Share aged 65+ by country, 2023

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

◀▶2023

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2013
1	Holy See	44.8%	45.6%
2	Monaco	35.8%	30.6%
3	Japan	29.4%	24.9%
4	Saint Helena	26.2%	19.4%
5	Italy	24.0%	21.1%
6	Puerto Rico	24.0%	16.6%
7	Portugal	23.9%	19.4%
8	Martinique	23.9%	16.3%
9	Finland	23.4%	18.8%
10	Greece	23.3%	20.1%
11	Guadeloupe	22.6%	14.5%
12	Croatia	22.6%	18.3%
13	Germany	22.6%	20.7%
14	Isle of Man	22.5%	18.9%
15	Serbia	22.2%	17.7%
16	United States Virgin Islands	22.0%	15.5%
17	Bulgaria	21.7%	19.1%
18	France	21.5%	17.7%
19	San Marino	21.4%	17.8%
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.3%	16.1%
21	Guernsey	21.1%	18.0%
22	Slovenia	21.1%	17.0%
23	Latvia	21.1%	18.8%
24	China, Hong Kong SAR	21.0%	14.0%
25	Estonia	20.7%	18.0%
26	Hungary	20.7%	17.1%
27	Bermuda	20.5%	14.7%
28	Sweden	20.4%	19.1%
29	Spain	20.4%	17.6%
30	Czechia	20.4%	16.8%
31	Denmark	20.4%	17.8%
32	Netherlands	20.0%	16.6%
33	Austria	19.9%	18.1%
34	Belgium	19.9%	17.6%
35	Liechtenstein	19.9%	15.0%
36	Lithuania	19.8%	18.3%
37	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	19.6%	15.2%
38	Romania	19.6%	16.3%
39	Malta	19.5%	17.0%
40	Switzerland	19.4%	17.4%
41	Poland	19.3%	14.2%
42	United Kingdom	19.1%	17.2%
43	Canada	19.1%	15.0%
44	Montserrat	19.1%	13.8%
45	Jersey	18.5%	15.5%
46	Norway	18.4%	15.6%
47	Ukraine	18.2%	14.7%
48	Republic of Korea	17.9%	11.9%
49	China, Taiwan Province of China	17.9%	11.2%
50	Slovakia	17.8%	13.1%
51	Faroe Islands	17.7%	15.9%
52	Gibraltar	17.4%	16.5%
53	Montenegro	17.3%	13.6%
54	Australia	17.2%	14.2%
55	North Macedonia	17.2%	12.2%
56	United States of America	17.1%	13.5%
57	Saint Barthélemy	17.1%	9.7%
58	Belarus	16.8%	13.8%
59	Saint Martin (French part)	16.6%	6.1%
60	New Zealand	16.6%	13.9%
61	Russian Federation	16.3%	12.8%
62	Aruba	16.0%	10.5%
63	Albania	16.0%	11.7%
64	Cuba	16.0%	13.4%
65	Curaçao	16.0%	12.9%
66	Barbados	15.9%	12.2%
67	Niue	15.8%	12.4%
68	Uruguay	15.6%	14.4%
69	Ireland	15.3%	12.3%
70	Republic of Moldova	15.3%	10.5%
71	Iceland	15.2%	12.9%
72	Andorra	15.2%	12.6%
73	Georgia	15.2%	13.7%
74	Luxembourg	14.9%	14.0%
75	Réunion	14.6%	9.4%
76	Thailand	14.4%	9.3%
77	Cyprus	14.2%	11.9%
78	China	14.1%	9.2%
79	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	13.9%	10.1%
80	Wallis and Futuna Islands	13.7%	9.3%
81	Chile	13.5%	10.5%
82	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13.2%	6.2%
83	Armenia	13.1%	10.7%
84	China, Macao SAR	13.1%	7.6%
85	Singapore	12.8%	8.0%
86	Dominica	12.6%	10.9%
87	Mauritius	12.6%	7.8%
88	Cook Islands	12.4%	9.1%
89	Israel	12.3%	10.5%
90	Argentina	12.1%	10.7%
91	Anguilla	12.1%	8.3%
92	Guam	11.9%	7.5%
93	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	11.8%	10.5%
94	Grenada	11.7%	9.8%
95	Sri Lanka	11.6%	8.1%
96	Trinidad and Tobago	11.6%	7.0%
97	Costa Rica	11.5%	8.0%
98	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	11.5%	11.4%
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.4%	9.0%
100	Bahamas	11.4%	9.7%
101	Antigua and Barbuda	11.0%	7.5%
102	New Caledonia	10.9%	8.1%
103	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.7%	7.4%
104	Palau	10.6%	6.8%
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.4%	7.4%
106	Brazil	10.4%	7.2%
107	French Polynesia	10.4%	6.7%
108	Greenland	9.8%	7.3%
109	Türkiye	9.8%	7.4%
110	Lebanon	9.7%	6.2%
111	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9.4%	7.0%
