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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 2024, at 36.2%. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.7%. The median was 8.2% and the figure for the World was 10.2%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest36.2Monaco
Lowest1.7Qatar
Median8.2215 countries
World10.2History

Top 40 countries, 2024

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MonacoMonaco: 36.2 %36.2JapanJapan: 29.8 %29.8Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 24.7 %24.7ItalyItaly: 24.6 %24.6PortugalPortugal: 24.5 %24.5GreeceGreece: 23.9 %23.9FinlandFinland: 23.9 %23.9GermanyGermany: 23.2 %23.2CroatiaCroatia: 23.2 %23.2Isle of ManIsle of Man: 23.2 %23.2U.S. Virgin IslandsU.S. Virgin Islands: 22.7 %22.7SerbiaSerbia: 22.7 %22.7Hong KongHong Kong: 22.7 %22.7San MarinoSan Marino: 22.4 %22.4Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 22.2 %22.2FranceFrance: 22.1 %22.1BulgariaBulgaria: 22 %22SloveniaSlovenia: 21.8 %21.8BermudaBermuda: 21.7 %21.7LatviaLatvia: 21.7 %21.7EstoniaEstonia: 21.3 %21.3SpainSpain: 21.1 %21.1HungaryHungary: 21 %21DenmarkDenmark: 20.9 %20.9CzechiaCzechia: 20.8 %20.8SwedenSweden: 20.7 %20.7LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 20.7 %20.7AustriaAustria: 20.6 %20.6BelgiumBelgium: 20.6 %20.6NetherlandsNetherlands: 20.5 %20.5MaltaMalta: 20.2 %20.2LithuaniaLithuania: 20.2 %20.2PolandPoland: 20.1 %20.1SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 20 %20RomaniaRomania: 20 %20CanadaCanada: 19.8 %19.8United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 19.5 %19.5South KoreaSouth Korea: 19.3 %19.3UkraineUkraine: 19 %19NorwayNorway: 18.8 %18.8
%. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2024 (%)Change on 2023
1Monaco36.2-0.2 pts
2Japan29.8+0.2 pts
3Puerto Rico24.7+0.5 pts
4Italy24.6+0.4 pts
5Portugal24.5+0.4 pts
6Greece23.9+0.5 pts
7Finland23.9+0.3 pts
8Germany23.2+0.4 pts
9Croatia23.2+0.4 pts
10Isle of Man23.2+0.4 pts
11U.S. Virgin Islands22.7+0.4 pts
12Serbia22.7+0.3 pts
13Hong Kong22.7+1 pts
14San Marino22.4+0.7 pts
15Bosnia and Herzegovina22.2+0.6 pts
16France22.1+0.4 pts
17Bulgaria22+0.2 pts
18Slovenia21.8+0.4 pts
19Bermuda21.7+0.8 pts
20Latvia21.7+0.4 pts
21Estonia21.3+0.4 pts
22Spain21.1+0.5 pts
23Hungary21+0.2 pts
24Denmark20.9+0.3 pts
25Czechia20.8+0.3 pts
26Sweden20.7+0.2 pts
27Liechtenstein20.7+0.6 pts
28Austria20.6+0.4 pts
29Belgium20.6+0.4 pts
30Netherlands20.5+0.3 pts
31Malta20.2+0.4 pts
32Lithuania20.2+0.3 pts
33Poland20.1+0.6 pts
34Switzerland20+0.4 pts
35Romania20+0.2 pts
36Canada19.8+0.4 pts
37United Kingdom19.5+0.3 pts
38South Korea19.3+0.9 pts
39Ukraine19+0.4 pts
40Norway18.8+0.3 pts
41Slovakia18.5+0.5 pts
42Saint Martin18.4+1.2 pts
43North Macedonia18+0.5 pts
44United States17.9+0.5 pts
45Montenegro17.8+0.4 pts
46Faroe Islands17.70 pts
47Australia17.7+0.3 pts
48Belarus17.7+0.6 pts
49Gibraltar17.6+0.1 pts
50New Zealand17.2+0.4 pts
51Russia17.2+0.6 pts
52Aruba17.1+0.7 pts
53Albania16.9+0.6 pts
54Curaçao16.8+0.5 pts
55Cuba16.6+0.4 pts
56Barbados16.6+0.5 pts
57Moldova16.2+0.6 pts
58Uruguay16+0.2 pts
59Andorra15.9+0.5 pts
60Ireland15.9+0.4 pts
61Iceland15.6+0.3 pts
62Georgia15.6+0.3 pts
63Luxembourg15.5+0.4 pts
64Thailand15.4+0.6 pts
65China14.7+0.3 pts
66Cyprus14.6+0.3 pts
67Macao14.3+0.8 pts
68Chile14.1+0.4 pts
69Sint Maarten13.9+0.5 pts
70Armenia13.7+0.5 pts
71Singapore13.7+0.6 pts
72Mauritius13.5+0.6 pts
73Dominica13+0.2 pts
74Guam12.6+0.5 pts
75Israel12.6+0.1 pts
76Argentina12.4+0.2 pts
77North Korea12.4+0.4 pts
