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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 2022, at 37.1%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.4%. The median was 7.7% and the figure for the World was 9.7%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest37.1Monaco
Lowest1.4Qatar
Median7.7215 countries
World9.7History

Top 40 countries, 2022

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MonacoMonaco: 37.1 %37.1JapanJapan: 29.4 %29.4ItalyItaly: 23.9 %23.9Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 23.8 %23.8PortugalPortugal: 23.7 %23.7FinlandFinland: 23.2 %23.2GreeceGreece: 23.2 %23.2CroatiaCroatia: 22.5 %22.5GermanyGermany: 22.5 %22.5Isle of ManIsle of Man: 22.3 %22.3SerbiaSerbia: 22.1 %22.1U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 21.8 %21.8BulgariaBulgaria: 21.7 %21.7FranceFrance: 21.4 %21.4Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 21.1 %21.1San MarinoSan Marino: 21 %21LatviaLatvia: 21 %21SloveniaSlovenia: 20.9 %20.9Hong KongHong Kong: 20.7 %20.7EstoniaEstonia: 20.6 %20.6HungaryHungary: 20.6 %20.6CzechiaCzechia: 20.5 %20.5DenmarkDenmark: 20.4 %20.4SwedenSweden: 20.3 %20.3SpainSpain: 20.2 %20.2BermudaBermuda: 20.1 %20.1NetherlandsNetherlands: 19.9 %19.9LithuaniaLithuania: 19.9 %19.9AustriaAustria: 19.8 %19.8BelgiumBelgium: 19.8 %19.8LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 19.6 %19.6RomaniaRomania: 19.5 %19.5MaltaMalta: 19.3 %19.3SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 19.2 %19.2PolandPoland: 19 %19CanadaCanada: 18.9 %18.9United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 18.9 %18.9NorwayNorway: 18.3 %18.3UkraineUkraine: 17.9 %17.9Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 17.8 %17.8
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Monaco37.1-0.3 pts
2Japan29.4+0.2 pts
3Italy23.9+0.3 pts
4Puerto Rico23.8+0.6 pts
5Portugal23.7+0.4 pts
6Finland23.2+0.4 pts
7Greece23.2+0.4 pts
8Croatia22.5+0.4 pts
9Germany22.5+0.3 pts
10Isle of Man22.3+0.3 pts
11Serbia22.1+0.2 pts
12U.S. Virgin Islands21.8+0.4 pts
13Bulgaria21.7-0 pts
14France21.4+0.3 pts
15Bosnia and Herzegovina21.1+0.4 pts
16San Marino21+0.6 pts
17Latvia21+0.2 pts
18Slovenia20.9+0.5 pts
19Hong Kong20.7+0.9 pts
20Estonia20.6+0.2 pts
21Hungary20.6+0.2 pts
22Czechia20.5-0 pts
23Denmark20.4+0.2 pts
24Sweden20.3+0.1 pts
25Spain20.2+0.4 pts
26Bermuda20.1+0.7 pts
27Netherlands19.9+0.2 pts
28Lithuania19.9-0.1 pts
29Austria19.8+0.3 pts
30Belgium19.8+0.3 pts
31Liechtenstein19.6+0.5 pts
32Romania19.5+0.2 pts
33Malta19.3+0.5 pts
34Switzerland19.2+0.3 pts
35Poland19+0.5 pts
36Canada18.9+0.5 pts
37United Kingdom18.9+0.2 pts
38Norway18.3+0.3 pts
39Ukraine17.9+0.5 pts
40Faroe Islands17.8-0 pts
41Slovakia17.6+0.4 pts
42South Korea17.5+0.8 pts
43Gibraltar17.30 pts
44Montenegro17.1+0.2 pts
45Australia17.1+0.3 pts
46North Macedonia17+0.3 pts
47United States16.9+0.4 pts
48Belarus16.5+0.4 pts
49New Zealand16.4+0.4 pts
50Saint Martin16.3+0.5 pts
51Russia16.1+0.3 pts
52Cuba15.9+0.1 pts
53Curaçao15.8+0.5 pts
54Albania15.8+0.5 pts
55Aruba15.7+0.6 pts
56Barbados15.7+0.4 pts
57Uruguay15.6+0.1 pts
58Ireland15.2+0.3 pts
59Moldova15.1+0.4 pts
60Iceland15.1+0.2 pts
61Georgia15.1+0.1 pts
62Andorra15+0.4 pts
63Luxembourg14.8+0.1 pts
64Thailand14.1+0.6 pts
65Cyprus14.1+0.2 pts
66China13.8+0.6 pts
67Chile13.3+0.3 pts
68Sint Maarten13+0.7 pts
69Armenia12.9+0.3 pts
70Macao12.7+0.7 pts
71Singapore12.7+0.4 pts
72Dominica12.6+0.2 pts
73Mauritius12.4+0.5 pts
74Israel12.3+0.1 pts
75Argentina12+0.1 pts
76Guam11.6+0.4 pts
