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EU regions (NUTS 2) by share of population aged 65 and over, 2025

Chemnitz had the highest share of population aged 65 and over of 244 regions in 2025, at 30.4%. Mayotte had the lowest, at 2.7%. The median was 22.2%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30.4Chemnitz
Lowest2.7Mayotte
Median22.2244 regions

Top 40 regions, 2025

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ChemnitzChemnitz: 30.4 %30.4LiguriaLiguria: 29.2 %29.2LimousinLimousin: 28.5 %28.5Sachsen-AnhaltSachsen-Anhalt: 28.5 %28.5AsturiasAsturias: 28.4 %28.4IpeirosIpeiros: 28.3 %28.3SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 28.1 %28.1Centro (PT)Centro (PT): 28 %28Mecklenburg-VorpommernMecklenburg-Vorpommern: 28 %28ThüringenThüringen: 28 %28Severen tsentralenSeveren tsentralen: 27.7 %27.7AlentejoAlentejo: 27.5 %27.5Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 27.5 %27.5SardegnaSardegna: 27.5 %27.5Poitou-CharentesPoitou-Charentes: 27.4 %27.4UmbriaUmbria: 27.4 %27.4Castile and LeónCastile and León: 27.3 %27.3MoliseMolise: 27.3 %27.3PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 27.3 %27.3DresdenDresden: 27.1 %27.1Dytiki MakedoniaDytiki Makedonia: 27 %27Etelä-SuomiEtelä-Suomi: 26.9 %26.9GaliciaGalicia: 26.9 %26.9PiemontePiemonte: 26.9 %26.9ToscanaToscana: 26.8 %26.8MarcheMarche: 26.6 %26.6BrandenburgBrandenburg: 26.5 %26.5Pohjois- ja Itä-SuomiPohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 26.5 %26.5AuvergneAuvergne: 26.4 %26.4BourgogneBourgogne: 26.4 %26.4Sterea ElládaSterea Elláda: 26.4 %26.4AbruzzoAbruzzo: 26.1 %26.1ThessaliaThessalia: 26.1 %26.1BasilicataBasilicata: 26 %26Basse-NormandieBasse-Normandie: 26 %26CorseCorse: 25.8 %25.8Limburg (NL)Limburg (NL): 25.8 %25.8MartiniqueMartinique: 25.8 %25.8Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’AosteValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 25.8 %25.8Oeste e Vale do TejoOeste e Vale do Tejo: 25.7 %25.7
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankRegions2025 (%)Change on 2024
1Chemnitz30.4+0.4 pts
2Liguria29.2+0.2 pts
3Limousin Provisional28.5+0.3 pts
3Sachsen-Anhalt28.5+0.5 pts
5Asturias28.4+0.4 pts
6Ipeiros28.3+0.2 pts
7Severozapaden28.1+0.3 pts
8Centro (PT)28+0.1 pts
8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern28+0.6 pts
8Thüringen28+0.5 pts
11Severen tsentralen27.7+0.3 pts
12Alentejo27.50 pts
12Friuli-Venezia Giulia27.5+0.3 pts
12Sardegna27.5+0.7 pts
15Poitou-Charentes Provisional27.4+0.4 pts
15Umbria27.4+0.4 pts
17Castile and León27.3+0.4 pts
17Molise27.3+0.5 pts
17Peloponnisos27.3+0.4 pts
20Dresden27.1+0.4 pts
21Dytiki Makedonia27+0.7 pts
22Etelä-Suomi26.9+0.2 pts
22Galicia26.9+0.3 pts
22Piemonte26.9+0.3 pts
25Toscana26.8+0.3 pts
26Marche26.6+0.4 pts
27Brandenburg26.5+0.5 pts
27Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi26.5+0.4 pts
29Auvergne Provisional26.4+0.4 pts
29Bourgogne Provisional26.4+0.4 pts
29Sterea Elláda26.4+0.2 pts
32Abruzzo26.1+0.5 pts
32Thessalia26.1+0.4 pts
34Basilicata26+0.6 pts
34Basse-Normandie Provisional26+0.4 pts
36Corse Provisional25.8+0.5 pts
36Limburg (NL)25.8+0.4 pts
36Martinique Provisional25.8+1 pts
36Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste25.8+0.5 pts
40Oeste e Vale do Tejo25.70 pts
41Norra Mellansverige25.5+0.3 pts
42Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional25.4+0.3 pts
42Saarland25.4+0.5 pts
44Drenthe25.2+0.3 pts
44Zeeland25.2+0.3 pts
46Ionia Nisia25+0.6 pts
46Mellersta Norrland25+0.2 pts
48Emilia-Romagna24.9+0.2 pts
48Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional24.9+0.4 pts
48Veneto24.9+0.4 pts
51Prov. West-Vlaanderen24.8+0.3 pts
52Jadranska Hrvatska24.7+0.3 pts
52Länsi-Suomi24.7+0.1 pts
52Puglia24.7+0.5 pts
55Burgenland24.6+0.7 pts
55Dytiki Elláda24.6+0.5 pts
55Panonska Hrvatska24.6+0.5 pts
55Yuzhen tsentralen24.6+0.4 pts
59Åland24.5+0.3 pts
59Aquitaine Provisional24.5+0.3 pts
59Bretagne Provisional24.5+0.4 pts
59Calabria24.5+0.5 pts
59Cantabria24.5+0.5 pts
64Centre - Val de Loire Provisional24.3+0.3 pts
64Norte24.3+0.5 pts
66Algarve24.2+0.1 pts
66Basque Country24.2+0.4 pts
68Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki24.10 pts
68Kärnten24.1+0.6 pts
68Kassel24.1+0.3 pts
68Oberfranken24.1+0.5 pts
68Provincia Autonoma di Trento24.1+0.5 pts
68Sjælland24.1+0.3 pts
74Koblenz24+0.4 pts
74Lüneburg24+0.4 pts
74Schleswig-Holstein24+0.3 pts
74Świętokrzyskie24+0.7 pts
78Braunschweig23.9+0.4 pts
78Yugoiztochen23.9+0.3 pts
80Guadeloupe Provisional23.8+0.9 pts
80Lazio23.8+0.4 pts
80Lombardia23.8+0.3 pts
80Severoiztochen23.8+0.2 pts
84Sicilia23.7+0.5 pts
85Kentriki Makedonia23.6+0.3 pts
85Unterfranken23.6+0.4 pts
87Champagne-Ardenne Provisional23.5+0.4 pts
87Dél-Dunántúl23.5+0.4 pts
87Friesland (NL)23.5+0.4 pts
87Voreio Aigaio23.5-0.7 pts
91Övre Norrland23.4+0.1 pts
91Småland med öarna23.4+0.2 pts
93Hannover23.3+0.3 pts
93Midi-Pyrénées Provisional23.3+0.3 pts
93Nordjylland23.3+0.3 pts
96Franche-Comté Provisional23.2+0.3 pts
96Łódzkie23.2+0.6 pts
98Leipzig23.1+0.1 pts
99Syddanmark23+0.3 pts
100Extremadura22.9+0.5 pts
100Península de Setúbal22.90 pts
100Rheinhessen-Pfalz22.9+0.4 pts
103Lorraine Provisional22.8+0.4 pts
103Trier22.8+0.5 pts
103Vzhodna Slovenija22.8+0.4 pts
106Arnsberg22.7+0.3 pts
106Prov. Limburg (BE)22.7+0.5 pts
108Aragon22.6+0.2 pts
108Dél-Alföld22.6+0.2 pts
108Pays de la Loire Provisional22.6+0.3 pts
108Zachodniopomorskie22.6+0.7 pts
112Gießen22.5+0.4 pts
112La Rioja22.5+0.4 pts
114Lubelskie22.4+0.7 pts
114Niederbayern22.4+0.5 pts
116Attiki22.3+0.4 pts
116Opolskie22.3+0.6 pts
116Śląskie22.3+0.6 pts
119Detmold22.2+0.4 pts
119Düsseldorf22.2+0.2 pts
119Střední Morava22.2+0.3 pts
119Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas22.2+0.6 pts
119Weser-Ems22.2+0.4 pts
124Freiburg22.1+0.5 pts
124Steiermark22.1+0.5 pts
126Gelderland22+0.3 pts
126Grande Lisboa22+0.2 pts
126Haute-Normandie Provisional22+0.4 pts
126Oberpfalz22+0.4 pts
126Sjeverna Hrvatska22+0.3 pts
126Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated22+0.4 pts
132Dolnośląskie21.9+0.5 pts
132Latvija21.9+0.5 pts
132Münster21.9+0.4 pts
135Sud-Est Estimated21.8+0.3 pts
135Sud-Muntenia Estimated21.8+0.3 pts
137Karlsruhe21.7+0.3 pts
137Mittelfranken21.7+0.3 pts
137Niederösterreich21.7+0.4 pts
137Schwaben21.7+0.3 pts
137Severovýchod21.7+0.2 pts
142Moravskoslezsko21.6+0.3 pts
142Noord-Brabant21.6+0.3 pts
142Nyugat-Dunántúl21.6+0.4 pts
142Tübingen21.6+0.5 pts
146Lubuskie21.5+0.6 pts
146Östra Mellansverige21.5+0.2 pts
148Campania21.4+0.5 pts
148Kujawsko-pomorskie21.4+0.6 pts
148Podlaskie21.4+0.7 pts
148Zahodna Slovenija21.4+0.3 pts
152Alsace Provisional21.3+0.4 pts
152Groningen21.3+0.4 pts
