Share aged 65+ by country, 2012

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

◀▶2012

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2002
1	Holy See	43.9%	27.4%
2	Monaco	29.3%	22.3%
3	Japan	24.0%	18.3%
4	Italy	20.8%	18.7%
5	Germany	20.5%	17.0%
6	Greece	19.7%	17.4%
7	Portugal	19.0%	16.5%
8	Saint Helena	18.9%	12.1%
9	Sweden	18.8%	17.2%
10	Bulgaria	18.7%	16.9%
11	Latvia	18.6%	15.5%
12	Isle of Man	18.2%	16.7%
13	Croatia	18.1%	16.5%
14	Finland	18.1%	15.2%
15	Lithuania	18.1%	14.5%
16	Austria	17.8%	15.5%
17	Estonia	17.7%	15.4%
18	Guernsey	17.5%	15.5%
19	San Marino	17.5%	15.7%
20	Serbia	17.4%	16.6%
21	Belgium	17.4%	16.9%
22	Spain	17.3%	16.9%
23	Denmark	17.3%	14.8%
24	Switzerland	17.2%	15.5%
25	France	17.2%	16.2%
26	Hungary	16.8%	15.1%
27	United Kingdom	16.7%	15.9%
28	Slovenia	16.6%	14.4%
29	Puerto Rico	16.3%	12.1%
30	Gibraltar	16.2%	15.5%
31	Czechia	16.2%	13.8%
32	Malta	16.2%	12.5%
33	Romania	16.2%	14.0%
34	Netherlands	16.0%	13.5%
35	Martinique	15.7%	12.1%
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.6%	11.7%
37	Faroe Islands	15.5%	13.4%
38	Norway	15.4%	14.9%
39	Jersey	15.1%	13.9%
40	United States Virgin Islands	14.8%	9.0%
41	Canada	14.6%	12.7%
42	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	14.6%	12.5%
43	Ukraine	14.5%	13.8%
44	Liechtenstein	14.5%	10.6%
45	Uruguay	14.3%	13.2%
46	Bermuda	14.2%	11.3%
47	Guadeloupe	14.0%	10.5%
48	Australia	13.9%	12.5%
49	Luxembourg	13.9%	14.0%
50	Poland	13.8%	12.6%
51	Belarus	13.7%	13.9%
52	Georgia	13.6%	13.0%
53	China, Hong Kong SAR	13.6%	11.5%
54	New Zealand	13.5%	11.8%
55	Montserrat	13.5%	14.7%
56	Montenegro	13.4%	11.6%
57	United States of America	13.2%	12.1%
58	Cuba	13.1%	10.2%
59	Slovakia	12.7%	11.4%
60	Iceland	12.6%	11.6%
61	Andorra	12.6%	12.9%
62	Curaçao	12.6%	9.5%
63	Russian Federation	12.6%	12.6%
64	Niue	12.5%	9.2%
65	Barbados	12.0%	11.3%
66	Ireland	11.9%	11.1%
67	North Macedonia	11.9%	10.1%
68	Cyprus	11.7%	10.1%
69	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	11.6%	8.8%
70	Republic of Korea	11.5%	7.6%
71	Albania	11.4%	7.7%
72	China, Taiwan Province of China	11.0%	8.9%
73	Argentina	10.6%	9.8%
74	Armenia	10.6%	9.8%
75	Dominica	10.6%	10.1%
76	Republic of Moldova	10.5%	10.3%
77	Chile	10.3%	8.5%
78	Israel	10.2%	9.8%
79	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	10.2%	6.9%
80	Aruba	10.0%	7.2%
81	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	9.8%	7.6%
82	Grenada	9.7%	8.7%
83	Saint Barthélemy	9.5%	8.8%
84	Bahamas	9.5%	7.0%
85	Tokelau	9.1%	6.5%
86	Thailand	9.0%	6.5%
87	Réunion	9.0%	7.2%
88	China	9.0%	7.3%
89	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8.9%	5.7%
90	Cook Islands	8.9%	6.2%
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.9%	7.2%
92	New Caledonia	7.9%	5.6%
93	Sri Lanka	7.8%	6.3%
94	Costa Rica	7.7%	5.8%
95	Singapore	7.6%	6.4%
96	Saint Lucia	7.6%	6.6%
97	Anguilla	7.5%	7.1%
98	Peru	7.5%	4.6%
99	Mauritius	7.5%	6.2%
100	Antigua and Barbuda	7.4%	7.3%
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.3%	7.6%
102	Türkiye	7.3%	6.1%
103	China, Macao SAR	7.3%	7.2%
104	Greenland	7.2%	5.2%
105	Seychelles	7.1%	7.4%
106	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.1%	4.0%
107	Guam	7.0%	5.5%
108	Brazil	7.0%	5.3%
109	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	6.9%	6.2%
110	El Salvador	6.8%	5.1%
111	Trinidad and Tobago	6.7%	5.0%
112	Tunisia	6.6%	5.7%
113	Panama	6.5%	5.1%
