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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 2019, at 36.3%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 7% and the figure for the World was 9.1%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest36.3Monaco
Lowest1.2Qatar
Median7215 countries
World9.1History

Top 40 countries, 2019

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MonacoMonaco: 36.3 %36.3JapanJapan: 28.6 %28.6ItalyItaly: 23.1 %23.1PortugalPortugal: 22.4 %22.4GreeceGreece: 22.1 %22.1FinlandFinland: 22.1 %22.1Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 21.7 %21.7GermanyGermany: 21.6 %21.6Isle of ManIsle of Man: 21.6 %21.6BulgariaBulgaria: 21.5 %21.5CroatiaCroatia: 21.2 %21.2SerbiaSerbia: 21.1 %21.1U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 20.6 %20.6FranceFrance: 20.4 %20.4LatviaLatvia: 20.4 %20.4SwedenSweden: 20 %20CzechiaCzechia: 19.9 %19.9EstoniaEstonia: 19.9 %19.9LithuaniaLithuania: 19.9 %19.9SloveniaSlovenia: 19.9 %19.9DenmarkDenmark: 19.7 %19.7San MarinoSan Marino: 19.7 %19.7Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 19.6 %19.6HungaryHungary: 19.6 %19.6SpainSpain: 19.4 %19.4NetherlandsNetherlands: 19.1 %19.1BelgiumBelgium: 19 %19AustriaAustria: 18.9 %18.9RomaniaRomania: 18.6 %18.6SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 18.6 %18.6MaltaMalta: 18.6 %18.6United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 18.5 %18.5LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 18.3 %18.3BermudaBermuda: 18.2 %18.2Hong KongHong Kong: 18 %18PolandPoland: 17.6 %17.6CanadaCanada: 17.5 %17.5Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 17.5 %17.5GibraltarGibraltar: 17.5 %17.5NorwayNorway: 17.4 %17.4
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Monaco36.3+0.1 pts
2Japan28.6+0.3 pts
3Italy23.1+0.3 pts
4Portugal22.4+0.5 pts
5Greece22.1+0.2 pts
6Finland22.1+0.4 pts
7Puerto Rico21.7+0.8 pts
8Germany21.6+0.2 pts
9Isle of Man21.6+0.3 pts
10Bulgaria21.5+0.3 pts
11Croatia21.2+0.5 pts
12Serbia21.1+0.6 pts
13U.S. Virgin Islands20.6+0.9 pts
14France20.4+0.4 pts
15Latvia20.4+0.2 pts
16Sweden20+0.1 pts
17Czechia19.9+0.4 pts
18Estonia19.9+0.2 pts
19Lithuania19.9+0.1 pts
20Slovenia19.9+0.4 pts
21Denmark19.7+0.3 pts
22San Marino19.7+0.3 pts
23Bosnia and Herzegovina19.6+0.7 pts
24Hungary19.6+0.5 pts
25Spain19.4+0.2 pts
26Netherlands19.1+0.3 pts
27Belgium19+0.2 pts
28Austria18.9+0.2 pts
29Romania18.6+0.4 pts
30Switzerland18.6+0.2 pts
31Malta18.6-0.2 pts
32United Kingdom18.5+0.2 pts
33Liechtenstein18.3+0.4 pts
34Bermuda18.2+0.6 pts
35Hong Kong18+0.8 pts
36Poland17.6+0.5 pts
37Canada17.5+0.4 pts
38Faroe Islands17.5+0.1 pts
39Gibraltar17.5-0.1 pts
40Norway17.4+0.3 pts
41Ukraine16.7+0.4 pts
42Slovakia16.3+0.5 pts
43Saint Martin16.2+5.9 pts
44Montenegro16.2+0.5 pts
45Australia15.9+0.3 pts
46North Macedonia15.8+0.7 pts
47United States15.7+0.4 pts
48Belarus15.4+0.3 pts
49Cuba15.4+0.3 pts
50New Zealand15.3+0.2 pts
51Uruguay15.1+0.2 pts
52South Korea15.1+0.6 pts
53Russia15.1+0.4 pts
54Georgia14.7+0.2 pts
55Luxembourg14.5+0.1 pts
56Iceland14.3+0.2 pts
57Barbados14.3+0.4 pts
58Albania14.2+0.5 pts
59Ireland14.2+0.3 pts
60Curaçao14.1-0.1 pts
61Aruba13.9+0.6 pts
62Andorra13.8+0.3 pts
63Moldova13.8+0.5 pts
64Cyprus13.4+0.2 pts
65Thailand12.3+0.5 pts
66Chile12.3+0.3 pts
67China12.1+0.5 pts
68Armenia12+0.3 pts
69Dominica12+0.2 pts
70Israel11.9+0.2 pts
71Argentina11.6+0.2 pts
72Singapore11+0.5 pts
73North Korea10.9+0.1 pts
74Mauritius10.9+0.5 pts
75Bahamas10.8+0.2 pts
