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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 2021, at 37.3%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.3%. The median was 7.4% and the figure for the World was 9.5%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest37.3Monaco
Lowest1.3Qatar
Median7.4215 countries
World9.5History

Top 40 countries, 2021

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MonacoMonaco: 37.3 %37.3JapanJapan: 29.2 %29.2ItalyItaly: 23.7 %23.7PortugalPortugal: 23.3 %23.3Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 23.2 %23.2FinlandFinland: 22.9 %22.9GreeceGreece: 22.8 %22.8GermanyGermany: 22.1 %22.1CroatiaCroatia: 22.1 %22.1Isle of ManIsle of Man: 22 %22SerbiaSerbia: 21.9 %21.9BulgariaBulgaria: 21.7 %21.7U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 21.5 %21.5FranceFrance: 21.1 %21.1LatviaLatvia: 20.8 %20.8Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 20.7 %20.7CzechiaCzechia: 20.5 %20.5EstoniaEstonia: 20.4 %20.4SloveniaSlovenia: 20.4 %20.4HungaryHungary: 20.4 %20.4San MarinoSan Marino: 20.4 %20.4DenmarkDenmark: 20.2 %20.2SwedenSweden: 20.2 %20.2LithuaniaLithuania: 19.9 %19.9SpainSpain: 19.8 %19.8Hong KongHong Kong: 19.8 %19.8NetherlandsNetherlands: 19.7 %19.7AustriaAustria: 19.5 %19.5BelgiumBelgium: 19.5 %19.5BermudaBermuda: 19.4 %19.4RomaniaRomania: 19.3 %19.3LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 19.1 %19.1SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 18.9 %18.9MaltaMalta: 18.8 %18.8United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 18.7 %18.7PolandPoland: 18.5 %18.5CanadaCanada: 18.5 %18.5NorwayNorway: 18.1 %18.1Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 17.8 %17.8UkraineUkraine: 17.4 %17.4
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Monaco37.3+0.9 pts
2Japan29.2+0.3 pts
3Italy23.7+0.3 pts
4Portugal23.3+0.4 pts
5Puerto Rico23.2+0.8 pts
6Finland22.9+0.4 pts
7Greece22.8+0.4 pts
8Germany22.1+0.3 pts
9Croatia22.1+0.4 pts
10Isle of Man22+0.2 pts
11Serbia21.9+0.3 pts
12Bulgaria21.70 pts
13U.S. Virgin Islands21.5+0.3 pts
14France21.1+0.3 pts
15Latvia20.8+0.2 pts
16Bosnia and Herzegovina20.7+0.4 pts
17Czechia20.5+0.2 pts
18Estonia20.4+0.2 pts
19Slovenia20.4+0.3 pts
20Hungary20.4+0.3 pts
21San Marino20.4+0.4 pts
22Denmark20.2+0.2 pts
23Sweden20.2+0.1 pts
24Lithuania19.90 pts
25Spain19.8+0.3 pts
26Hong Kong19.8+0.9 pts
27Netherlands19.7+0.3 pts
28Austria19.5+0.3 pts
29Belgium19.5+0.2 pts
30Bermuda19.4+0.6 pts
31Romania19.3+0.3 pts
32Liechtenstein19.1+0.4 pts
33Switzerland18.9+0.2 pts
34Malta18.8+0.3 pts
35United Kingdom18.7+0.1 pts
36Poland18.5+0.5 pts
37Canada18.5+0.5 pts
38Norway18.1+0.3 pts
39Faroe Islands17.8+0.1 pts
40Ukraine17.4+0.3 pts
41Gibraltar17.3-0.1 pts
42Slovakia17.2+0.4 pts
43Montenegro16.9+0.3 pts
44Australia16.7+0.4 pts
45North Macedonia16.7+0.4 pts
46South Korea16.7+0.8 pts
47United States16.5+0.4 pts
48Belarus16.1+0.3 pts
49New Zealand16+0.4 pts
50Saint Martin15.9-2.3 pts
51Cuba15.7+0.1 pts
52Russia15.7+0.3 pts
53Uruguay15.5+0.2 pts
54Curaçao15.3+0.4 pts
55Albania15.3+0.5 pts
56Barbados15.3+0.5 pts
57Aruba15.1+0.6 pts
58Georgia15+0.1 pts
59Iceland14.9+0.3 pts
60Ireland14.9+0.3 pts
61Luxembourg14.7+0.1 pts
62Moldova14.7+0.4 pts
63Andorra14.6+0.4 pts
64Cyprus13.9+0.2 pts
65Thailand13.5+0.6 pts
66China13.2+0.6 pts
67Chile13+0.3 pts
68Armenia12.6+0.3 pts
69Dominica12.4+0.2 pts
70Sint Maarten12.3+0.8 pts
71Singapore12.3+0.7 pts
72Israel12.2+0.1 pts
73Macao12+0.7 pts
74Argentina11.9+0.1 pts
75Mauritius11.9+0.5 pts