112	Colombia	9.2%	6.4%
113	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	9.2%	6.1%
114	Saint Lucia	9.1%	7.7%
115	Tunisia	9.0%	6.7%
116	British Virgin Islands	9.0%	6.4%
117	Panama	8.9%	6.7%
118	Peru	8.9%	7.7%
119	Viet Nam	8.4%	6.1%
120	Cayman Islands	8.3%	5.7%
121	Seychelles	8.2%	7.0%
122	Northern Mariana Islands	8.2%	3.7%
123	Kazakhstan	8.1%	6.4%
124	Ecuador	8.0%	6.2%
125	El Salvador	7.9%	6.9%
126	Mexico	7.9%	6.3%
127	Azerbaijan	7.8%	5.7%
128	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.8%	5.5%
129	Jamaica	7.7%	6.2%
130	Morocco	7.7%	5.4%
131	Suriname	7.5%	6.0%
132	Tokelau	7.5%	8.4%
133	Dominican Republic	7.4%	5.3%
134	Malaysia	7.3%	5.3%
135	American Samoa	7.3%	4.5%
136	Myanmar	7.0%	5.4%
137	Indonesia	6.9%	6.0%
138	India	6.8%	5.1%
139	French Guiana	6.7%	4.3%
140	Tonga	6.5%	6.0%
141	Cabo Verde	6.4%	4.9%
142	South Africa	6.4%	5.3%
143	Algeria	6.3%	5.0%
144	Guyana	6.3%	5.0%
145	Nepal	6.3%	5.1%
146	Paraguay	6.3%	5.3%
147	Fiji	6.3%	4.9%
148	Bhutan	6.3%	5.4%
149	Brunei Darussalam	6.3%	3.7%
150	Bangladesh	6.2%	4.6%
151	Western Sahara	6.2%	4.1%
152	Tuvalu	6.0%	5.4%
153	Cambodia	5.9%	4.2%
154	Uzbekistan	5.6%	4.7%
155	Samoa	5.6%	4.9%
156	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.6%	3.5%
157	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.5%	5.5%
158	Timor-Leste	5.4%	4.9%
159	Kyrgyzstan	5.3%	4.6%
160	Nicaragua	5.3%	4.5%
161	Philippines	5.1%	3.5%
162	Egypt	4.9%	4.1%
163	Belize	4.8%	4.0%
164	Libya	4.8%	4.4%
165	Guatemala	4.7%	4.0%
166	Djibouti	4.7%	3.9%
167	Syrian Arab Republic	4.7%	3.6%
168	Mongolia	4.7%	3.8%
169	Haiti	4.6%	4.0%
170	Comoros	4.5%	4.1%
171	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.5%	4.0%
172	Pakistan	4.2%	3.8%
173	Vanuatu	4.2%	3.5%
174	Honduras	4.2%	3.2%
175	Marshall Islands	4.2%	2.3%
176	Maldives	4.2%	4.2%
177	Jordan	4.2%	3.6%
178	Eswatini	4.1%	3.2%
179	Eritrea	4.1%	3.8%
180	Kiribati	4.1%	3.6%
181	Turkmenistan	4.1%	3.6%
182	Gabon	4.0%	4.1%
183	Sao Tome and Principe	3.9%	3.6%
184	Botswana	3.9%	3.4%
185	Rwanda	3.8%	2.8%
186	Lesotho	3.8%	4.0%
187	State of Palestine	3.7%	3.0%
188	Ghana	3.6%	3.3%
189	Zimbabwe	3.6%	3.1%
190	Senegal	3.6%	3.6%
191	Solomon Islands	3.6%	3.4%
192	Tajikistan	3.6%	3.0%
193	Equatorial Guinea	3.6%	3.3%
194	Namibia	3.5%	3.5%
195	Bahrain	3.5%	2.3%
196	Iraq	3.4%	3.0%
197	Guinea	3.4%	3.6%
198	Papua New Guinea	3.3%	2.8%
199	Madagascar	3.3%	2.7%
200	Liberia	3.3%	3.2%
201	Sierra Leone	3.2%	3.2%
202	Sudan	3.2%	2.6%
203	Mauritania	3.2%	3.8%
204	Ethiopia	3.1%	2.8%
205	Guinea-Bissau	3.1%	2.8%
206	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.1%	3.1%
207	Togo	3.1%	2.8%
208	Benin	3.1%	3.1%
209	United Republic of Tanzania	3.0%	2.9%
210	Nigeria	3.0%	3.0%
211	Gambia	2.9%	2.7%
212	Kenya	2.9%	2.2%
213	Congo	2.9%	2.7%
214	South Sudan	2.9%	2.6%
215	Angola	2.8%	2.7%
216	Cameroon	2.8%	2.9%
217	Kuwait	2.8%	2.0%
218	Mozambique	2.8%	2.7%
219	Oman	2.7%	2.6%
220	Saudi Arabia	2.7%	2.4%
221	Somalia	2.6%	2.3%
222	Nauru	2.6%	1.3%
223	Niger	2.6%	2.4%
224	Burkina Faso	2.6%	2.7%
225	Mayotte	2.6%	2.6%
226	Malawi	2.6%	3.3%
227	Yemen	2.5%	2.8%
228	Côte d'Ivoire	2.5%	2.5%
229	Burundi	2.5%	2.2%
230	Afghanistan	2.4%	2.3%
231	Mali	2.4%	2.7%
232	Uganda	2.1%	1.9%
233	Chad	2.1%	2.1%
234	Central African Republic	2.1%	1.9%
235	Zambia	1.9%	1.8%
236	United Arab Emirates	1.6%	1.5%
237	Qatar	1.5%	1.1%

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