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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 2020, at 36.5%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 7.2% and the figure for the World was 9.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest36.5Monaco
Lowest1.2Qatar
Median7.2215 countries
World9.3History

Top 40 countries, 2020

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MonacoMonaco: 36.5 %36.5JapanJapan: 28.9 %28.9ItalyItaly: 23.4 %23.4PortugalPortugal: 22.9 %22.9FinlandFinland: 22.5 %22.5Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 22.5 %22.5GreeceGreece: 22.4 %22.4Isle of ManIsle of Man: 21.9 %21.9GermanyGermany: 21.8 %21.8BulgariaBulgaria: 21.7 %21.7CroatiaCroatia: 21.7 %21.7SerbiaSerbia: 21.6 %21.6U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 21.2 %21.2FranceFrance: 20.7 %20.7LatviaLatvia: 20.7 %20.7CzechiaCzechia: 20.3 %20.3Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 20.2 %20.2EstoniaEstonia: 20.2 %20.2SloveniaSlovenia: 20.1 %20.1HungaryHungary: 20.1 %20.1SwedenSweden: 20.1 %20.1DenmarkDenmark: 20 %20San MarinoSan Marino: 19.9 %19.9LithuaniaLithuania: 19.9 %19.9SpainSpain: 19.6 %19.6NetherlandsNetherlands: 19.4 %19.4BelgiumBelgium: 19.2 %19.2AustriaAustria: 19.2 %19.2RomaniaRomania: 19 %19Hong KongHong Kong: 18.8 %18.8BermudaBermuda: 18.8 %18.8SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 18.8 %18.8LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 18.7 %18.7United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 18.6 %18.6MaltaMalta: 18.5 %18.5Saint MartinSaint Martin: 18.1 %18.1PolandPoland: 18.1 %18.1CanadaCanada: 18 %18NorwayNorway: 17.7 %17.7Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 17.7 %17.7
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Monaco36.5+0.2 pts
2Japan28.9+0.3 pts
3Italy23.4+0.3 pts
4Portugal22.9+0.5 pts
5Finland22.5+0.4 pts
6Puerto Rico22.5+0.8 pts
7Greece22.4+0.3 pts
8Isle of Man21.9+0.3 pts
9Germany21.8+0.2 pts
10Bulgaria21.7+0.2 pts
11Croatia21.7+0.5 pts
12Serbia21.6+0.5 pts
13U.S. Virgin Islands21.2+0.6 pts
14France20.7+0.3 pts
15Latvia20.7+0.3 pts
16Czechia20.3+0.3 pts
17Bosnia and Herzegovina20.2+0.6 pts
18Estonia20.2+0.3 pts
19Slovenia20.1+0.3 pts
20Hungary20.1+0.5 pts
21Sweden20.1+0.1 pts
22Denmark20+0.3 pts
23San Marino19.9+0.3 pts
24Lithuania19.9+0.1 pts
25Spain19.6+0.2 pts
26Netherlands19.4+0.3 pts
27Belgium19.2+0.2 pts
28Austria19.2+0.2 pts
29Romania19+0.4 pts
30Hong Kong18.8+0.9 pts
31Bermuda18.8+0.6 pts
32Switzerland18.8+0.2 pts
33Liechtenstein18.7+0.4 pts
34United Kingdom18.6+0.1 pts
35Malta18.5-0.1 pts
36Saint Martin18.1+1.9 pts
37Poland18.1+0.5 pts
38Canada18+0.5 pts
39Norway17.7+0.3 pts
40Faroe Islands17.7+0.2 pts
41Gibraltar17.4-0 pts
42Ukraine17.1+0.4 pts
43Slovakia16.8+0.5 pts
44Montenegro16.6+0.4 pts
45North Macedonia16.3+0.6 pts
46Australia16.3+0.4 pts
47United States16.1+0.4 pts
48South Korea15.8+0.8 pts
49Belarus15.7+0.4 pts
50Cuba15.6+0.3 pts
51New Zealand15.6+0.3 pts
52Russia15.5+0.4 pts
53Uruguay15.3+0.2 pts
54Curaçao14.9+0.8 pts
55Georgia14.9+0.2 pts
56Barbados14.8+0.5 pts
57Albania14.8+0.5 pts
58Luxembourg14.6+0.1 pts
59Aruba14.6+0.6 pts
60Iceland14.6+0.3 pts
61Ireland14.6+0.3 pts
62Moldova14.3+0.5 pts
63Andorra14.2+0.4 pts
64Cyprus13.6+0.2 pts
65Thailand12.9+0.6 pts
66China12.6+0.6 pts
67Chile12.6+0.3 pts
68Armenia12.3+0.3 pts
69Dominica12.2+0.2 pts
70Israel12.1+0.2 pts
71Argentina11.8+0.2 pts
72Singapore11.6+0.6 pts
73Sint Maarten11.5+0.8 pts
74Mauritius11.4+0.5 pts
75Macao11.3+0.7 pts