76North Korea11.3+0.2 pts
77Grenada11.2+0.2 pts
78Guam11.2+0.4 pts
79Bahamas11.1+0.1 pts
80Sri Lanka11+0.3 pts
81Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11+0.2 pts
82Trinidad and Tobago10.9+0.5 pts
83Costa Rica10.9+0.4 pts
84New Caledonia10.5+0.3 pts
85Turks and Caicos Islands10.3+0.3 pts
86Antigua and Barbuda10.3+0.4 pts
87Palau9.9+0.4 pts
88Brazil9.9+0.3 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis9.9+0.4 pts
90French Polynesia9.7+0.4 pts
91Türkiye9.4+0.4 pts
92Lebanon9.3+0.2 pts
93Greenland9.2+0.3 pts
94Saint Lucia8.8+0.1 pts
95Peru8.80 pts
96Colombia8.7+0.2 pts
97Venezuela8.6+0.4 pts
98British Virgin Islands8.6+0.3 pts
99Tunisia8.6+0.3 pts
100Panama8.5+0.2 pts
101Seychelles7.9+0.3 pts
102Vietnam7.9+0.3 pts
103Kazakhstan7.8+0.1 pts
104Cayman Islands7.8+0.3 pts
105El Salvador7.8+0.1 pts
106Ecuador7.7+0.1 pts
107Mexico7.6+0.1 pts
108Iran7.4+0.2 pts
109Jamaica7.3+0.2 pts
110Morocco7.2+0.2 pts
111Suriname7.2+0.2 pts
112Azerbaijan7.1+0.3 pts
113Dominican Republic7+0.2 pts
114Malaysia7+0.2 pts
115Northern Mariana Islands6.9+0.7 pts
116American Samoa6.7+0.4 pts
117Indonesia6.7+0.1 pts
118Myanmar6.7+0.2 pts
119India6.5+0.1 pts
120Tonga6.4+0.1 pts
121South Africa6.2+0.1 pts
122Paraguay6.20 pts
123Cape Verde6.1+0.2 pts
124Bhutan6.1+0.1 pts
125Nepal6.10 pts
126Fiji6.1+0.1 pts
127Guyana6.1+0.1 pts
128Algeria6+0.1 pts
129Bangladesh6+0.1 pts
130Brunei5.9+0.3 pts
131Tuvalu5.80 pts
132Cambodia5.6+0.2 pts
133Bolivia5.5-0.1 pts
134Timor-Leste5.5-0.1 pts
135Samoa5.4+0.1 pts
136Uzbekistan5.4+0.1 pts
137Micronesia5.3+0.3 pts
138Nicaragua5.20 pts
139Kyrgyzstan5.1-0 pts
140Philippines4.9+0.2 pts
141Egypt4.70 pts
142Libya4.70 pts
143Syria4.6+0.1 pts
144Belize4.6+0.1 pts
145Guatemala4.60 pts
146Djibouti4.5+0.1 pts
147Haiti4.5+0.1 pts
148Comoros4.5-0 pts
149Mongolia4.4+0.1 pts
150Laos4.3+0.1 pts
151Eritrea4.10 pts
152Vanuatu4.10 pts
153Honduras4.1+0.1 pts
154Pakistan4.10 pts
155Jordan4+0.1 pts
156Gabon40 pts
157Kiribati40 pts
158Maldives3.9+0.1 pts
159Eswatini3.90 pts
160Turkmenistan3.9+0.1 pts
161Botswana3.9-0 pts
162Marshall Islands3.9+0.2 pts
163São Tomé and Príncipe3.8-0 pts
164Lesotho3.8-0 pts
165Solomon Islands3.7-0 pts
166Palestine3.6+0.1 pts
167Rwanda3.6+0.1 pts
168Zimbabwe3.60 pts
169Togo3.6-0 pts
170Namibia3.5-0 pts
171Senegal3.50 pts
172Equatorial Guinea3.50 pts
173Ghana3.50 pts
174Bahrain3.5+0.2 pts
175Guinea3.4-0 pts
176Kuwait3.4-0.6 pts
177Iraq3.40 pts
178Tajikistan3.3+0.1 pts
179Liberia3.20 pts
180Mauritania3.2-0 pts
181Madagascar3.2+0.1 pts
182Papua New Guinea3.2+0.1 pts
183Sierra Leone3.20 pts
184Ethiopia3.10 pts
185Democratic Republic of the Congo3.1-0 pts
186Sudan3.1+0.1 pts
187Benin30 pts
188Guinea-Bissau30 pts
189Tanzania30 pts
190Nigeria30 pts
191Gambia2.8+0.1 pts
192Kenya2.80 pts
193Republic of the Congo2.80 pts
194Mozambique2.8-0 pts
195Cameroon2.8-0 pts
196South Sudan2.8+0.1 pts
197Angola2.70 pts
198Malawi2.7-0.1 pts
199Saudi Arabia2.6+0.1 pts
200Oman2.60 pts
201Burkina Faso2.60 pts
202Somalia2.5-0 pts
203Niger2.50 pts
204Yemen2.5-0 pts
205Côte d’Ivoire2.50 pts
206Burundi2.50 pts
207Mali2.5-0 pts
208Afghanistan2.4-0 pts
209Central African Republic2.20 pts
210Nauru2.2+0.1 pts
211Uganda2.10 pts
212Chad2-0 pts
213Zambia1.80 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.6+0.1 pts
215Qatar1.3+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 37.3% in 2021, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.3% in 2021.

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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