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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 2023, at 36.4%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.6%. The median was 8% and the figure for the World was 10%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest36.4Monaco
Lowest1.6Qatar
Median8215 countries
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Top 40 countries, 2023

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MonacoMonaco: 36.4 %36.4JapanJapan: 29.6 %29.6Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 24.2 %24.2ItalyItaly: 24.2 %24.2PortugalPortugal: 24.1 %24.1FinlandFinland: 23.6 %23.6GreeceGreece: 23.5 %23.5CroatiaCroatia: 22.8 %22.8GermanyGermany: 22.8 %22.8Isle of ManIsle of Man: 22.7 %22.7SerbiaSerbia: 22.3 %22.3U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 22.2 %22.2BulgariaBulgaria: 21.8 %21.8FranceFrance: 21.7 %21.7San MarinoSan Marino: 21.7 %21.7Hong KongHong Kong: 21.6 %21.6Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 21.6 %21.6SloveniaSlovenia: 21.3 %21.3LatviaLatvia: 21.3 %21.3EstoniaEstonia: 20.9 %20.9BermudaBermuda: 20.9 %20.9HungaryHungary: 20.8 %20.8SpainSpain: 20.7 %20.7DenmarkDenmark: 20.6 %20.6CzechiaCzechia: 20.5 %20.5SwedenSweden: 20.5 %20.5AustriaAustria: 20.2 %20.2LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 20.2 %20.2NetherlandsNetherlands: 20.2 %20.2BelgiumBelgium: 20.1 %20.1LithuaniaLithuania: 19.9 %19.9MaltaMalta: 19.8 %19.8RomaniaRomania: 19.8 %19.8SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 19.6 %19.6PolandPoland: 19.6 %19.6CanadaCanada: 19.4 %19.4United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 19.2 %19.2UkraineUkraine: 18.6 %18.6NorwayNorway: 18.5 %18.5South KoreaSouth Korea: 18.3 %18.3
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Monaco36.4-0.7 pts
2Japan29.6+0.2 pts
3Puerto Rico24.2+0.4 pts
4Italy24.2+0.3 pts
5Portugal24.1+0.4 pts
6Finland23.6+0.3 pts
7Greece23.5+0.3 pts
8Croatia22.8+0.3 pts
9Germany22.8+0.3 pts
10Isle of Man22.7+0.4 pts
11Serbia22.3+0.3 pts
12U.S. Virgin Islands22.2+0.4 pts
13Bulgaria21.8+0.1 pts
14France21.7+0.4 pts
15San Marino21.7+0.7 pts
16Hong Kong21.6+1 pts
17Bosnia and Herzegovina21.6+0.5 pts
18Slovenia21.3+0.5 pts
19Latvia21.3+0.3 pts
20Estonia20.9+0.3 pts
21Bermuda20.9+0.8 pts
22Hungary20.8+0.2 pts
23Spain20.7+0.5 pts
24Denmark20.6+0.2 pts
25Czechia20.50 pts
26Sweden20.5+0.2 pts
27Austria20.2+0.4 pts
28Liechtenstein20.2+0.5 pts
29Netherlands20.2+0.3 pts
30Belgium20.1+0.4 pts
31Lithuania19.9-0 pts
32Malta19.8+0.5 pts
33Romania19.8+0.2 pts
34Switzerland19.6+0.4 pts
35Poland19.6+0.5 pts
36Canada19.4+0.4 pts
37United Kingdom19.2+0.3 pts
38Ukraine18.6+0.7 pts
39Norway18.5+0.2 pts
40South Korea18.3+0.9 pts
41Slovakia18.1+0.5 pts
42Faroe Islands17.7-0.1 pts
43North Macedonia17.5+0.5 pts
44Gibraltar17.5+0.1 pts
45Montenegro17.5+0.3 pts
46United States17.4+0.5 pts
47Australia17.4+0.3 pts
48Saint Martin17.2+0.9 pts
49Belarus17.1+0.6 pts
50New Zealand16.8+0.4 pts
51Russia16.6+0.5 pts
52Aruba16.4+0.7 pts
53Albania16.3+0.5 pts
54Curaçao16.3+0.5 pts
55Cuba16.2+0.3 pts
56Barbados16.1+0.4 pts
57Uruguay15.8+0.2 pts
58Moldova15.6+0.5 pts
59Ireland15.5+0.4 pts
60Andorra15.4+0.4 pts
61Iceland15.3+0.2 pts
62Georgia15.3+0.2 pts
63Luxembourg15.1+0.3 pts
64Thailand14.7+0.6 pts
65Cyprus14.3+0.2 pts
66China14.3+0.5 pts
67Chile13.7+0.4 pts
68Macao13.5+0.7 pts
69Sint Maarten13.4+0.5 pts
70Armenia13.2+0.3 pts
71Singapore13.1+0.4 pts
72Mauritius12.9+0.5 pts
73Dominica12.7+0.2 pts
74Israel12.4+0.1 pts
75Argentina12.2+0.2 pts
76Guam12.1+0.5 pts
