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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 2018, at 36.2%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.1%. The median was 6.8% and the figure for the World was 8.9%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest36.2Monaco
Lowest1.1Qatar
Median6.8215 countries
World8.9History

Top 40 countries, 2018

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MonacoMonaco: 36.2 %36.2JapanJapan: 28.3 %28.3ItalyItaly: 22.8 %22.8PortugalPortugal: 21.9 %21.9GreeceGreece: 21.9 %21.9FinlandFinland: 21.6 %21.6GermanyGermany: 21.4 %21.4Isle of ManIsle of Man: 21.3 %21.3BulgariaBulgaria: 21.2 %21.2Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 20.9 %20.9CroatiaCroatia: 20.7 %20.7SerbiaSerbia: 20.5 %20.5LatviaLatvia: 20.2 %20.2FranceFrance: 20 %20SwedenSweden: 19.9 %19.9LithuaniaLithuania: 19.7 %19.7U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 19.7 %19.7EstoniaEstonia: 19.7 %19.7CzechiaCzechia: 19.5 %19.5SloveniaSlovenia: 19.5 %19.5DenmarkDenmark: 19.4 %19.4San MarinoSan Marino: 19.3 %19.3SpainSpain: 19.2 %19.2HungaryHungary: 19.1 %19.1Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 19 %19BelgiumBelgium: 18.8 %18.8AustriaAustria: 18.8 %18.8NetherlandsNetherlands: 18.8 %18.8MaltaMalta: 18.7 %18.7SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 18.4 %18.4United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 18.3 %18.3RomaniaRomania: 18.2 %18.2LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 17.9 %17.9BermudaBermuda: 17.7 %17.7GibraltarGibraltar: 17.5 %17.5Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 17.4 %17.4Hong KongHong Kong: 17.2 %17.2CanadaCanada: 17.1 %17.1NorwayNorway: 17.1 %17.1PolandPoland: 17 %17
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018 (%)Change on 2017
1Monaco36.2+0.7 pts
2Japan28.3+0.4 pts
3Italy22.8+0.2 pts
4Portugal21.9+0.4 pts
5Greece21.9+0.2 pts
6Finland21.6+0.5 pts
7Germany21.4+0.2 pts
8Isle of Man21.3+0.3 pts
9Bulgaria21.2+0.3 pts
10Puerto Rico20.9+1 pts
11Croatia20.7+0.5 pts
12Serbia20.5+0.6 pts
13Latvia20.2+0.2 pts
14France20+0.4 pts
15Sweden19.9+0.1 pts
16Lithuania19.7+0.2 pts
17U.S. Virgin Islands19.7+0.8 pts
18Estonia19.7+0.2 pts
19Czechia19.5+0.4 pts
20Slovenia19.5+0.5 pts
21Denmark19.4+0.3 pts
22San Marino19.3+0.3 pts
23Spain19.2+0.2 pts
24Hungary19.1+0.3 pts
25Bosnia and Herzegovina19+0.6 pts
26Belgium18.8+0.2 pts
27Austria18.8+0.2 pts
28Netherlands18.8+0.3 pts
29Malta18.7-0.1 pts
30Switzerland18.4+0.2 pts
31United Kingdom18.3+0.2 pts
32Romania18.2+0.3 pts
33Liechtenstein17.9+0.5 pts
34Bermuda17.7+0.5 pts
35Gibraltar17.5-0 pts
36Faroe Islands17.4+0.1 pts
37Hong Kong17.2+0.6 pts
38Canada17.1+0.4 pts
39Norway17.1+0.3 pts
40Poland17+0.5 pts
41Ukraine16.3+0.4 pts
42Slovakia15.7+0.5 pts
43Montenegro15.7+0.5 pts
44Australia15.6+0.3 pts
45United States15.3+0.4 pts
46North Macedonia15.1+0.6 pts
47Cuba15.1+0.3 pts
48New Zealand15.1+0.2 pts
49Belarus15.1+0.3 pts
50Uruguay15+0.1 pts
51Russia14.6+0.4 pts
52Georgia14.5+0.1 pts
53South Korea14.5+0.6 pts
54Luxembourg14.4+0.1 pts
55Curaçao14.3-0.5 pts
56Iceland14.1+0.1 pts
57Ireland14+0.3 pts
58Barbados13.9+0.4 pts
59Albania13.7+0.4 pts
60Andorra13.5+0.3 pts
61Aruba13.3+0.6 pts
62Moldova13.3+0.5 pts
63Cyprus13.2+0.2 pts
64Chile12.1+0.3 pts
65Dominica11.8+0.1 pts
66Thailand11.8+0.5 pts
67Armenia11.7+0.3 pts
68Israel11.7+0.2 pts
69China11.5+0.5 pts
70Argentina11.5+0.2 pts
71North Korea10.8-0 pts
72Bahamas10.7+0.2 pts
73Grenada10.5+0.2 pts
74Singapore10.5+0.5 pts
75Mauritius10.4+0.5 pts
