Share aged 65+ by country, 2025
7%, 14% and 21% are the usual thresholds for an ageing, aged and super-aged society. Values are UN medium-variant projections.
| # | Country / area | Share aged 65+ | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy See | 42.6% | 48.0% |
| 2 | Monaco | 35.5% | 33.0% |
| 3 | Japan | 29.8% | 26.6% |
| 4 | Saint Helena | 27.4% | 20.3% |
| 5 | Martinique | 25.7% | 17.5% |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 24.9% | 17.7% |
| 7 | Italy | 24.8% | 21.9% |
| 8 | Portugal | 24.7% | 20.3% |
| 9 | Greece | 24.2% | 20.9% |
| 10 | Guadeloupe | 24.2% | 15.8% |
| 11 | Finland | 24.0% | 19.9% |
| 12 | Croatia | 23.4% | 19.0% |
| 13 | Germany | 23.4% | 21.0% |
| 14 | Isle of Man | 23.3% | 20.0% |
| 15 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 23.1% | 15.0% |
| 16 | Serbia | 22.9% | 18.6% |
| 17 | United States Virgin Islands | 22.9% | 16.9% |
| 18 | San Marino | 22.8% | 18.4% |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.5% | 17.0% |
| 20 | France | 22.3% | 18.6% |
| 21 | Bermuda | 22.2% | 15.8% |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 22.1% | 20.0% |
| 23 | Slovenia | 22.0% | 17.7% |
| 24 | Guernsey | 21.9% | 18.7% |
| 25 | Latvia | 21.9% | 19.4% |
| 26 | Estonia | 21.5% | 18.7% |
| 27 | Spain | 21.4% | 18.4% |
| 28 | Hungary | 21.1% | 17.9% |
| 29 | Czechia | 21.0% | 17.9% |
| 30 | Denmark | 21.0% | 18.6% |
| 31 | Liechtenstein | 21.0% | 16.1% |
| 32 | Austria | 20.8% | 18.5% |
| 33 | Sweden | 20.8% | 19.6% |
| 34 | Netherlands | 20.7% | 17.6% |
| 35 | Belgium | 20.7% | 18.1% |
| 36 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 20.4% | 17.0% |
| 37 | Poland | 20.4% | 15.1% |
| 38 | Lithuania | 20.4% | 18.7% |
| 39 | Malta | 20.3% | 18.1% |
| 40 | Switzerland | 20.2% | 17.8% |
| 41 | Romania | 20.1% | 17.0% |
| 42 | Canada | 20.0% | 15.8% |
| 43 | Republic of Korea | 19.8% | 12.7% |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 19.6% | 17.7% |
| 45 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 19.6% | 12.1% |
| 46 | Montserrat | 19.5% | 14.2% |
| 47 | Jersey | 19.1% | 16.1% |
| 48 | Ukraine | 19.0% | 15.0% |
| 49 | Saint Martin (French part) | 19.0% | 6.8% |
| 50 | Norway | 18.9% | 16.1% |
| 51 | Slovakia | 18.8% | 13.9% |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 18.3% | 13.2% |
| 53 | United States of America | 18.1% | 14.1% |
| 54 | Belarus | 18.0% | 14.2% |
| 55 | Montenegro | 18.0% | 14.2% |
| 56 | Australia | 17.9% | 14.8% |
| 57 | Saint Barthélemy | 17.9% | 9.7% |
| 58 | Gibraltar | 17.7% | 17.1% |
| 59 | Faroe Islands | 17.7% | 16.8% |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 17.5% | 13.4% |
| 61 | Aruba | 17.4% | 11.4% |
| 62 | New Zealand | 17.4% | 14.5% |
| 63 | Albania | 17.3% | 12.3% |
| 64 | Curaçao | 17.0% | 13.7% |
| 65 | Barbados | 16.8% | 12.8% |
| 66 | Cuba | 16.7% | 14.0% |
| 67 | Niue | 16.6% | 12.7% |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 16.5% | 11.4% |
| 69 | Andorra | 16.2% | 12.8% |
| 70 | Uruguay | 16.1% | 14.5% |
| 71 | Ireland | 16.0% | 13.0% |
| 72 | Iceland | 15.8% | 13.5% |
| 73 | Georgia | 15.8% | 14.1% |
| 74 | Réunion | 15.8% | 10.2% |
| 75 | Thailand | 15.7% | 10.1% |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 15.6% | 14.2% |
| 77 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 14.9% | 10.2% |
| 78 | Cyprus | 14.8% | 12.4% |
| 79 | China | 14.8% | 9.8% |
| 80 | China, Macao SAR | 14.7% | 8.4% |
| 81 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 14.6% | 10.9% |
| 82 | Chile | 14.3% | 11.1% |
| 83 | Cook Islands | 14.2% | 9.6% |
| 84 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.2% | 7.3% |
| 85 | Armenia | 14.1% | 10.8% |
| 86 | Singapore | 13.9% | 8.8% |
| 87 | Mauritius | 13.8% | 8.6% |
| 88 | Dominica | 13.1% | 9.7% |
| 89 | Guam | 12.8% | 8.3% |
| 90 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 12.8% | 11.3% |
| 91 | Anguilla | 12.7% | 7.9% |
| 92 | Israel | 12.6% | 10.9% |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.6% | 7.8% |
| 94 | Argentina | 12.5% | 10.9% |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 12.5% | 8.6% |
| 96 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 12.5% | 10.8% |
| 97 | Grenada | 12.4% | 10.0% |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 12.3% | 8.8% |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.1% | 9.4% |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.0% | 7.9% |
| 101 | Bahamas | 11.9% | 10.1% |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 11.6% | 8.6% |
| 103 | Palau | 11.6% | 7.4% |
| 104 | French Polynesia | 11.6% | 7.2% |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.5% | 7.5% |
| 106 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.4% | 8.0% |
| 107 | Brazil | 11.3% | 7.8% |
| 108 | Greenland | 11.2% | 7.6% |
| 109 | Türkiye | 10.4% | 7.6% |
| 110 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 10.3% | 7.4% |
| 111 | Lebanon | 10.3% | 6.5% |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10.3% | 4.3% |
| 113 | Colombia | 10.0% | 7.0% |
| 114 | British Virgin Islands | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 9.8% | 7.9% |
| 116 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 9.8% | 6.4% |
| 117 | Tunisia | 9.7% | 6.9% |
| 118 | Panama | 9.5% | 7.1% |
| 119 | Viet Nam | 9.3% | 6.3% |
| 120 | Peru | 9.3% | 8.1% |
| 121 | Cayman Islands | 9.2% | 6.0% |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 8.8% | 5.7% |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 8.8% | 6.7% |
| 124 | Seychelles | 8.6% | 7.0% |
| 125 | Ecuador | 8.5% | 6.5% |
| 126 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.4% | 5.9% |
