Share aged 65+ by country, 2024

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

◀▶2024

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2014
1	Holy See	44.6%	49.1%
2	Monaco	35.6%	31.9%
3	Japan	29.6%	25.8%
4	Saint Helena	26.5%	19.7%
5	Martinique	24.8%	16.9%
6	Italy	24.4%	21.5%
7	Puerto Rico	24.4%	17.1%
8	Portugal	24.3%	19.9%
9	Finland	23.7%	19.4%
10	Greece	23.6%	20.5%
11	Guadeloupe	23.5%	15.1%
12	Croatia	23.0%	18.6%
13	Germany	23.0%	20.9%
14	Isle of Man	22.9%	19.4%
15	Serbia	22.5%	18.2%
16	United States Virgin Islands	22.5%	16.2%
17	China, Hong Kong SAR	22.1%	14.5%
18	San Marino	22.0%	18.1%
19	France	21.9%	18.1%
20	Bulgaria	21.9%	19.6%
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.9%	16.5%
22	Guernsey	21.5%	18.3%
23	Slovenia	21.5%	17.3%
24	Latvia	21.5%	19.1%
25	Bermuda	21.3%	15.3%
26	Estonia	21.1%	18.4%
27	Spain	20.9%	18.1%
28	Hungary	20.9%	17.5%
29	Czechia	20.7%	17.4%
30	Denmark	20.7%	18.2%
31	Sweden	20.6%	19.4%
32	Austria	20.4%	18.3%
33	Liechtenstein	20.4%	15.7%
34	Netherlands	20.3%	17.1%
35	Belgium	20.3%	17.8%
36	Malta	20.0%	17.7%
37	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	19.9%	16.2%
38	Lithuania	19.9%	18.5%
39	Romania	19.9%	16.6%
40	Switzerland	19.8%	17.6%
41	Poland	19.8%	14.6%
42	Canada	19.5%	15.4%
43	United Kingdom	19.4%	17.5%
44	Montserrat	19.3%	14.0%
45	Ukraine	18.8%	14.5%
46	Jersey	18.8%	15.8%
47	Republic of Korea	18.8%	12.3%
48	China, Taiwan Province of China	18.7%	11.6%
49	Norway	18.6%	15.9%
50	Slovakia	18.3%	13.5%
51	Saint Martin (French part)	17.8%	6.5%
52	North Macedonia	17.8%	12.7%
53	United States of America	17.7%	13.8%
54	Faroe Islands	17.7%	16.3%
55	Montenegro	17.6%	13.8%
56	Australia	17.5%	14.5%
57	Gibraltar	17.5%	16.8%
58	Saint Barthélemy	17.4%	9.8%
59	Belarus	17.4%	13.9%
60	New Zealand	17.0%	14.3%
61	Russian Federation	16.9%	13.0%
62	Aruba	16.7%	10.9%
63	Albania	16.6%	12.0%
64	Curaçao	16.5%	13.3%
65	Cuba	16.3%	13.8%
66	Barbados	16.3%	12.5%
67	Niue	16.0%	12.3%
68	Uruguay	15.9%	14.5%
69	Republic of Moldova	15.9%	10.8%
70	Ireland	15.7%	12.6%
71	Andorra	15.6%	12.8%
72	Iceland	15.5%	13.2%
73	Georgia	15.5%	14.0%
74	Luxembourg	15.3%	14.1%
75	Réunion	15.2%	9.7%
76	Thailand	15.0%	9.7%
77	China	14.5%	9.5%
78	Wallis and Futuna Islands	14.4%	9.7%
79	Cyprus	14.4%	12.1%
80	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	14.2%	10.4%
81	Chile	13.9%	10.8%
82	China, Macao SAR	13.9%	8.0%
83	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13.7%	6.8%
84	Singapore	13.4%	8.4%
85	Armenia	13.3%	10.7%
86	Cook Islands	13.3%	9.3%
87	Mauritius	13.2%	8.2%
88	Dominica	12.8%	9.4%
89	Israel	12.5%	10.7%
90	Argentina	12.3%	10.8%
91	Anguilla	12.3%	8.2%
92	Guam	12.3%	7.9%
93	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	12.3%	10.7%
94	Trinidad and Tobago	12.1%	7.4%
95	Grenada	12.0%	9.9%
96	Costa Rica	12.0%	8.3%
97	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	12.0%	11.5%
98	Sri Lanka	11.9%	8.5%
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.7%	9.2%
100	Bahamas	11.6%	9.9%
101	Antigua and Barbuda	11.5%	7.7%
102	New Caledonia	11.3%	8.4%
103	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.1%	7.7%
104	Palau	11.1%	7.1%
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.0%	7.4%
106	French Polynesia	11.0%	6.9%
107	Brazil	10.8%	7.5%
108	Greenland	10.5%	7.5%
109	Türkiye	10.1%	7.5%
110	Lebanon	10.0%	6.3%
111	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	9.9%	7.1%
