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

Liguria had the highest share of population aged 65 and over of 242 regions in 2017, at 28.4%. Mayotte had the lowest, at 2.7%. The median was 19.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest28.4Liguria
Lowest2.7Mayotte
Median19.8242 regions

Top 40 regions, 2017

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LiguriaLiguria: 28.4 %28.4ChemnitzChemnitz: 27.9 %27.9AlentejoAlentejo: 26.3 %26.3IpeirosIpeiros: 25.9 %25.9SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 25.9 %25.9Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia: 25.8 %25.8LimousinLimousin: 25.7 %25.7Sachsen-AnhaltSachsen-Anhalt: 25.6 %25.6DresdenDresden: 25.2 %25.2ToscanaToscana: 25.2 %25.2UmbriaUmbria: 25.2 %25.2PiemontePiemonte: 25.1 %25.1Centro (PT)Centro (PT): 25 %25AsturiasAsturias: 24.8 %24.8ThüringenThüringen: 24.8 %24.8Castile and LeónCastile and León: 24.6 %24.6GaliciaGalicia: 24.6 %24.6PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 24.5 %24.5MarcheMarche: 24.4 %24.4Severen tsentralenSeveren tsentralen: 24.4 %24.4Voreio AigaioVoreio Aigaio: 24.4 %24.4Oeste e Vale do TejoOeste e Vale do Tejo: 24.1 %24.1Poitou-CharentesPoitou-Charentes: 24 %24Sterea ElládaSterea Elláda: 24 %24Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna: 23.9 %23.9MoliseMolise: 23.9 %23.9ThessaliaThessalia: 23.8 %23.8BrandenburgBrandenburg: 23.7 %23.7Etelä-SuomiEtelä-Suomi: 23.7 %23.7Mecklenburg-VorpommernMecklenburg-Vorpommern: 23.6 %23.6AuvergneAuvergne: 23.5 %23.5BourgogneBourgogne: 23.5 %23.5Norra MellansverigeNorra Mellansverige: 23.5 %23.5Mellersta NorrlandMellersta Norrland: 23.4 %23.4AbruzzoAbruzzo: 23.3 %23.3Dytiki MakedoniaDytiki Makedonia: 23.2 %23.2Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’AosteValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 23.2 %23.2SaarlandSaarland: 23.1 %23.1Anatoliki Makedonia, ThrakiAnatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: 22.9 %22.9CorseCorse: 22.8 %22.8
%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankRegions2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Liguria28.4+0.1 pts
2Chemnitz27.9+0.7 pts
3Alentejo26.3+0.3 pts
4Ipeiros25.9+0.5 pts
4Severozapaden25.9+0.4 pts
6Friuli-Venezia Giulia25.8+0.3 pts
7Limousin25.7+0.5 pts
8Sachsen-Anhalt25.6+0.5 pts
9Dresden25.2+0.4 pts
9Toscana25.2+0.2 pts
9Umbria25.2+0.3 pts
12Piemonte25.1+0.2 pts
13Centro (PT)25+0.6 pts
14Asturias24.8+0.4 pts
14Thüringen24.8+0.6 pts
16Castile and León24.6+0.3 pts
16Galicia24.6+0.3 pts
18Peloponnisos24.5+0.3 pts
19Marche24.4+0.3 pts
19Severen tsentralen24.4+0.7 pts
19Voreio Aigaio24.4-0.3 pts
22Oeste e Vale do Tejo24.1+0.5 pts
23Poitou-Charentes24+0.6 pts
23Sterea Elláda24+0.3 pts
25Emilia-Romagna23.9+0.2 pts
25Molise23.9+0.3 pts
27Thessalia23.8+0.4 pts
28Brandenburg23.7+0.4 pts
28Etelä-Suomi23.7+0.6 pts
30Mecklenburg-Vorpommern23.6+0.6 pts
31Auvergne23.5+0.5 pts
31Bourgogne23.5+0.6 pts
31Norra Mellansverige23.50 pts
34Mellersta Norrland23.40 pts
35Abruzzo23.3+0.3 pts
36Dytiki Makedonia23.2+0.4 pts
36Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste23.2+0.3 pts