| 127 | Jamaica | 8.4% | 6.4% |
| 128 | Mexico | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 129 | Morocco | 8.3% | 5.7% |
| 130 | American Samoa | 8.3% | 5.0% |
| 131 | El Salvador | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| 132 | Tokelau | 8.2% | 9.0% |
| 133 | Suriname | 8.0% | 6.1% |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 8.0% | 5.6% |
| 135 | Malaysia | 7.9% | 5.6% |
| 136 | Indonesia | 7.4% | 6.1% |
| 137 | Myanmar | 7.4% | 5.6% |
| 138 | India | 7.3% | 5.4% |
| 139 | French Guiana | 7.1% | 4.5% |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 7.0% | 5.1% |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| 142 | Guyana | 6.9% | 5.2% |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 6.8% | 5.4% |
| 144 | Tonga | 6.8% | 6.0% |
| 145 | South Africa | 6.8% | 5.3% |
| 146 | Algeria | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| 147 | Western Sahara | 6.7% | 4.4% |
| 148 | Nepal | 6.6% | 5.4% |
| 149 | Paraguay | 6.6% | 5.5% |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 6.6% | 4.8% |
| 151 | Fiji | 6.6% | 5.2% |
| 152 | Bhutan | 6.6% | 5.6% |
| 153 | Cambodia | 6.3% | 4.5% |
| 154 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 6.1% | 3.8% |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 6.0% | 4.7% |
| 156 | Samoa | 6.0% | 4.9% |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.8% | 4.9% |
| 158 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| 160 | Philippines | 5.6% | 3.7% |
| 161 | Mongolia | 5.3% | 3.8% |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 5.3% | 5.2% |
| 163 | Egypt | 5.2% | 4.2% |
| 164 | Belize | 5.1% | 4.0% |
| 165 | Libya | 5.1% | 4.4% |
| 166 | Guatemala | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| 167 | Djibouti | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| 168 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 4.8% | 2.7% |
| 170 | Maldives | 4.8% | 4.1% |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 4.7% | 3.6% |
| 172 | Haiti | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| 173 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| 174 | Jordan | 4.6% | 3.3% |
| 175 | Comoros | 4.5% | 4.2% |
| 176 | Honduras | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| 177 | Eswatini | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| 178 | Kiribati | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| 179 | Pakistan | 4.3% | 3.8% |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| 181 | Eritrea | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| 182 | Gabon | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| 183 | Botswana | 4.1% | 3.5% |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 4.0% | 2.9% |
| 185 | Rwanda | 4.0% | 2.9% |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| 187 | Bahrain | 3.9% | 2.7% |
| 188 | Lesotho | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 189 | State of Palestine | 3.8% | 3.2% |
| 190 | Ghana | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| 191 | Namibia | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% | 3.3% |
| 193 | Zimbabwe | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| 194 | Senegal | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| 196 | Guinea | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| 197 | Papua New Guinea | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| 198 | Iraq | 3.4% | 3.0% |
| 199 | Madagascar | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| 200 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2.9% |
| 201 | Sierra Leone | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| 202 | Sudan | 3.3% | 2.7% |
| 203 | Liberia | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| 204 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| 205 | Togo | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| 206 | Mauritania | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| 207 | Gambia | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| 208 | Kuwait | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| 209 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| 210 | Nigeria | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| 211 | Benin | 3.1% | 3.0% |
| 212 | Kenya | 3.0% | 2.4% |
| 213 | Congo | 3.0% | 2.7% |
| 214 | Saudi Arabia | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| 215 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.0% | 2.9% |
| 216 | South Sudan | 3.0% | 2.5% |
| 217 | Angola | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| 218 | Nauru | 2.9% | 1.4% |
| 219 | Cameroon | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| 220 | Mayotte | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| 221 | Burkina Faso | 2.7% | 2.6% |
| 222 | Mozambique | 2.7% | 2.7% |
| 223 | Oman | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| 224 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| 225 | Somalia | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| 226 | Niger | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| 227 | Malawi | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| 228 | Yemen | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| 229 | Burundi | 2.5% | 2.2% |
| 230 | Afghanistan | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| 231 | Mali | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| 232 | Uganda | 2.2% | 1.9% |
| 233 | Central African Republic | 2.2% | 1.9% |
| 234 | Chad | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| 235 | Zambia | 2.0% | 1.7% |
| 236 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| 237 | Qatar | 1.7% | 1.0% |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.