77North Korea11.6+0.3 pts
78Grenada11.5+0.3 pts
79Sri Lanka11.4+0.3 pts
80Trinidad and Tobago11.4+0.4 pts
81Costa Rica11.3+0.4 pts
82Bahamas11.3+0.2 pts
83Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11.2+0.3 pts
84New Caledonia10.8+0.3 pts
85Antigua and Barbuda10.7+0.4 pts
86Turks and Caicos Islands10.6+0.3 pts
87Palau10.4+0.4 pts
88Brazil10.3+0.3 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis10.2+0.4 pts
90French Polynesia10.2+0.5 pts
91Türkiye9.7+0.3 pts
92Greenland9.6+0.4 pts
93Lebanon9.5+0.2 pts
94Colombia9+0.3 pts
95Saint Lucia9+0.2 pts
96Venezuela9+0.4 pts
97British Virgin Islands8.9+0.3 pts
98Tunisia8.8+0.3 pts
99Peru8.8+0.1 pts
100Panama8.8+0.3 pts
101Vietnam8.2+0.3 pts
102Seychelles8.1+0.3 pts
103Cayman Islands8.1+0.4 pts
104Kazakhstan8+0.2 pts
105El Salvador7.9+0.1 pts
106Ecuador7.9+0.2 pts
107Northern Mariana Islands7.8+0.9 pts
108Mexico7.7+0.2 pts
109Iran7.6+0.2 pts
110Jamaica7.5+0.2 pts
111Azerbaijan7.5+0.4 pts
112Morocco7.5+0.3 pts
113Suriname7.4+0.2 pts
114Dominican Republic7.3+0.3 pts
115Malaysia7.2+0.2 pts
116American Samoa7.1+0.4 pts
117Myanmar6.9+0.2 pts
118Indonesia6.8+0.1 pts
119India6.7+0.2 pts
120Tonga6.5+0.1 pts
121South Africa6.4+0.1 pts
122Cape Verde6.3+0.2 pts
123Bhutan6.2+0.1 pts
124Paraguay6.20 pts
125Guyana6.2+0.1 pts
126Fiji6.2+0.1 pts
127Brunei6.2+0.3 pts
128Nepal6.2+0.1 pts
129Algeria6.2+0.2 pts
130Bangladesh6.1+0.2 pts
131Tuvalu5.9+0.1 pts
132Cambodia5.8+0.2 pts
133Samoa5.6+0.1 pts
134Uzbekistan5.5+0.1 pts
135Micronesia5.5+0.2 pts
136Bolivia5.5-0 pts
137Timor-Leste5.4-0.1 pts
138Nicaragua5.2+0.1 pts
139Kyrgyzstan5.2+0.1 pts
140Philippines5+0.2 pts
141Egypt4.8+0.1 pts
142Libya4.7+0.1 pts
143Belize4.7+0.1 pts
144Syria4.70 pts
145Guatemala4.6+0.1 pts
146Djibouti4.6+0.1 pts
147Mongolia4.6+0.2 pts
148Haiti4.5+0.1 pts
149Comoros4.5-0 pts
150Laos4.4+0.1 pts
151Honduras4.2+0.1 pts
152Vanuatu4.1+0.1 pts
153Jordan4.1+0.1 pts
154Eritrea4.10 pts
155Marshall Islands4.1+0.2 pts
156Pakistan4.1+0.1 pts
157Maldives4.1+0.2 pts
158Turkmenistan4+0.2 pts
159Kiribati4+0.1 pts
160Eswatini4+0.1 pts
161Gabon40 pts
162Botswana3.90 pts
163São Tomé and Príncipe3.80 pts
164Lesotho3.80 pts
165Rwanda3.7+0.1 pts
166Palestine3.7+0.1 pts
167Solomon Islands3.6-0 pts
168Togo3.60 pts
169Zimbabwe3.60 pts
170Equatorial Guinea3.60 pts
171Senegal3.60 pts
172Ghana3.6+0.1 pts
173Namibia3.5-0 pts
174Bahrain3.50 pts
175Tajikistan3.5+0.1 pts
176Guinea3.4-0 pts
177Iraq3.40 pts
178Madagascar3.3+0.1 pts
179Liberia3.30 pts
180Papua New Guinea3.2+0.1 pts
181Mauritania3.2-0 pts
182Sierra Leone3.20 pts
183Sudan3.1+0.1 pts
184Ethiopia3.10 pts
185Guinea-Bissau3.10 pts
186Democratic Republic of the Congo3.1-0 pts
187Benin3.10 pts
188Tanzania30 pts
189Nigeria30 pts
190Gambia2.9+0.1 pts
191Kenya2.90 pts
192Republic of the Congo2.8+0.1 pts
193South Sudan2.8+0.1 pts
194Angola2.80 pts
195Mozambique2.8-0 pts
196Cameroon2.8-0 pts
197Kuwait2.7-0.7 pts
198Saudi Arabia2.7+0.1 pts
199Oman2.70 pts
200Malawi2.6-0 pts
201Burkina Faso2.60 pts
202Niger2.60 pts
203Somalia2.50 pts
204Côte d’Ivoire2.50 pts
205Yemen2.5-0 pts
206Burundi2.50 pts
207Nauru2.4+0.2 pts
208Mali2.4-0 pts
209Afghanistan2.40 pts
210Central African Republic2.1-0.1 pts
211Uganda2.10 pts
212Chad2.10 pts
213Zambia1.90 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.60 pts
215Qatar1.4+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 37.1% in 2022, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.4% in 2022.

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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