152Jihozápad21.3+0.2 pts
152Köln21.3+0.3 pts
152Kriti21.3+0.4 pts
152Região Autónoma da Madeira21.3+0.4 pts
158Warmińsko-mazurskie21.2+0.8 pts
158Yugozapaden21.2+0.1 pts
160Közép-Dunántúl21.1+0.3 pts
160Prov. Brabant wallon21.1+0.5 pts
160Stuttgart21.1+0.3 pts
160Vest Estimated21.1+0.3 pts
164Észak-Magyarország21+0.3 pts
164Navarre21+0.3 pts
164Overijssel21+0.3 pts
164Picardie Provisional21+0.4 pts
164Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen21+0.4 pts
164Severozápad21+0.2 pts
170Eesti20.9+0.4 pts
170Jihovýchod20.9+0.2 pts
170Notio Aigaio20.9+0.5 pts
170Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen20.9+0.3 pts
174Bremen20.8+0.1 pts
174Budapest20.8-0.1 pts
174Mazowiecki regionalny20.8+0.6 pts
177Darmstadt20.7+0.2 pts
177Grad Zagreb20.70 pts
177Västsverige20.7+0.2 pts
180Prov. Antwerpen20.6+0.3 pts
180Sydsverige20.6+0.2 pts
182Midtjylland20.5+0.2 pts
182Podkarpackie20.5+0.6 pts
182Rhône-Alpes Provisional20.5+0.3 pts
182Salzburg20.5+0.5 pts
186Centru Estimated20.4+0.2 pts
186Prov. Vlaams-Brabant20.4+0.2 pts
186Valencian Community20.4+0.2 pts
189Prov. Namur20.3+0.4 pts
189Západné Slovensko20.3+0.5 pts
191Castilla-La Mancha20.1+0.4 pts
191Oberösterreich20.1+0.4 pts
191Prov. Hainaut20.1+0.4 pts
191Prov. Liège20.1+0.3 pts
195Oberbayern20+0.1 pts
196Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional19.9+0.4 pts
197Észak-Alföld19.8+0.2 pts
197Tirol19.8+0.5 pts
199Catalonia19.7+0.2 pts
200Pomorskie19.4+0.4 pts
200Wielkopolskie19.4+0.5 pts
202Berlin19.2+0.1 pts
202Małopolskie19.2+0.4 pts
202Noord-Holland19.2+0.3 pts
202Zuid-Holland19.2+0.3 pts
206Andalusia19.1+0.4 pts
207Nord-Est Estimated19+0.2 pts
207Nord-Vest Estimated19+0.3 pts
209Community of Madrid18.9+0.3 pts
209Stredné Slovensko18.9+0.4 pts
209Vorarlberg18.9+0.4 pts
212Střední Čechy18.8+0.1 pts
213Bratislavský kraj18.7+0.3 pts
213Warszawski stołeczny18.7+0.2 pts
215Helsinki-Uusimaa18.4+0.1 pts
215Malta18.40 pts
215Praha18.4-0.1 pts
215Utrecht18.4+0.3 pts
219Kýpros18.3+0.6 pts
219Prov. Luxembourg (BE)18.3+0.4 pts
221Canary Islands18.2+0.4 pts
222Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated180 pts
222Hamburg180 pts
222Pest18+0.1 pts
225Região Autónoma dos Açores17.9+0.4 pts
226Sostinės regionas17.8+0.3 pts
227Hovedstaden17.5+0.1 pts
227Northern and Western17.5+0.2 pts
229Region of Murcia17+0.3 pts
229Southern17+0.2 pts
229Východné Slovensko17+0.4 pts
232Stockholm16.9+0.3 pts
233Balearic Islands16.8+0.1 pts
234Wien16.5+0.1 pts
235Ile-de-France Provisional16.4+0.2 pts
236Flevoland15.9+0.3 pts
237La Réunion Provisional15.7+0.6 pts
238Luxembourg15.2+0.2 pts
239Eastern and Midland14.2+0.3 pts
240Ceuta13.7+0.5 pts
241Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest13+0.1 pts
242Melilla12.7+0.5 pts
243Guyane Provisional7.7+0.4 pts
244Mayotte Provisional2.70 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 regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_pjanind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest share of population aged 65 and over?

Chemnitz, with 30.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 2.7% in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population structure indicators by NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjanind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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