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Countries by share of population aged 65 and over

Monaco had the highest share of population aged 65 and over of 215 countries in 2015, at 34.1%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.1%. The median was 6.2% and the figure for the World was 8.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest34.1Monaco
Lowest1.1Qatar
Median6.2215 countries
World8.3History

Top 40 countries, 2015

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MonacoMonaco: 34.1 %34.1JapanJapan: 26.9 %26.9ItalyItaly: 22 %22GreeceGreece: 21.1 %21.1GermanyGermany: 21.1 %21.1PortugalPortugal: 20.6 %20.6Isle of ManIsle of Man: 20.2 %20.2BulgariaBulgaria: 20.2 %20.2FinlandFinland: 20.2 %20.2SwedenSweden: 19.7 %19.7LatviaLatvia: 19.5 %19.5CroatiaCroatia: 19.2 %19.2EstoniaEstonia: 18.9 %18.9SerbiaSerbia: 18.9 %18.9LithuaniaLithuania: 18.9 %18.9FranceFrance: 18.9 %18.9DenmarkDenmark: 18.7 %18.7SpainSpain: 18.5 %18.5San MarinoSan Marino: 18.5 %18.5AustriaAustria: 18.5 %18.5MaltaMalta: 18.3 %18.3BelgiumBelgium: 18.2 %18.2Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 18.1 %18.1CzechiaCzechia: 18.1 %18.1HungaryHungary: 18.1 %18.1SloveniaSlovenia: 18 %18SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 17.9 %17.9United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 17.8 %17.8NetherlandsNetherlands: 17.8 %17.8GibraltarGibraltar: 17.3 %17.3U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 17.3 %17.3Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 17.3 %17.3RomaniaRomania: 17.2 %17.2Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 16.9 %16.9LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 16.4 %16.4NorwayNorway: 16.3 %16.3BermudaBermuda: 16.1 %16.1CanadaCanada: 16 %16Hong KongHong Kong: 15.4 %15.4PolandPoland: 15.4 %15.4
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Monaco34.1+1.2 pts
2Japan26.9+0.7 pts
3Italy22+0.3 pts
4Greece21.1+0.4 pts
5Germany21.1+0.1 pts
6Portugal20.6+0.5 pts
7Isle of Man20.2+0.5 pts
8Bulgaria20.2+0.4 pts
9Finland20.2+0.5 pts
10Sweden19.7+0.2 pts
11Latvia19.5+0.3 pts
12Croatia19.2+0.4 pts
13Estonia18.9+0.3 pts
14Serbia18.9+0.5 pts
15Lithuania18.9+0.3 pts
16France18.9+0.5 pts
17Denmark18.7+0.3 pts
18Spain18.5+0.3 pts
19San Marino18.5+0.3 pts
20Austria18.5+0.1 pts
21Malta18.3+0.4 pts
22Belgium18.2+0.2 pts
23Puerto Rico18.1+0.7 pts
24Czechia18.1+0.5 pts
25Hungary18.1+0.4 pts
26Slovenia18+0.5 pts
27Switzerland17.9+0.2 pts
28United Kingdom17.8+0.2 pts
29Netherlands17.8+0.4 pts
30Gibraltar17.3+0.3 pts
31U.S. Virgin Islands17.3+0.7 pts
32Bosnia and Herzegovina17.3+0.5 pts
33Romania17.2+0.4 pts
34Faroe Islands16.9+0.4 pts
35Liechtenstein16.4+0.5 pts
36Norway16.3+0.2 pts
37Bermuda16.1+0.5 pts
38Canada16+0.4 pts
39Hong Kong15.4+0.6 pts
40Poland15.4+0.5 pts
41Ukraine15.2+0.4 pts
42Australia14.9+0.3 pts
43Uruguay14.6+0.1 pts
44New Zealand14.6+0.2 pts
45Montenegro14.4+0.4 pts
46Belarus14.3+0.3 pts
47United States14.3+0.3 pts
48Cuba14.2+0.3 pts
49Luxembourg14.2+0.1 pts
50Slovakia14.1+0.5 pts
51Georgia14.1+0.1 pts
52Curaçao13.9+0.4 pts
53Iceland13.7+0.3 pts
54Russia13.5+0.4 pts
55North Macedonia13.4+0.5 pts
56Ireland13.1+0.3 pts
57South Korea13+0.4 pts
58Andorra12.9+0.1 pts
59Barbados12.9+0.3 pts
60Albania12.5+0.4 pts
61Cyprus12.5+0.2 pts
62Moldova11.7+0.6 pts
63Aruba11.6+0.5 pts
64Chile11.2+0.3 pts
65Argentina11+0.1 pts
66Israel11+0.2 pts
67North Korea10.9+0.2 pts
68Armenia10.9+0.1 pts
69Thailand10.3+0.4 pts
70Bahamas10.2+0.2 pts
71Grenada10.1+0.1 pts
72China10.1+0.4 pts
73Dominica9.6+0.1 pts
74Saint Vincent and the Grenadines9.5+0.2 pts
75Singapore9+0.4 pts
76Sri Lanka9+0.4 pts
77Mauritius8.9+0.5 pts
78New Caledonia8.8+0.3 pts
79Costa Rica8.8+0.3 pts
80Macao8.6+0.4 pts
81Guam8.5+0.4 pts
82Turks and Caicos Islands8.3+0.4 pts
83Peru8.2+0.2 pts