76Grenada10.8+0.2 pts
77Sint Maarten10.6+0.8 pts
78Macao10.6+0.6 pts
79Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.5+0.3 pts
80Sri Lanka10.4+0.3 pts
81Guam10.3+0.5 pts
82Costa Rica10.1+0.4 pts
83New Caledonia10+0.3 pts
84Trinidad and Tobago9.8+0.5 pts
85Turks and Caicos Islands9.8+0.3 pts
86Antigua and Barbuda9.5+0.3 pts
87Brazil9.3+0.3 pts
88Palau9.1+0.4 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis9+0.4 pts
90Lebanon8.8+0.4 pts
91French Polynesia8.8+0.5 pts
92Peru8.6+0.1 pts
93Greenland8.6+0.2 pts
94Saint Lucia8.5+0.2 pts
95Türkiye8.5+0.4 pts
96Colombia8.2+0.3 pts
97Panama8.1+0.2 pts
98British Virgin Islands8.1+0.2 pts
99Tunisia7.9+0.3 pts
100Venezuela7.8+0.5 pts
101El Salvador7.6+0.1 pts
102Kazakhstan7.5+0.2 pts
103Ecuador7.4+0.2 pts
104Seychelles7.4+0.1 pts
105Mexico7.3+0.2 pts
106Vietnam7.3+0.3 pts
107Cayman Islands7.2+0.3 pts
108Iran7+0.3 pts
109Jamaica6.9+0.2 pts
110Suriname6.8+0.2 pts
111Morocco6.7+0.3 pts
112Azerbaijan6.6+0.3 pts
113Dominican Republic6.6+0.2 pts
114Indonesia6.5+0.1 pts
115Malaysia6.5+0.2 pts
116Myanmar6.3+0.2 pts
117Tonga6.2+0.1 pts
118India6.2+0.2 pts
119American Samoa6.1+0.2 pts
120Nepal6+0.1 pts
121Paraguay6+0.1 pts
122South Africa5.9+0.2 pts
123Bhutan5.9+0.1 pts
124Fiji5.8+0.2 pts
125Cape Verde5.8+0.2 pts
126Guyana5.8+0.1 pts
127Algeria5.8+0.2 pts
128Northern Mariana Islands5.7+0.3 pts
129Bolivia5.70 pts
130Bangladesh5.7+0.2 pts
131Tuvalu5.6+0.1 pts
132Timor-Leste5.60 pts
133Brunei5.3+0.3 pts
134Cambodia5.3+0.2 pts
135Uzbekistan5.2+0.1 pts
136Kyrgyzstan5.20 pts
137Samoa5.2+0.1 pts
138Nicaragua5.1+0.1 pts
139Micronesia4.8+0.2 pts
140Libya4.60 pts
141Egypt4.6+0.1 pts
142Philippines4.5+0.2 pts
143Syria4.50 pts
144Guatemala4.5+0.1 pts
145Comoros4.50 pts
146Djibouti4.4+0.1 pts
147Belize4.4+0.1 pts
148Haiti4.4+0.1 pts
149Laos4.20 pts
150Mongolia4.2+0.1 pts
151Eritrea4.10 pts
152Vanuatu4+0.1 pts
153Gabon40 pts
154Pakistan4+0.1 pts
155Kiribati3.90 pts
156Honduras3.9+0.1 pts
157Botswana3.8+0.1 pts
158Maldives3.80 pts
159São Tomé and Príncipe3.8+0.1 pts
160Eswatini3.8+0.1 pts
161Lesotho3.8-0 pts
162Jordan3.8+0.1 pts
163Solomon Islands3.70 pts
164Turkmenistan3.7+0.1 pts
165Togo3.6-0 pts
166Kuwait3.6+0.4 pts
167Marshall Islands3.6+0.2 pts
168Namibia3.60 pts
169Zimbabwe3.5+0.1 pts
170Senegal3.50 pts
171Palestine3.5+0.1 pts
172Guinea3.5-0 pts
173Equatorial Guinea3.40 pts
174Ghana3.40 pts
175Rwanda3.4+0.1 pts
176Iraq3.3+0.1 pts
177Mauritania3.3-0 pts
178Liberia3.20 pts
179Tajikistan3.2+0.1 pts
180Sierra Leone3.10 pts
181Democratic Republic of the Congo3.1-0 pts
182Madagascar3.1+0.1 pts
183Papua New Guinea3.1+0.1 pts
184Ethiopia30 pts
185Benin30 pts
186Bahrain3+0.2 pts
187Tanzania30 pts
188Guinea-Bissau30 pts
189Nigeria30 pts
190Sudan2.9+0.1 pts
191Mozambique2.80 pts
192Cameroon2.8-0 pts
193Malawi2.8-0.1 pts
194Kenya2.7+0.1 pts
195Republic of the Congo2.70 pts
196Gambia2.70 pts
197Angola2.70 pts
198South Sudan2.6+0.1 pts
199Oman2.60 pts
200Yemen2.6-0 pts
201Burkina Faso2.60 pts
202Mali2.5-0 pts
203Somalia2.50 pts
204Niger2.50 pts
205Côte d’Ivoire2.50 pts
206Saudi Arabia2.5+0.1 pts
207Burundi2.40 pts
208Afghanistan2.40 pts
209Central African Republic2.20 pts
210Chad20 pts
211Nauru2+0.1 pts
212Uganda20 pts
213Zambia1.80 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.50 pts
215Qatar1.20 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 36.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.2% in 2019.

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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