76North Korea11.1+0.2 pts
77Grenada11+0.2 pts
78Bahamas11+0.2 pts
79Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.8+0.2 pts
80Guam10.8+0.4 pts
81Sri Lanka10.7+0.3 pts
82Costa Rica10.5+0.4 pts
83Trinidad and Tobago10.4+0.6 pts
84New Caledonia10.3+0.3 pts
85Turks and Caicos Islands10.1+0.3 pts
86Antigua and Barbuda9.9+0.4 pts
87Brazil9.6+0.3 pts
88Palau9.5+0.4 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis9.4+0.5 pts
90French Polynesia9.2+0.4 pts
91Lebanon9.1+0.3 pts
92Türkiye9+0.4 pts
93Greenland8.8+0.3 pts
94Peru8.7+0.1 pts
95Saint Lucia8.7+0.2 pts
96Colombia8.5+0.3 pts
97British Virgin Islands8.3+0.3 pts
98Panama8.3+0.2 pts
99Tunisia8.3+0.3 pts
100Venezuela8.3+0.4 pts
101El Salvador7.7+0.1 pts
102Kazakhstan7.6+0.2 pts
103Seychelles7.6+0.2 pts
104Vietnam7.6+0.3 pts
105Ecuador7.6+0.2 pts
106Mexico7.5+0.2 pts
107Cayman Islands7.4+0.3 pts
108Iran7.2+0.2 pts
109Jamaica7.1+0.2 pts
110Suriname7+0.2 pts
111Morocco7+0.3 pts
112Azerbaijan6.9+0.3 pts
113Dominican Republic6.8+0.2 pts
114Malaysia6.7+0.2 pts
115Indonesia6.6+0.1 pts
116Myanmar6.5+0.2 pts
117India6.4+0.2 pts
118American Samoa6.4+0.3 pts
119Tonga6.3+0.1 pts
120Northern Mariana Islands6.2+0.5 pts
121Paraguay6.2+0.1 pts
122South Africa6.1+0.2 pts
123Nepal6.10 pts
124Bhutan6+0.1 pts
125Guyana6+0.2 pts
126Fiji6+0.2 pts
127Cape Verde6+0.2 pts
128Algeria5.9+0.1 pts
129Bangladesh5.8+0.2 pts
130Tuvalu5.7+0.1 pts
131Bolivia5.7-0 pts
132Brunei5.6+0.3 pts
133Timor-Leste5.5-0 pts
134Cambodia5.4+0.2 pts
135Uzbekistan5.3+0.1 pts
136Samoa5.3+0.1 pts
137Nicaragua5.20 pts
138Kyrgyzstan5.1-0 pts
139Micronesia5+0.3 pts
140Philippines4.7+0.2 pts
141Egypt4.7+0.1 pts
142Libya4.60 pts
143Syria4.5+0.1 pts
144Guatemala4.5+0.1 pts
145Belize4.5+0.1 pts
146Djibouti4.5+0.1 pts
147Comoros4.50 pts
148Haiti4.4+0.1 pts
149Mongolia4.3+0.1 pts
150Laos4.2+0.1 pts
151Eritrea4.10 pts
152Vanuatu4.1+0.1 pts
153Pakistan40 pts
154Kuwait4+0.4 pts
155Honduras4+0.1 pts
156Gabon40 pts
157Kiribati3.90 pts
158Jordan3.9+0.1 pts
159Botswana3.90 pts
160Eswatini3.9+0.1 pts
161Maldives3.90 pts
162São Tomé and Príncipe3.80 pts
163Turkmenistan3.8+0.1 pts
164Lesotho3.80 pts
165Marshall Islands3.7+0.1 pts
166Solomon Islands3.7-0 pts
167Togo3.6-0 pts
168Zimbabwe3.60 pts
169Palestine3.6+0.1 pts
170Namibia3.60 pts
171Senegal3.50 pts
172Equatorial Guinea3.50 pts
173Rwanda3.5+0.1 pts
174Ghana3.50 pts
175Guinea3.4-0 pts
176Iraq3.40 pts
177Bahrain3.3+0.3 pts
178Mauritania3.3-0 pts
179Tajikistan3.3+0.1 pts
180Liberia3.20 pts
181Madagascar3.2+0.1 pts
182Sierra Leone3.10 pts
183Papua New Guinea3.1+0.1 pts
184Democratic Republic of the Congo3.1-0 pts
185Ethiopia3.10 pts
186Benin30 pts
187Tanzania30 pts
188Guinea-Bissau30 pts
189Sudan3+0.1 pts
190Nigeria30 pts
191Mozambique2.80 pts
192Kenya2.80 pts
193Cameroon2.8-0 pts
194Gambia2.8+0.1 pts
195Republic of the Congo2.80 pts
196Angola2.70 pts
197Malawi2.7-0.1 pts
198South Sudan2.7+0.1 pts
199Oman2.6-0 pts
200Burkina Faso2.60 pts
201Yemen2.5-0 pts
202Somalia2.50 pts
203Niger2.50 pts
204Saudi Arabia2.5+0.1 pts
205Côte d’Ivoire2.50 pts
206Mali2.5-0 pts
207Burundi2.40 pts
208Afghanistan2.4-0 pts
209Central African Republic2.20 pts
210Nauru2.1+0.1 pts
211Uganda2.10 pts
212Chad2-0 pts
213Zambia1.80 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.60 pts
215Qatar1.2+0.1 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 36.5% in 2020, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.2% in 2020.

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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