84Antigua and Barbuda8.1+0.3 pts
85Trinidad and Tobago8+0.4 pts
86Saint Lucia8+0.1 pts
87Brazil8+0.3 pts
88Greenland7.7+0.2 pts
89Sint Maarten7.6+0.6 pts
90Saint Kitts and Nevis7.6+0.1 pts
91Türkiye7.6+0.1 pts
92Palau7.5+0.3 pts
93French Polynesia7.3+0.2 pts
94Panama7.2+0.2 pts
95El Salvador7.1+0.1 pts
96Colombia7.1+0.3 pts
97Seychelles7.10 pts
98Saint Martin7+0.4 pts
99Tunisia7+0.2 pts
100British Virgin Islands6.9+0.1 pts
101Lebanon6.8+0.4 pts
102Kazakhstan6.8+0.2 pts
103Mexico6.7+0.1 pts
104Ecuador6.6+0.2 pts
105Venezuela6.5+0.2 pts
106Vietnam6.5+0.2 pts
107Jamaica6.4+0.1 pts
108Cayman Islands6.2+0.2 pts
109Suriname6.1+0.1 pts
110Indonesia6.10 pts
111Tonga60 pts
112Iran6+0.2 pts
113Morocco5.8+0.2 pts
114Azerbaijan5.8+0.1 pts
115Dominican Republic5.7+0.2 pts
116Malaysia5.7+0.2 pts
117Bhutan5.6+0.1 pts
118Myanmar5.6+0.1 pts
119Bolivia5.60 pts
120Paraguay5.6+0.1 pts
121Nepal5.5+0.1 pts
122India5.5+0.2 pts
123Tuvalu5.40 pts
124South Africa5.40 pts
125Guyana5.3+0.1 pts
126Timor-Leste5.3+0.1 pts
127Fiji5.2+0.1 pts
128Algeria5.2+0.1 pts
129Cape Verde5.2+0.1 pts
130American Samoa5.1+0.2 pts
131Kyrgyzstan5+0.2 pts
132Bangladesh4.9+0.1 pts
133Samoa4.9-0 pts
134Uzbekistan4.7+0.1 pts
135Nicaragua4.7+0.1 pts
136Cambodia4.6+0.2 pts
137Northern Mariana Islands4.5+0.3 pts
138Libya4.5+0.1 pts
139Comoros4.3+0.1 pts
140Egypt4.2+0.1 pts
141Syria4.2+0.2 pts
142Brunei4.2+0.2 pts
143Guatemala4.2+0.1 pts
144Laos4.10 pts
145Djibouti4.1+0.1 pts
146Haiti4.1+0.1 pts
147Belize4.10 pts
148Gabon4-0 pts
149Maldives4-0.1 pts
150Eritrea3.90 pts
151Micronesia3.9+0.2 pts
152Lesotho3.9-0 pts
153Mongolia3.80 pts
154Pakistan3.80 pts
155Philippines3.8+0.1 pts
156Vanuatu3.7+0.1 pts
157Kiribati3.70 pts
158São Tomé and Príncipe3.60 pts
159Turkmenistan3.60 pts
160Botswana3.6+0.1 pts
161Namibia3.50 pts
162Mauritania3.5-0.1 pts
163Senegal3.5-0 pts
164Solomon Islands3.50 pts
165Guinea3.5-0 pts
166Togo3.50 pts
167Honduras3.4+0.1 pts
168Eswatini3.4+0.1 pts
169Ghana3.40 pts
170Jordan3.3-0 pts
171Equatorial Guinea3.30 pts
172Zimbabwe3.2+0.1 pts
173Palestine3.2+0.1 pts
174Liberia3.2-0 pts
175Sierra Leone3.2-0 pts
176Democratic Republic of the Congo3.1-0 pts
177Malawi3.1-0.1 pts
178Iraq30 pts
179Benin3-0 pts
180Nigeria3-0 pts
181Rwanda3+0.1 pts
182Tajikistan30 pts
183Tanzania2.90 pts
184Ethiopia2.90 pts
185Cameroon2.8-0 pts
186Papua New Guinea2.80 pts
187Guinea-Bissau2.80 pts
188Marshall Islands2.8+0.2 pts
189Madagascar2.8+0.1 pts
190Mozambique2.70 pts
191Yemen2.7-0 pts
192Angola2.7-0 pts
193Sudan2.70 pts
194Republic of the Congo2.7-0 pts
195Mali2.6-0 pts
196Gambia2.6-0 pts
197Burkina Faso2.6-0 pts
198Bahrain2.6-0 pts
199Oman2.60 pts
200South Sudan2.5-0 pts
201Côte d’Ivoire2.5-0 pts
202Niger2.40 pts
203Kenya2.4+0.1 pts
204Kuwait2.4+0.2 pts
205Somalia2.40 pts
206Afghanistan2.40 pts
207Saudi Arabia2.2-0.1 pts
208Burundi2.20 pts
209Chad2.1-0 pts
210Central African Republic20 pts
211Uganda1.90 pts
212Zambia1.7-0 pts
213United Arab Emirates1.50 pts
214Nauru1.5+0.1 pts
215Qatar1.1-0 pts

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About this ranking

Residents aged 65 or over as a percentage of total population. Spain: 1 January, INE annual census. United States: 1 July, Census Bureau population estimates. World Bank figures for other countries and the World refer to mid-year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population ages 65 and above, % of total population (SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest share of population aged 65 and over?

Monaco, with 34.1% in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of population aged 65 and over?

Qatar, with 1.1% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Population ages 65 and above, % of total population (SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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