114	Palau	6.5%	5.2%
115	French Polynesia	6.5%	4.4%
116	Kazakhstan	6.4%	6.9%
117	Colombia	6.2%	4.7%
118	Mexico	6.2%	5.2%
119	British Virgin Islands	6.2%	4.5%
120	Jamaica	6.1%	5.9%
121	Viet Nam	6.1%	6.1%
122	Lebanon	6.1%	5.2%
123	Indonesia	6.0%	5.2%
124	Ecuador	6.0%	4.8%
125	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	6.0%	4.8%
126	Suriname	5.9%	4.9%
127	Tonga	5.9%	5.5%
128	Saint Martin (French part)	5.8%	3.9%
129	Azerbaijan	5.7%	5.9%
130	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	5.7%	3.0%
131	Cayman Islands	5.5%	5.5%
132	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.5%	5.4%
133	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5.4%	4.4%
134	Tuvalu	5.3%	5.7%
135	Bhutan	5.3%	4.1%
136	Myanmar	5.3%	5.1%
137	Morocco	5.3%	4.5%
138	Dominican Republic	5.2%	4.4%
139	Malaysia	5.2%	4.0%
140	South Africa	5.2%	4.8%
141	Paraguay	5.1%	4.1%
142	India	5.0%	4.5%
143	Algeria	4.9%	4.5%
144	Cabo Verde	4.9%	4.9%
145	Guyana	4.9%	3.9%
146	Samoa	4.9%	4.5%
147	Nepal	4.9%	3.9%
148	Timor-Leste	4.8%	2.4%
149	Uzbekistan	4.7%	4.8%
150	Fiji	4.7%	3.6%
151	Kyrgyzstan	4.4%	5.4%
152	Nicaragua	4.4%	3.7%
153	Bangladesh	4.4%	3.5%
154	Libya	4.4%	3.8%
155	Maldives	4.3%	4.0%
156	American Samoa	4.3%	3.4%
157	Gabon	4.2%	4.8%
158	Comoros	4.2%	4.1%
159	French Guiana	4.2%	3.7%
160	Cambodia	4.1%	3.0%
161	Lesotho	4.1%	4.6%
162	Egypt	4.0%	4.0%
163	Guatemala	4.0%	3.8%
164	Belize	4.0%	4.0%
165	Haiti	3.9%	3.6%
166	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.9%	3.4%
167	Western Sahara	3.9%	2.9%
168	Djibouti	3.8%	3.2%
169	Mongolia	3.8%	3.5%
170	Eritrea	3.7%	3.2%
171	Pakistan	3.7%	3.5%
172	Mauritania	3.7%	3.1%
173	Guinea	3.6%	3.9%
174	Kiribati	3.6%	3.4%
175	Sao Tome and Principe	3.6%	4.2%
176	Senegal	3.6%	3.2%
177	Turkmenistan	3.6%	4.1%
178	Syrian Arab Republic	3.5%	3.3%
179	Namibia	3.5%	3.1%
180	Brunei Darussalam	3.5%	2.9%
181	Jordan	3.5%	2.8%
182	Ghana	3.4%	3.2%
183	Solomon Islands	3.4%	3.4%
184	Vanuatu	3.4%	2.8%
185	Philippines	3.4%	3.0%
186	Botswana	3.4%	3.4%
187	Malawi	3.4%	3.5%
188	Northern Mariana Islands	3.4%	1.8%
189	Sierra Leone	3.3%	3.5%
190	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.3%	3.3%
191	Equatorial Guinea	3.3%	3.4%
192	Liberia	3.2%	3.1%
193	Eswatini	3.1%	2.4%
194	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.1%	3.0%
195	Zimbabwe	3.1%	3.4%
196	Benin	3.1%	3.1%
197	Honduras	3.1%	3.0%
198	Iraq	3.0%	3.0%
199	Cameroon	3.0%	3.3%
200	Tajikistan	3.0%	3.6%
201	Nigeria	3.0%	3.0%
202	State of Palestine	3.0%	2.4%
203	United Republic of Tanzania	2.9%	2.8%
204	Yemen	2.8%	2.8%
205	Ethiopia	2.8%	2.6%
206	Guinea-Bissau	2.8%	3.4%
207	Togo	2.8%	2.8%
208	Mali	2.8%	3.1%
209	Rwanda	2.8%	2.4%
210	Angola	2.7%	2.7%
211	Gambia	2.7%	2.9%
212	Congo	2.7%	3.1%
213	Papua New Guinea	2.7%	2.6%
214	Burkina Faso	2.7%	2.9%
215	Madagascar	2.7%	2.8%
216	Mozambique	2.7%	2.7%
217	Oman	2.6%	2.5%
218	Sudan	2.6%	2.9%
219	Mayotte	2.6%	2.4%
220	South Sudan	2.6%	2.5%
221	Côte d'Ivoire	2.4%	2.4%
222	Saudi Arabia	2.4%	2.2%
223	Somalia	2.4%	2.6%
224	Niger	2.4%	2.3%
225	Afghanistan	2.3%	2.3%
226	Bahrain	2.3%	2.2%
227	Kenya	2.2%	2.2%
228	Chad	2.2%	2.7%
229	Burundi	2.2%	2.4%
230	Marshall Islands	2.1%	2.3%
231	Uganda	1.9%	2.5%
232	Kuwait	1.9%	1.6%
233	Central African Republic	1.9%	2.3%
234	Zambia	1.8%	2.3%
235	United Arab Emirates	1.5%	1.4%
236	Nauru	1.2%	1.5%
237	Qatar	1.0%	1.2%

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