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Population aged 65+ by country — world rankings

Ranking 169 countries with data.

Population aged 65+

Population aged 65+ world ranking table, highest first
Rank Country Value
1 Japan 30.0% (2025)
2 Puerto Rico 25.3% (2025)
3 Italy 25.1% (2025)
4 Portugal 24.9% (2025)
5 Greece 24.4% (2025)
6 Finland 24.2% (2025)
7 Germany 23.7% (2025)
8 Croatia 23.6% (2025)
9 Serbia 23.1% (2025)
10 Bosnia and Herz. 22.9% (2025)
11 France 22.5% (2025)
12 Bulgaria 22.2% (2025)
13 Slovenia 22.2% (2025)
14 Latvia 22.2% (2025)
15 Estonia 21.8% (2025)
16 Spain 21.6% (2025)
17 Czechia 21.2% (2025)
18 Hungary 21.2% (2025)
19 Denmark 21.1% (2025)
20 Austria 21.1% (2025)
21 Belgium 21.0% (2025)
22 Sweden 20.9% (2025)
23 Netherlands 20.9% (2025)
24 Poland 20.8% (2025)
25 Lithuania 20.7% (2025)
26 Switzerland 20.4% (2025)
27 South Korea 20.3% (2025)
28 Canada 20.3% (2025)
29 Romania 20.1% (2025)
30 United Kingdom 19.7% (2025)
31 Norway 19.1% (2025)
32 Slovakia 19.0% (2025)
33 Ukraine 19.0% (2025)
34 Macedonia 18.5% (2025)
35 United States 18.4% (2025)
36 Montenegro 18.3% (2025)
37 Belarus 18.3% (2025)
38 Australia 18.1% (2025)
39 Russia 17.8% (2025)
40 Albania 17.6% (2025)
41 New Zealand 17.6% (2025)
42 Cuba 17.0% (2025)
43 Moldova 16.9% (2025)
44 Uruguay 16.3% (2025)
45 Ireland 16.2% (2025)
46 Thailand 16.0% (2025)
47 Georgia 16.0% (2025)
48 Iceland 16.0% (2025)
49 Luxembourg 15.8% (2025)
50 Cyprus 14.9% (2025)
51 China 14.9% (2025)
52 Chile 14.6% (2025)
53 Armenia 14.4% (2025)
54 Trinidad and Tobago 12.9% (2025)
55 Costa Rica 12.8% (2025)
56 North Korea 12.7% (2025)
57 Israel 12.7% (2025)
58 Argentina 12.6% (2025)
59 Sri Lanka 12.5% (2025)
60 Bahamas 12.1% (2025)
61 New Caledonia 11.8% (2025)
62 Greenland 11.5% (2025)
63 Brazil 11.5% (2025)
64 Turkey 10.6% (2025)
65 Lebanon 10.4% (2025)
66 Colombia 10.2% (2025)
67 Venezuela 10.0% (2025)
68 Tunisia 9.9% (2025)
69 Panama 9.7% (2025)
70 Vietnam 9.5% (2025)
71 Peru 9.5% (2025)
72 Azerbaijan 9.2% (2025)
73 Kazakhstan 9.0% (2025)
74 Ecuador 8.6% (2025)
75 Iran 8.6% (2025)
76 Jamaica 8.6% (2025)
77 Mexico 8.5% (2025)
78 Morocco 8.5% (2025)
79 El Salvador 8.3% (2025)
80 Suriname 8.2% (2025)
81 Dominican Rep. 8.2% (2025)
82 Malaysia 8.0% (2025)
83 Indonesia 7.5% (2025)
84 Myanmar 7.5% (2025)
85 India 7.4% (2025)
86 Brunei 7.2% (2025)
87 Guyana 7.0% (2025)
88 South Africa 6.9% (2025)
89 Algeria 6.8% (2025)
90 Paraguay 6.7% (2025)
91 Bangladesh 6.7% (2025)
92 Fiji 6.6% (2025)
93 Bhutan 6.6% (2025)
94 Nepal 6.6% (2025)
95 Cambodia 6.4% (2025)
96 Uzbekistan 6.1% (2025)
97 Kyrgyzstan 6.0% (2025)
98 Bolivia 5.7% (2025)
99 Philippines 5.7% (2025)
100 Nicaragua 5.7% (2025)
101 Mongolia 5.4% (2025)
102 Egypt 5.3% (2025)
103 Timor-Leste 5.2% (2025)
104 Belize 5.2% (2025)
105 Libya 5.2% (2025)
106 Djibouti 5.0% (2025)
107 Guatemala 5.0% (2025)
108 Syria 4.8% (2025)
109 Laos 4.8% (2025)
110 Turkmenistan 4.8% (2025)
111 Haiti 4.8% (2025)
112 Jordan 4.8% (2025)
113 Honduras 4.5% (2025)
114 Vanuatu 4.4% (2025)
115 Pakistan 4.4% (2025)
116 eSwatini 4.3% (2025)
117 Eritrea 4.3% (2025)
118 Gabon 4.1% (2025)
119 Botswana 4.1% (2025)
120 Tajikistan 4.1% (2025)
121 Rwanda 4.0% (2025)
122 Lesotho 3.9% (2025)
123 Palestine 3.9% (2025)
124 Namibia 3.8% (2025)
125 Ghana 3.8% (2025)
126 Eq. Guinea 3.8% (2025)
127 Solomon Is. 3.7% (2025)
128 Senegal 3.6% (2025)
129 Papua New Guinea 3.6% (2025)
130 Zimbabwe 3.6% (2025)
131 Togo 3.5% (2025)
132 Guinea 3.5% (2025)
133 Madagascar 3.5% (2025)
134 Iraq 3.4% (2025)
135 Sudan 3.4% (2025)
136 Liberia 3.3% (2025)
137 Ethiopia 3.3% (2025)
138 Sierra Leone 3.3% (2025)
139 Mauritania 3.2% (2025)
140 Guinea-Bissau 3.2% (2025)
141 Gambia 3.2% (2025)
142 Kuwait 3.2% (2025)
143 Benin 3.2% (2025)
144 Dem. Rep. Congo 3.1% (2025)
145 S. Sudan 3.1% (2025)
146 Nigeria 3.1% (2025)
147 Congo 3.1% (2025)
148 Saudi Arabia 3.1% (2025)
149 Tanzania 3.0% (2025)
150 Kenya 3.0% (2025)
151 Angola 2.9% (2025)
152 Cameroon 2.8% (2025)
153 Mozambique 2.7% (2025)
154 Oman 2.7% (2025)
155 Burkina Faso 2.7% (2025)
156 Côte d'Ivoire 2.7% (2025)
157 Niger 2.6% (2025)
158 Somalia 2.6% (2025)
159 Malawi 2.6% (2025)
160 Burundi 2.5% (2025)
161 Yemen 2.5% (2025)
162 Afghanistan 2.4% (2025)
163 Mali 2.4% (2025)
164 Uganda 2.2% (2025)
165 Central African Rep. 2.2% (2025)
166 Chad 2.1% (2025)
167 Zambia 2.0% (2025)
168 United Arab Emirates 1.8% (2025)
169 Qatar 1.7% (2025)

Ordered by value, highest first (ties break by country slug). Countries without data for this metric are not listed — they occupy no rank.

Surface area is computed from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries with an equal-area spherical formula — not the World Bank's land-area figure; population density is our own derived metric (latest population ÷ that area).

The unweighted median across the 169 countries with data is 7.4% — shown for context, not a world average.

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).