112	Colombia	9.6%	6.7%
113	Saint Lucia	9.5%	7.8%
114	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	9.5%	6.3%
115	British Virgin Islands	9.4%	6.6%
116	Tunisia	9.3%	6.7%
117	Panama	9.2%	6.9%
118	Northern Mariana Islands	9.2%	4.1%
119	Peru	9.1%	7.9%
120	Cayman Islands	8.8%	5.8%
121	Viet Nam	8.8%	6.2%
122	Kazakhstan	8.5%	6.5%
123	Seychelles	8.4%	7.0%
124	Azerbaijan	8.3%	5.7%
125	Ecuador	8.2%	6.3%
126	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	8.1%	5.7%
127	El Salvador	8.1%	7.0%
128	Mexico	8.1%	6.4%
129	Jamaica	8.0%	6.3%
130	Morocco	8.0%	5.6%
131	Tokelau	7.9%	8.7%
132	Suriname	7.8%	6.0%
133	American Samoa	7.8%	4.8%
134	Dominican Republic	7.7%	5.5%
135	Malaysia	7.6%	5.5%
136	Indonesia	7.2%	6.0%
137	Myanmar	7.2%	5.4%
138	India	7.0%	5.2%
139	French Guiana	6.9%	4.4%
140	Cabo Verde	6.7%	5.0%
141	Tonga	6.7%	6.0%
142	Brunei Darussalam	6.7%	3.8%
143	Guyana	6.6%	5.1%
144	South Africa	6.6%	5.3%
145	Algeria	6.5%	5.0%
146	Tuvalu	6.5%	5.4%
147	Nepal	6.4%	5.3%
148	Paraguay	6.4%	5.4%
149	Bangladesh	6.4%	4.7%
150	Fiji	6.4%	5.0%
151	Bhutan	6.4%	5.5%
152	Western Sahara	6.4%	4.3%
153	Cambodia	6.1%	4.3%
154	Uzbekistan	5.8%	4.7%
155	Samoa	5.8%	4.9%
156	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	5.8%	3.6%
157	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.6%	5.6%
158	Kyrgyzstan	5.5%	4.7%
159	Nicaragua	5.5%	4.5%
160	Philippines	5.4%	3.6%
161	Timor-Leste	5.3%	5.1%
162	Egypt	5.0%	4.1%
163	Mongolia	5.0%	3.8%
164	Belize	4.9%	4.0%
165	Libya	4.9%	4.4%
166	Guatemala	4.8%	4.1%
167	Djibouti	4.8%	4.0%
168	Syrian Arab Republic	4.7%	3.9%
169	Haiti	4.7%	4.0%
170	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.6%	4.1%
171	Comoros	4.5%	4.2%
172	Marshall Islands	4.5%	2.5%
173	Maldives	4.5%	4.1%
174	Turkmenistan	4.4%	3.6%
175	Honduras	4.4%	3.3%
176	Jordan	4.4%	3.4%
177	Vanuatu	4.3%	3.6%
178	Eswatini	4.2%	3.3%
179	Eritrea	4.2%	3.8%
180	Kiribati	4.2%	3.6%
181	Pakistan	4.2%	3.8%
182	Gabon	4.1%	4.1%
183	Botswana	4.0%	3.4%
184	Sao Tome and Principe	3.9%	3.6%
185	State of Palestine	3.9%	3.1%
186	Rwanda	3.9%	2.9%
187	Bahrain	3.8%	2.6%
188	Lesotho	3.8%	3.9%
189	Ghana	3.7%	3.3%
190	Tajikistan	3.7%	3.0%
191	Equatorial Guinea	3.7%	3.2%
192	Zimbabwe	3.6%	3.1%
193	Senegal	3.6%	3.6%
194	Solomon Islands	3.6%	3.5%
195	Namibia	3.6%	3.5%
196	Iraq	3.4%	3.0%
197	Guinea	3.4%	3.5%
198	Papua New Guinea	3.4%	2.8%
199	Madagascar	3.4%	2.7%
200	Sudan	3.3%	2.6%
201	Liberia	3.3%	3.2%
202	Ethiopia	3.2%	2.9%
203	Guinea-Bissau	3.2%	2.8%
204	Sierra Leone	3.2%	3.2%
205	Togo	3.2%	2.8%
206	Mauritania	3.2%	3.7%
207	Kuwait	3.1%	2.1%
208	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.1%	3.1%
209	Benin	3.1%	3.1%
210	Gambia	3.0%	2.6%
211	United Republic of Tanzania	3.0%	2.9%
212	Nigeria	3.0%	3.0%
213	Kenya	2.9%	2.3%
214	Congo	2.9%	2.7%
215	Saudi Arabia	2.9%	2.3%
216	South Sudan	2.9%	2.6%
217	Angola	2.8%	2.7%
218	Cameroon	2.8%	2.9%
219	Nauru	2.8%	1.4%
220	Mozambique	2.8%	2.7%
221	Mayotte	2.7%	2.6%
222	Oman	2.6%	2.5%
223	Côte d'Ivoire	2.6%	2.6%
224	Somalia	2.6%	2.4%
225	Niger	2.6%	2.4%
226	Burkina Faso	2.6%	2.6%
227	Malawi	2.6%	3.2%
228	Yemen	2.5%	2.7%
229	Burundi	2.5%	2.2%
230	Afghanistan	2.4%	2.4%
231	Mali	2.4%	2.7%
232	Uganda	2.2%	1.9%
233	Chad	2.1%	2.1%
234	Central African Republic	2.1%	1.9%
235	Zambia	1.9%	1.7%
236	United Arab Emirates	1.8%	1.5%
237	Qatar	1.7%	1.1%

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