76Saint Martin10.3+2.2 pts
77Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.2+0.3 pts
78Sri Lanka10+0.3 pts
79Macao10+0.5 pts
80Guam9.9+0.4 pts
81Sint Maarten9.8+0.7 pts
82Costa Rica9.7+0.3 pts
83New Caledonia9.7+0.3 pts
84Turks and Caicos Islands9.5+0.4 pts
85Trinidad and Tobago9.3+0.4 pts
86Antigua and Barbuda9.1+0.3 pts
87Brazil8.9+0.3 pts
88Palau8.7+0.4 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis8.5+0.4 pts
90Peru8.5+0.1 pts
91Greenland8.4+0.2 pts
92Saint Lucia8.4+0.1 pts
93Lebanon8.3+0.5 pts
94French Polynesia8.3+0.4 pts
95Türkiye8.2+0.2 pts
96Colombia7.9+0.3 pts
97British Virgin Islands7.8+0.2 pts
98Panama7.8+0.2 pts
99Tunisia7.6+0.3 pts
100El Salvador7.5+0.1 pts
101Venezuela7.4+0.4 pts
102Kazakhstan7.3+0.2 pts
103Seychelles7.2+0.1 pts
104Ecuador7.2+0.2 pts
105Mexico7.1+0.2 pts
106Vietnam7+0.2 pts
107Cayman Islands6.9+0.3 pts
108Jamaica6.8+0.1 pts
109Iran6.8+0.3 pts
110Suriname6.6+0.2 pts
111Morocco6.5+0.2 pts
112Azerbaijan6.4+0.2 pts
113Dominican Republic6.4+0.2 pts
114Indonesia6.4+0.1 pts
115Malaysia6.3+0.2 pts
116Tonga6.1+0.1 pts
117Myanmar6.1+0.2 pts
118India6+0.2 pts
119Nepal5.9+0.2 pts
120Paraguay5.9+0.1 pts
121Bhutan5.90 pts
122American Samoa5.9+0.2 pts
123South Africa5.8+0.1 pts
124Guyana5.7+0.1 pts
125Bolivia5.70 pts
126Fiji5.6+0.2 pts
127Cape Verde5.6+0.2 pts
128Algeria5.6+0.2 pts
129Timor-Leste5.5+0.1 pts
130Tuvalu5.5+0.1 pts
131Bangladesh5.5+0.2 pts
132Northern Mariana Islands5.4+0.3 pts
133Kyrgyzstan5.20 pts
134Cambodia5.1+0.2 pts
135Uzbekistan5.1+0.1 pts
136Samoa5.1+0.1 pts
137Nicaragua5+0.1 pts
138Brunei5+0.3 pts
139Libya4.60 pts
140Micronesia4.5+0.2 pts
141Egypt4.5+0.1 pts
142Syria4.5+0.1 pts
143Comoros4.40 pts
144Guatemala4.4+0.1 pts
145Djibouti4.3+0.1 pts
146Philippines4.3+0.2 pts
147Haiti4.3+0.1 pts
148Belize4.3+0.1 pts
149Laos4.10 pts
150Mongolia4+0.1 pts
151Eritrea40 pts
152Gabon4-0 pts
153Vanuatu3.9+0.1 pts
154Pakistan3.90 pts
155Kiribati3.8+0.1 pts
156Maldives3.8-0 pts
157Botswana3.8+0.1 pts
158Lesotho3.8-0 pts
159Honduras3.8+0.1 pts
160São Tomé and Príncipe3.7+0.1 pts
161Solomon Islands3.7+0.1 pts
162Eswatini3.7+0.1 pts
163Turkmenistan3.70 pts
164Togo3.7+0.1 pts
165Jordan3.6+0.1 pts
166Namibia3.60 pts
167Senegal3.50 pts
168Guinea3.5-0 pts
169Zimbabwe3.5+0.1 pts
170Palestine3.4+0.1 pts
171Ghana3.40 pts
172Marshall Islands3.4+0.2 pts
173Equatorial Guinea3.40 pts
174Mauritania3.3-0.1 pts
175Rwanda3.2+0.1 pts
176Kuwait3.2+0.3 pts
177Iraq3.2+0.1 pts
178Liberia3.20 pts
179Sierra Leone3.1-0 pts
180Tajikistan3.1+0.1 pts
181Democratic Republic of the Congo3.1-0 pts
182Benin30 pts
183Madagascar3+0.1 pts
184Ethiopia30 pts
185Papua New Guinea3+0.1 pts
186Tanzania30 pts
187Nigeria30 pts
188Guinea-Bissau2.90 pts
189Sudan2.8+0.1 pts
190Malawi2.8-0.1 pts
191Mozambique2.80 pts
192Cameroon2.8-0 pts
193Bahrain2.8+0.2 pts
194Republic of the Congo2.70 pts
195Angola2.70 pts
196Gambia2.70 pts
197Kenya2.6+0.1 pts
198Yemen2.6-0 pts
199Oman2.60 pts
200South Sudan2.60 pts
201Burkina Faso2.6-0 pts
202Mali2.5-0 pts
203Niger2.50 pts
204Somalia2.50 pts
205Côte d’Ivoire2.5-0 pts
206Saudi Arabia2.4+0.1 pts
207Afghanistan2.40 pts
208Burundi2.40 pts
209Central African Republic2.2+0.1 pts
210Chad2-0 pts
211Uganda20 pts
212Nauru1.9+0.1 pts
213Zambia1.80 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.50 pts
215Qatar1.10 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 36.2% in 2018, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.1% in 2018.

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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