38Saarland23.1+0.2 pts
39Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki22.9+0.3 pts
40Corse22.8+0.5 pts
41Basse-Normandie22.7+0.7 pts
41Ionia Nisia22.7+0.3 pts
41Languedoc-Roussillon22.7+0.5 pts
41Leipzig22.7+0.1 pts
41Sardegna22.7+0.5 pts
41Schleswig-Holstein22.7+0.1 pts
47Prov. West-Vlaanderen22.6+0.2 pts
47Zeeland22.6+0.4 pts
49Braunschweig22.5+0.2 pts
49Kassel22.5+0.2 pts
51Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur22.4+0.4 pts
51Veneto22.4+0.3 pts
53Basilicata22.3+0.3 pts
53Limburg (NL)22.3+0.5 pts
53Lombardia22.3+0.3 pts
53Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi22.3+0.6 pts
57Länsi-Suomi22.2+0.5 pts
57Lüneburg22.2+0.2 pts
59Aquitaine22.1+0.5 pts
59Hannover22.1+0.1 pts
59Koblenz22.1+0.2 pts
59Oberfranken22.1+0.2 pts
59Övre Norrland22.1+0.2 pts
59Småland med öarna22.10 pts
65Dytiki Elláda22+0.4 pts
66Drenthe21.9+0.4 pts
67Basque Country21.8+0.2 pts
67Sjælland21.8+0.3 pts
69Centre - Val de Loire21.7+0.4 pts
70Arnsberg21.5+0.2 pts
70Bretagne21.5+0.5 pts
70Provincia Autonoma di Trento21.5+0.4 pts
70Yuzhen tsentralen21.5+0.5 pts
74Düsseldorf21.40 pts
74Kentriki Makedonia21.4+0.2 pts
74Puglia21.4+0.4 pts
77Aragon21.3+0.2 pts
77Lazio21.3+0.2 pts
77Midi-Pyrénées21.3+0.4 pts
80Algarve21.2+0.4 pts
80Burgenland21.2+0.3 pts
80Jadranska Hrvatska21.2+0.5 pts
83Åland21.1+0.3 pts
83Bremen21.1-0.1 pts
83Kärnten21.1+0.3 pts
83Unterfranken21.1+0.2 pts
87Calabria21+0.4 pts
87Cantabria21+0.3 pts
89Yugoiztochen20.9+0.5 pts
90Rheinhessen-Pfalz20.8+0.2 pts
90Severoiztochen20.8+0.6 pts
92Nordjylland20.7+0.3 pts
92Península de Setúbal20.7+0.4 pts
94Östra Mellansverige20.60 pts
94Sicilia20.6+0.3 pts
96Franche-Comté20.5+0.5 pts
96Gießen20.5+0.2 pts
96La Rioja20.5+0.3 pts
96Syddanmark20.5+0.3 pts
100Detmold20.4+0.2 pts
100Friesland (NL)20.4+0.5 pts
100Schwaben20.4+0.1 pts
100Trier20.4+0.5 pts
104Champagne-Ardenne20.3+0.5 pts
104Mittelfranken20.30 pts
106Freiburg20.2+0.2 pts
106Grande Lisboa20.2+0.1 pts
106Weser-Ems20.2+0.2 pts
109Extremadura20.1+0.2 pts
109Karlsruhe20.1+0.1 pts
109Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas20.1+0.4 pts
112Münster20+0.2 pts
112Niederbayern20+0.2 pts
112Pays de la Loire20+0.5 pts
115Köln19.9+0.2 pts
115Latvija19.9+0.3 pts
115Martinique19.9+0.9 pts
115Norte19.9+0.6 pts
115Steiermark19.9+0.2 pts
115Sydsverige19.90 pts
121Attiki19.8+0.3 pts
121Budapest19.8+0.3 pts
121Darmstadt19.8+0.1 pts
121Dél-Alföld19.8+0.4 pts
121Lorraine19.8+0.6 pts
121Niederösterreich19.8+0.1 pts
121Oberpfalz19.8+0.2 pts
121Panonska Hrvatska19.8+0.5 pts
121Stuttgart19.8+0.1 pts
130Dél-Dunántúl19.7+0.5 pts
130Sud-Muntenia19.7+0.4 pts
132Sud-Vest Oltenia19.6+0.3 pts
132Västsverige19.60 pts
132Yugozapaden19.6+0.4 pts
135Tübingen19.5+0.1 pts
136Navarre19.4+0.2 pts
136Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen19.4+0.2 pts
136Severovýchod19.4+0.6 pts
139Eesti19.3+0.3 pts
139Kriti19.3+0.3 pts
139Noord-Brabant19.3+0.4 pts
139Oberbayern19.30 pts
139Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen19.3+0.1 pts
139Střední Morava19.3+0.5 pts
145Berlin19.2-0.1 pts
145Gelderland19.2+0.4 pts
145Prov. Limburg (BE)19.2+0.4 pts