78Trinidad and Tobago12.4+0.5 pts
79Grenada12.2+0.4 pts
80Costa Rica12.2+0.5 pts
81Sri Lanka12.1+0.4 pts
82Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11.9+0.3 pts
83Antigua and Barbuda11.8+0.5 pts
84Bahamas11.8+0.3 pts
85New Caledonia11.4+0.3 pts
86Palau11.3+0.5 pts
87French Polynesia11.3+0.6 pts
88Turks and Caicos Islands11.3+0.4 pts
89Saint Kitts and Nevis11.2+0.5 pts
90Brazil11+0.4 pts
91Greenland10.8+0.7 pts
92Türkiye10.3+0.3 pts
93Lebanon10.1+0.3 pts
94Colombia9.8+0.4 pts
95Northern Mariana Islands9.8+1 pts
96Venezuela9.7+0.3 pts
97British Virgin Islands9.6+0.4 pts
98Saint Lucia9.6+0.3 pts
99Tunisia9.5+0.4 pts
100Panama9.4+0.3 pts
101Peru9.2+0.2 pts
102Vietnam9+0.4 pts
103Cayman Islands9+0.5 pts
104Kazakhstan8.7+0.3 pts
105Azerbaijan8.6+0.5 pts
106Seychelles8.5+0.2 pts
107Ecuador8.3+0.3 pts
108Mexico8.2+0.3 pts
109Iran8.2+0.3 pts
110Jamaica8.2+0.3 pts
111El Salvador8.1+0.1 pts
112Morocco8.1+0.3 pts
113American Samoa8+0.5 pts
114Suriname7.9+0.3 pts
115Dominican Republic7.9+0.3 pts
116Malaysia7.7+0.3 pts
117Myanmar7.3+0.2 pts
118Indonesia7.3+0.2 pts
119India7.1+0.2 pts
120Brunei6.9+0.4 pts
121Cape Verde6.9+0.3 pts
122Guyana6.7+0.3 pts
123Tonga6.7+0.1 pts
124South Africa6.7+0.2 pts
125Tuvalu6.7+0.4 pts
126Algeria6.6+0.2 pts
127Paraguay6.5+0.2 pts
128Nepal6.5+0.1 pts
129Bangladesh6.5+0.2 pts
130Bhutan6.5+0.1 pts
131Fiji6.5+0.1 pts
132Cambodia6.2+0.2 pts
133Micronesia5.9+0.2 pts
134Samoa5.9+0.2 pts
135Uzbekistan5.9+0.2 pts
136Kyrgyzstan5.7+0.3 pts
137Bolivia5.6+0.1 pts
138Nicaragua5.5+0.2 pts
139Philippines5.5+0.2 pts
140Timor-Leste5.3-0.1 pts
141Mongolia5.1+0.3 pts
142Egypt5.1+0.1 pts
143Belize5+0.2 pts
144Libya5+0.1 pts
145Djibouti4.9+0.1 pts
146Guatemala4.8+0.1 pts
147Syria4.7+0.1 pts
148Haiti4.7+0.1 pts
149Laos4.7+0.1 pts
150Marshall Islands4.6+0.3 pts
151Maldives4.6+0.3 pts
152Turkmenistan4.5+0.3 pts
153Jordan4.5+0.2 pts
154Comoros4.5-0 pts
155Honduras4.4+0.1 pts
156Vanuatu4.3+0.1 pts
157Pakistan4.3+0.1 pts
158Eswatini4.3+0.1 pts
159Kiribati4.2+0.1 pts
160Eritrea4.2+0.1 pts
161Gabon4.10 pts
162Botswana4+0.1 pts
163Rwanda3.9+0.1 pts
164São Tomé and Príncipe3.90 pts
165Lesotho3.90 pts
166Bahrain3.9+0.2 pts
167Tajikistan3.9+0.2 pts
168Palestine3.80 pts
169Ghana3.7+0.1 pts
170Equatorial Guinea3.7+0.1 pts
171Namibia3.7+0.1 pts
172Solomon Islands3.60 pts
173Senegal3.60 pts
174Zimbabwe3.6-0 pts
175Togo3.5-0.1 pts
176Papua New Guinea3.5+0.1 pts
177Guinea3.50 pts
178Iraq3.40 pts
179Madagascar3.4+0.1 pts
180Liberia3.30 pts
181Sudan3.3+0.1 pts
182Sierra Leone3.20 pts
183Ethiopia3.2+0.1 pts
184Mauritania3.20 pts
185Guinea-Bissau3.20 pts
186Benin3.10 pts
187Kuwait3.1+0.2 pts
188Gambia3.1+0.1 pts
189Democratic Republic of the Congo3.10 pts
190Nigeria30 pts
191Tanzania30 pts
192South Sudan3+0.1 pts
193Republic of the Congo3+0.1 pts
194Kenya3+0.1 pts
195Saudi Arabia3+0.1 pts
196Angola2.90 pts
197Nauru2.9+0.2 pts
198Cameroon2.80 pts
199Mozambique2.8-0 pts
200Burkina Faso2.70 pts
201Oman2.6-0 pts
202Côte d’Ivoire2.60 pts
203Niger2.60 pts
204Somalia2.60 pts
205Malawi2.6-0 pts
206Burundi2.50 pts
207Yemen2.50 pts
208Afghanistan2.40 pts
209Mali2.4-0 pts
210Uganda2.20 pts
211Central African Republic2.2+0.1 pts
212Chad2.10 pts
213Zambia1.90 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.8+0.1 pts
215Qatar1.7+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 36.2% in 2024, according to the World Bank.

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

Qatar, with 1.7% in 2024.

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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