# EU countries by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population_65_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-07
- Citation: Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population-65-plus/eu-countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population-65-plus/eu-countries.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 24.7 |
| 2 | Portugal | 24.3 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 24 |
| 4 | Greece | 23.7 |
| 5 | Finland | 23.6 |
| 6 | Croatia | 23.3 |
| 7 | Germany | 22.7 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 22.1 |
| 9 | France | 21.9 |
| 9 | Latvia | 21.9 |
| 11 | Poland | 21 |
| 12 | Denmark | 20.9 |
| 12 | Estonia | 20.9 |
| 12 | Hungary | 20.9 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 20.9 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 20.8 |
| 16 | Sweden | 20.8 |
| 18 | Czechia | 20.7 |
| 18 | Spain | 20.7 |
| 20 | Romania | 20.3 |
| 21 | Austria | 20.2 |
| 21 | Belgium | 20.2 |
| 23 | Slovakia | 18.8 |
| 24 | Malta | 18.4 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 18.3 |
| 26 | Ireland | 15.7 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 15.2 |