148Grad Zagreb19.1+0.4 pts
148Jihovýchod19.1+0.5 pts
148Jihozápad19.1+0.5 pts
148Vzhodna Slovenija19.1+0.5 pts
152Haute-Normandie19+0.6 pts
153Prov. Antwerpen18.9+0.2 pts
153Prov. Vlaams-Brabant18.9+0.1 pts
153Valencian Community18.9+0.2 pts
156Groningen18.8+0.4 pts
156Nyugat-Dunántúl18.8+0.4 pts
158Catalonia18.7+0.2 pts
158Moravskoslezsko18.7+0.6 pts
158Zahodna Slovenija18.7+0.5 pts
161Castilla-La Mancha18.6+0.2 pts
161Észak-Magyarország18.6+0.4 pts
161Malta18.6+0.3 pts
161Praha18.6+0.2 pts
161Sjeverna Hrvatska18.6+0.5 pts
161Sud-Est18.6+0.5 pts
167Hamburg18.5-0.2 pts
167Overijssel18.5+0.4 pts
167Rhône-Alpes18.5+0.4 pts
167Severozápad18.5+0.7 pts
171Łódzkie18.4+0.7 pts
171Midtjylland18.4+0.3 pts
173Közép-Dunántúl18.3+0.4 pts
173Prov. Brabant wallon18.3+0.3 pts
175Alsace18.2+0.5 pts
175Campania18.2+0.3 pts
175Prov. Liège18.2+0.2 pts
175Salzburg18.2+0.2 pts
179Guadeloupe18.1+0.9 pts
179Oberösterreich18.1+0.2 pts
179Prov. Hainaut18.1+0.3 pts
182Notio Aigaio18+0.3 pts
182Picardie18+0.5 pts
182Świętokrzyskie18+0.7 pts
185Prov. Namur17.8+0.2 pts
186Tirol17.6+0.2 pts
187Nord-Est17.5+0.3 pts
187Opolskie17.5+0.6 pts
187Śląskie17.5+0.7 pts
187Střední Čechy17.5+0.4 pts
187Warszawski stołeczny17.5+0.4 pts
192Community of Madrid17.4+0.2 pts
193Noord-Holland17.3+0.2 pts
193Vest17.3+0.4 pts
195Centru17.2+0.5 pts
196Dolnośląskie17.1+0.7 pts
196Região Autónoma da Madeira17.1+0.5 pts
198Észak-Alföld17+0.4 pts
198Lubelskie17+0.5 pts
200Nord-Pas de Calais16.9+0.4 pts
200Vorarlberg16.9+0.1 pts
202Helsinki-Uusimaa16.8+0.3 pts
202Podlaskie16.8+0.4 pts
204Hovedstaden16.70 pts
204Nord-Vest16.7+0.4 pts
206Andalusia16.6+0.2 pts
206Pest16.6+0.3 pts
206Sostinės regionas16.6+0.1 pts
209Wien16.5-0.2 pts
210Prov. Luxembourg (BE)16.4+0.2 pts
210Zachodniopomorskie16.4+0.8 pts
212Kujawsko-pomorskie16.1+0.6 pts
212Západné Slovensko16.1+0.6 pts
214Bratislavský kraj15.9+0.4 pts
214Małopolskie15.9+0.5 pts
216Mazowiecki regionalny15.8+0.5 pts
216Stockholm15.80 pts
218Lubuskie15.6+0.7 pts
218Podkarpackie15.6+0.5 pts
220Balearic Islands15.5+0.2 pts
220Bucureşti-Ilfov15.5+0.4 pts
220Canary Islands15.5+0.3 pts
220Region of Murcia15.5+0.2 pts
224Kýpros15.4+0.4 pts
224Pomorskie15.4+0.6 pts
226Wielkopolskie15.3+0.6 pts
227Northern and Western15.2+0.3 pts
228Stredné Slovensko14.9+0.5 pts
228Warmińsko-mazurskie14.9+0.6 pts
230Ile-de-France14.6+0.3 pts
230Região Autónoma dos Açores14.6+0.4 pts
230Southern14.6+0.4 pts
233Luxembourg14.20 pts
234Východné Slovensko13.4+0.5 pts
235Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest13.1+0.1 pts
236Flevoland12.8+0.4 pts
237Eastern and Midland12.1+0.2 pts
238Ceuta11.20 pts
239La Réunion11.1+0.5 pts
240Melilla9.9+0.1 pts
241Guyane5.4+0.4 pts
242Mayotte2.70 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. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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?

Liguria, with 28.4% in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 2.7% in 2017.

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. 2 regions have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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