70,264.00 GW Kenya: 1.67M KE Lesotho: 90,141.00 LS Liberia: 185,504.00 LR Madagascar: 1.09M MG Malawi: 560,032.00 MW Mali: 583,574.00 ML Mauritania: 166,889.00 MR Mauritius: 168,503.00 MU Mozambique: 953,670.00 MZ Namibia: 111,295.00 NA Niger: 701,324.00 NE Nigeria: 7.09M NG Rwanda: 559,723.00 RW Sao Tome and Principe: 9,186.00 ST Senegal: 669,350.00 SN Seychelles: 10,362.00 SC Sierra Leone: 280,234.00 SL Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 492,638.00 SO South Africa: 4.28M ZA South Sudan: 357,308.00 SS Sudan: 1.67M SD Tanzania: 2.09M TZ Togo: 305,767.00 TG Uganda: 1.09M UG Zambia: 414,950.00 ZM Zimbabwe: 599,113.00 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, total
1
China
East Asia & Pacific
206.630M
2
India
South Asia
103.691M
3
United States
North America
60.978M
4
Japan
East Asia & Pacific
36.921M
5
Russian Federation
Europe & Central Asia
24.655M
6
Brazil
Latin America & Caribbean
23.424M
7
Indonesia
East Asia & Pacific
20.662M
8
Germany
Europe & Central Asia
19.372M
9
France
Europe & Central Asia
15.182M
10
Italy
Europe & Central Asia
14.517M
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Biggest Movers — Year over Year
By Income Group — Average
Income group
Countries
Mean
High income
86
3.18M
Upper middle income
54
6.27M
Lower middle income
50
3.73M
Low income
25
820,720.52
Not classified
2
3.51M
By Region — Average
Region
Countries
Mean
East Asia & Pacific
37
8.69M
Europe & Central Asia
58
2.90M
Latin America & Caribbean
42
1.55M
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
23
1.79M
North America
3
23.06M
South Asia
6
19.94M
Sub-Saharan Africa
48
858,635.60
Indicator Details
WB Code SP.POP.65UP.TO Category Health & PopulationCountries with data 217Latest year 2024
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.65UP.TO ), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.