77North Korea12+0.4 pts
78Grenada11.9+0.3 pts
79Trinidad and Tobago11.9+0.5 pts
80Sri Lanka11.7+0.4 pts
81Costa Rica11.7+0.5 pts
82Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11.6+0.3 pts
83Bahamas11.5+0.2 pts
84Antigua and Barbuda11.2+0.5 pts
85New Caledonia11.1+0.3 pts
86Turks and Caicos Islands10.9+0.3 pts
87Palau10.9+0.5 pts
88French Polynesia10.7+0.6 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis10.7+0.5 pts
90Brazil10.6+0.4 pts
91Greenland10.1+0.5 pts
92Türkiye10+0.3 pts
93Lebanon9.8+0.3 pts
94Colombia9.4+0.4 pts
95Venezuela9.3+0.4 pts
96Saint Lucia9.3+0.3 pts
97British Virgin Islands9.2+0.3 pts
98Tunisia9.2+0.3 pts
99Panama9.1+0.3 pts
100Peru9+0.2 pts
101Northern Mariana Islands8.7+1 pts
102Vietnam8.6+0.4 pts
103Cayman Islands8.5+0.4 pts
104Seychelles8.3+0.2 pts
105Kazakhstan8.3+0.3 pts
106Ecuador8.1+0.2 pts
107Azerbaijan8+0.5 pts
108El Salvador8+0.1 pts
109Mexico8+0.2 pts
110Iran7.9+0.3 pts
111Jamaica7.9+0.3 pts
112Morocco7.8+0.3 pts
113Suriname7.6+0.3 pts
114Dominican Republic7.6+0.3 pts
115American Samoa7.6+0.4 pts
116Malaysia7.5+0.3 pts
117Myanmar7.1+0.2 pts
118Indonesia7+0.2 pts
119India6.9+0.2 pts
120Tonga6.6+0.1 pts
121Cape Verde6.6+0.3 pts
122South Africa6.5+0.2 pts
123Brunei6.5+0.3 pts
124Guyana6.5+0.3 pts
125Algeria6.4+0.2 pts
126Paraguay6.4+0.1 pts
127Bhutan6.4+0.1 pts
128Nepal6.4+0.2 pts
129Fiji6.3+0.1 pts
130Bangladesh6.3+0.2 pts
131Tuvalu6.3+0.4 pts
132Cambodia6+0.2 pts
133Micronesia5.7+0.2 pts
134Samoa5.7+0.1 pts
135Uzbekistan5.7+0.2 pts
136Bolivia5.6+0.1 pts
137Kyrgyzstan5.4+0.2 pts
138Nicaragua5.4+0.1 pts
139Timor-Leste5.3-0.1 pts
140Philippines5.3+0.2 pts
141Egypt5+0.1 pts
142Libya4.9+0.1 pts
143Mongolia4.9+0.2 pts
144Belize4.8+0.1 pts
145Djibouti4.7+0.1 pts
146Guatemala4.7+0.1 pts
147Syria4.70 pts
148Haiti4.6+0.1 pts
149Laos4.5+0.1 pts
150Comoros4.50 pts
151Marshall Islands4.4+0.3 pts
152Maldives4.3+0.3 pts
153Jordan4.3+0.2 pts
154Honduras4.3+0.1 pts
155Turkmenistan4.3+0.2 pts
156Vanuatu4.2+0.1 pts
157Pakistan4.2+0.1 pts
158Eritrea4.20 pts
159Eswatini4.1+0.1 pts
160Kiribati4.1+0.1 pts
161Gabon40 pts
162Botswana4+0.1 pts
163São Tomé and Príncipe3.90 pts
164Lesotho3.80 pts
165Rwanda3.8+0.1 pts
166Palestine3.8+0.1 pts
167Tajikistan3.7+0.2 pts
168Bahrain3.6+0.1 pts
169Ghana3.6+0.1 pts
170Solomon Islands3.6-0 pts
171Equatorial Guinea3.6+0.1 pts
172Zimbabwe3.60 pts
173Togo3.6-0 pts
174Senegal3.60 pts
175Namibia3.60 pts
176Guinea3.40 pts
177Iraq3.4-0 pts
178Papua New Guinea3.3+0.1 pts
179Madagascar3.3+0.1 pts
180Liberia3.30 pts
181Mauritania3.20 pts
182Sudan3.2+0.1 pts
183Sierra Leone3.20 pts
184Ethiopia3.20 pts
185Guinea-Bissau3.1+0.1 pts
186Benin3.10 pts
187Democratic Republic of the Congo3.10 pts
188Tanzania30 pts
189Nigeria30 pts
190Gambia3+0.1 pts
191Kuwait3+0.2 pts
192Republic of the Congo2.9+0.1 pts
193Kenya2.90 pts
194South Sudan2.9+0.1 pts
195Saudi Arabia2.8+0.1 pts
196Angola2.80 pts
197Cameroon2.80 pts
198Mozambique2.8-0 pts
199Nauru2.7+0.2 pts
200Oman2.70 pts
201Burkina Faso2.60 pts
202Malawi2.6-0 pts
203Niger2.60 pts
204Côte d’Ivoire2.60 pts
205Somalia2.60 pts
206Burundi2.50 pts
207Yemen2.50 pts
208Mali2.4-0 pts
209Afghanistan2.40 pts
210Uganda2.20 pts
211Central African Republic2.1-0 pts
212Chad2.10 pts
213Zambia1.90 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.7+0.1 pts
215Qatar1.6+0.2 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 36.4% in 2023, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.6% in 2023.

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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