Share aged 65+ by country, 1982

7%, 14% and 21% are the usual thresholds for an ageing, aged and super-aged society. Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1982

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	1972
1	Monaco	22.3%	22.2%
2	Isle of Man	20.6%	20.1%
3	Sweden	16.5%	14.1%
4	Guernsey	15.6%	14.4%
5	Germany	15.2%	14.0%
6	United Kingdom	15.1%	13.4%
7	Norway	15.0%	13.1%
8	Austria	14.9%	14.3%
9	Jersey	14.6%	13.8%
10	Denmark	14.6%	12.6%
11	Belgium	14.2%	13.5%
12	Switzerland	13.9%	11.7%
13	France	13.5%	13.0%
14	Luxembourg	13.5%	12.7%
15	Italy	13.3%	11.4%
16	Czechia	12.9%	12.4%
17	Hungary	12.9%	11.8%
18	Greece	12.7%	10.9%
19	Montserrat	12.6%	10.9%
20	Latvia	12.5%	12.3%
21	Estonia	12.2%	11.9%
22	Finland	12.2%	9.5%
23	Ukraine	11.7%	9.6%
24	Bulgaria	11.7%	10.0%
25	Netherlands	11.6%	10.3%
26	Portugal	11.5%	9.8%
27	United States of America	11.3%	9.8%
28	Spain	11.3%	9.8%
29	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11.2%	10.9%
30	Holy See	11.2%	7.7%
31	Croatia	11.1%	9.8%
32	San Marino	11.0%	9.1%
33	Lithuania	11.0%	10.5%
34	Slovenia	10.9%	9.9%
35	Ireland	10.7%	11.1%
36	Uruguay	10.7%	9.2%
37	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	10.7%	9.0%
38	Faroe Islands	10.5%	8.8%
39	Anguilla	10.4%	7.5%
40	Romania	10.4%	8.9%
41	Gibraltar	10.3%	9.0%
42	Belarus	10.3%	9.2%
43	Slovakia	10.0%	9.4%
44	Serbia	10.0%	9.1%
45	New Zealand	10.0%	8.6%
46	Russian Federation	10.0%	8.0%
47	Iceland	9.9%	9.0%
48	Poland	9.9%	8.6%
49	Australia	9.8%	8.4%
50	Cyprus	9.7%	8.7%
51	Malta	9.7%	9.0%
52	Canada	9.6%	8.0%
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.5%	7.4%
54	Japan	9.4%	7.3%
55	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.1%	7.2%
56	Saint Helena	9.1%	8.9%
57	Israel	9.0%	6.9%
58	Georgia	9.0%	7.9%
59	Liechtenstein	9.0%	8.1%
60	Bermuda	8.4%	6.4%
61	Antigua and Barbuda	8.1%	5.3%
62	Puerto Rico	8.1%	7.1%
63	Argentina	7.9%	6.8%
64	Barbados	7.7%	5.7%
65	Montenegro	7.7%	7.1%
66	Cuba	7.6%	5.4%
67	Martinique	7.6%	5.4%
68	Jamaica	7.5%	6.3%
69	China, Macao SAR	7.5%	4.3%
70	Dominica	7.4%	5.9%
71	Republic of Moldova	7.4%	6.5%
72	Kazakhstan	7.0%	4.8%
73	Guadeloupe	7.0%	5.3%
74	Andorra	6.8%	5.1%
75	Grenada	6.8%	3.8%
76	China, Hong Kong SAR	6.7%	4.6%
77	Gabon	6.6%	7.5%
78	Aruba	6.5%	4.4%
79	Cayman Islands	6.5%	6.6%
80	Seychelles	6.5%	6.0%
81	Niue	6.5%	4.8%
82	North Macedonia	6.2%	5.4%
83	Curaçao	6.0%	5.0%
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0%	4.9%
85	British Virgin Islands	5.8%	4.5%
86	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.7%	4.7%
87	Saint Barthélemy	5.4%	6.8%
88	Viet Nam	5.3%	5.3%
89	Cabo Verde	5.2%	5.6%
90	Palau	5.2%	4.4%
91	Albania	5.1%	4.9%
92	Armenia	5.1%	5.0%
93	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.1%	5.5%
94	Tokelau	5.0%	5.9%
95	Guinea-Bissau	4.9%	4.4%
96	Saint Lucia	4.9%	4.4%
97	Chile	4.9%	4.0%
98	Singapore	4.8%	3.5%
99	Vanuatu	4.7%	3.2%
100	Mongolia	4.7%	5.6%
101	United States Virgin Islands	4.7%	3.6%
102	Kyrgyzstan	4.6%	5.0%
103	Sri Lanka	4.6%	3.9%
104	Türkiye	4.6%	4.7%
105	Equatorial Guinea	4.6%	5.0%
106	Sao Tome and Principe	4.5%	4.6%
107	Réunion	4.5%	3.4%
108	China	4.5%	3.8%
109	French Guiana	4.5%	4.9%
110	Trinidad and Tobago	4.4%	4.3%
111	Bahamas	4.4%	3.5%
112	Mauritius	4.4%	3.7%
113	Lebanon	4.4%	4.8%
114	Iraq	4.3%	4.4%
115	Gambia	4.3%	2.8%
116	Comoros	4.3%	4.1%
117	Nauru	4.3%	1.1%
118	Belize	4.3%	4.2%
119	Guinea	4.2%	4.0%
120	Cook Islands	4.2%	3.1%
121	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	4.2%	4.3%
122	Namibia	4.2%	4.2%
123	Paraguay	4.2%	4.0%
124	Benin	4.2%	5.0%
125	Myanmar	4.2%	3.9%
126	China, Taiwan Province of China	4.2%	2.9%
127	Sierra Leone	4.1%	4.1%
128	Tuvalu	4.1%	4.5%
129	Turkmenistan	4.1%	4.4%
130	Haiti	4.1%	3.9%
131	India	4.0%	3.7%
132	Wallis and Futuna Islands	4.0%	2.6%
133	Egypt	4.0%	4.0%
134	Costa Rica	4.0%	3.3%
135	New Caledonia	4.0%	3.3%
136	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	4.0%	4.2%
137	Republic of Korea	4.0%	3.5%
138	Uzbekistan	3.9%	5.5%
139	Cameroon	3.9%	4.0%
140	Suriname	3.9%	4.1%
141	Panama	3.9%	3.4%
142	Peru	3.9%	4.3%
143	Azerbaijan	3.8%	4.1%
144	Guyana	3.8%	3.6%
145	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	3.8%	3.6%
146	Chad	3.8%	3.9%
147	Lesotho	3.8%	3.9%
148	Central African Republic	3.8%	4.1%
149	South Africa	3.8%	3.6%
150	Indonesia	3.7%	3.2%
151	Tunisia	3.7%	3.5%
152	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	3.7%	3.5%
153	Ecuador	3.6%	3.9%
154	Kiribati	3.6%	4.2%
155	Greenland	3.6%	2.7%
156	Tajikistan	3.6%	4.2%
157	Tonga	3.6%	3.2%
158	Brazil	3.6%	3.0%
159	Burkina Faso	3.6%	3.2%
160	Mali	3.6%	3.2%
161	Colombia	3.5%	2.9%
162	Nepal	3.5%	3.3%
163	Bangladesh	3.5%	2.9%
164	Malaysia	3.4%	2.9%
165	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.4%	3.2%
166	Cambodia	3.3%	3.1%
167	Congo	3.3%	3.6%
168	Zimbabwe	3.3%	3.2%
169	Somalia	3.3%	3.4%
170	Thailand	3.3%	2.9%
171	Pakistan	3.3%	2.9%
172	Madagascar	3.3%	3.6%
173	Malawi	3.3%	2.9%
174	Algeria	3.2%	3.6%
175	Solomon Islands	3.2%	3.4%
176	Nigeria	3.2%	3.3%
177	Burundi	3.2%	3.2%
178	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	3.2%	2.6%
179	Honduras	3.2%	3.0%
180	Marshall Islands	3.2%	3.6%
181	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3.1%	3.4%
182	Uganda	3.1%	2.6%
183	Zambia	3.1%	3.0%
184	Dominican Republic	3.1%	2.8%
185	Mexico	3.1%	2.7%
186	Mozambique	3.1%	3.0%
187	Yemen	3.0%	3.3%
188	Samoa	3.0%	2.9%
189	United Republic of Tanzania	3.0%	2.6%
190	Botswana	3.0%	4.0%
191	Mauritania	3.0%	2.9%
192	Eswatini	2.9%	3.0%
193	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.9%	2.8%
194	Syrian Arab Republic	2.9%	3.4%
195	Togo	2.9%	3.0%
196	Mayotte	2.9%	3.3%
197	Liberia	2.9%	2.9%
198	French Polynesia	2.9%	2.5%
199	American Samoa	2.9%	2.5%
200	Ethiopia	2.8%	2.8%
201	Oman	2.8%	3.3%
202	Guatemala	2.8%	2.3%
203	Guam	2.8%	1.8%
204	Djibouti	2.8%	2.6%
205	Senegal	2.8%	2.7%
206	Fiji	2.8%	2.6%
207	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.8%	3.0%
208	El Salvador	2.7%	3.1%
209	Saint Martin (French part)	2.7%	3.9%
210	Philippines	2.7%	2.3%
211	Brunei Darussalam	2.7%	2.6%
212	Morocco	2.7%	3.1%
213	Eritrea	2.6%	2.5%
214	Nicaragua	2.6%	2.5%
215	Afghanistan	2.5%	2.6%
216	Ghana	2.5%	3.0%
217	Côte d'Ivoire	2.5%	2.5%
218	Sudan	2.5%	2.6%
219	Bhutan	2.5%	2.4%
220	Maldives	2.5%	2.3%
221	Timor-Leste	2.5%	2.7%
222	Northern Mariana Islands	2.5%	2.7%
223	Jordan	2.4%	3.0%
224	Rwanda	2.4%	2.8%
225	South Sudan	2.4%	2.3%
226	Angola	2.3%	2.8%
227	Libya	2.3%	3.2%
228	Western Sahara	2.3%	3.1%
229	State of Palestine	2.2%	2.7%
230	Kenya	2.1%	2.2%
231	Saudi Arabia	2.1%	2.8%
232	Bahrain	2.1%	2.8%
233	Niger	1.9%	1.6%
234	Papua New Guinea	1.4%	1.1%
235	Kuwait	1.3%	1.8%
236	Qatar	1.2%	2.1%
237	United Arab Emirates	1.1%	1.5%

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.