Share aged 65+ by country, 2026

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

◀▶2026

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2016
1	Holy See	41.6%	47.4%
2	Monaco	35.4%	34.1%
3	Japan	30.0%	27.2%
4	Saint Helena	28.2%	21.1%
5	Martinique	26.8%	18.2%
6	Puerto Rico	25.5%	18.4%
7	Italy	25.3%	22.1%
8	Guadeloupe	25.1%	16.5%
9	Portugal	25.1%	20.8%
10	Greece	24.5%	21.2%
11	Finland	24.3%	20.5%
12	Germany	24.0%	21.0%
13	China, Hong Kong SAR	24.0%	15.7%
14	Croatia	23.8%	19.5%
15	Isle of Man	23.8%	20.4%
16	San Marino	23.5%	18.6%
17	United States Virgin Islands	23.3%	17.7%
18	Serbia	23.2%	19.1%
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.2%	17.5%
20	Bermuda	23.0%	16.4%
21	France	22.7%	19.1%
22	Guernsey	22.4%	19.1%
23	Slovenia	22.4%	18.3%
24	Latvia	22.4%	19.6%
25	Bulgaria	22.3%	20.4%
26	Estonia	22.1%	19.0%
27	Spain	21.9%	18.6%
28	Liechtenstein	21.7%	16.6%
29	Czechia	21.4%	18.3%
30	Austria	21.3%	18.4%
31	Denmark	21.2%	18.8%
32	Hungary	21.2%	18.2%
33	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	21.1%	16.7%
34	Belgium	21.1%	18.2%
35	Netherlands	21.0%	17.9%
36	Sweden	21.0%	19.8%
37	Poland	21.0%	15.6%
38	Lithuania	21.0%	19.0%
39	Republic of Korea	20.9%	13.2%
40	Malta	20.7%	18.5%
41	Switzerland	20.6%	18.0%
42	Canada	20.5%	16.2%
43	China, Taiwan Province of China	20.5%	12.6%
44	Saint Martin (French part)	20.3%	7.3%
45	Romania	20.2%	17.4%
46	Montserrat	19.9%	14.7%
47	United Kingdom	19.8%	17.8%
48	Jersey	19.5%	16.5%
49	Slovakia	19.3%	14.4%
50	Norway	19.2%	16.4%
51	Ukraine	18.9%	15.3%
52	North Macedonia	18.8%	13.6%
53	United States of America	18.6%	14.4%
54	Belarus	18.6%	14.4%
55	Montenegro	18.6%	14.6%
56	Australia	18.3%	15.0%
57	Saint Barthélemy	18.3%	9.6%
58	Aruba	18.1%	11.9%
59	Russian Federation	18.1%	13.7%
60	Albania	18.0%	12.7%
61	Gibraltar	17.9%	17.5%
62	New Zealand	17.8%	14.6%
63	Faroe Islands	17.8%	17.0%
64	Curaçao	17.6%	14.1%
65	Barbados	17.4%	13.1%
66	Cuba	17.3%	14.3%
67	Republic of Moldova	17.2%	12.0%
68	Niue	17.1%	12.6%
69	Andorra	16.9%	12.9%
70	Réunion	16.5%	10.5%
71	Ireland	16.4%	13.2%
72	Uruguay	16.3%	14.6%
73	Thailand	16.3%	10.5%
74	Georgia	16.2%	14.2%
75	Iceland	16.1%	13.8%
76	Luxembourg	16.0%	14.2%
77	Wallis and Futuna Islands	15.5%	10.6%
78	China, Macao SAR	15.5%	8.8%
79	Cyprus	15.1%	12.6%
80	Cook Islands	15.1%	9.9%
81	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	15.0%	11.2%
82	China	15.0%	10.3%
83	Armenia	14.8%	11.0%
84	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	14.8%	8.0%
85	Chile	14.8%	11.4%
86	Singapore	14.5%	9.2%
87	Mauritius	14.4%	9.1%
88	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	13.5%	10.9%
89	Guam	13.3%	8.8%
90	Dominica	13.3%	9.6%
91	Trinidad and Tobago	13.2%	8.2%
92	Anguilla	13.1%	8.1%
93	Costa Rica	13.0%	8.9%
94	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	12.9%	11.1%
95	Grenada	12.8%	10.1%
96	Argentina	12.7%	11.1%
97	Israel	12.7%	11.1%
98	Sri Lanka	12.7%	9.2%
99	Antigua and Barbuda	12.6%	8.2%
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.4%	9.6%
101	French Polynesia	12.3%	7.4%
102	Bahamas	12.2%	10.3%
103	Palau	12.1%	7.7%
104	New Caledonia	12.0%	8.9%
105	Greenland	11.9%	7.8%
106	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.9%	7.7%
107	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.9%	8.5%
108	Brazil	11.7%	8.1%
109	Northern Mariana Islands	11.3%	4.7%
110	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10.7%	7.7%
111	Türkiye	10.7%	7.7%
112	Lebanon	10.6%	7.1%
113	Colombia	10.4%	7.2%
114	British Virgin Islands	10.4%	6.9%
115	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	10.2%	6.6%
116	Saint Lucia	10.1%	8.0%
117	Tunisia	10.1%	7.1%
118	Cayman Islands	9.8%	6.3%
119	Panama	9.8%	7.3%
120	Viet Nam	9.7%	6.5%
121	Peru	9.6%	8.3%
122	Azerbaijan	9.5%	5.9%
123	Kazakhstan	9.2%	6.8%
124	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	8.8%	6.1%
125	Jamaica	8.8%	6.5%
126	Seychelles	8.8%	7.1%
127	American Samoa	8.8%	5.3%
128	Ecuador	8.7%	6.7%
129	Mexico	8.7%	6.7%
130	Tokelau	8.6%	9.0%
131	Morocco	8.6%	5.9%
132	El Salvador	8.4%	7.2%
133	Suriname	8.3%	6.2%
134	Dominican Republic	8.3%	5.8%
135	Malaysia	8.2%	5.8%
136	Indonesia	7.7%	6.1%
137	Myanmar	7.6%	5.7%
138	India	7.5%	5.6%
139	Brunei Darussalam	7.4%	4.3%
140	French Guiana	7.4%	4.8%
141	Cabo Verde	7.3%	5.2%
142	Tuvalu	7.3%	5.4%
143	Guyana	7.1%	5.4%
144	South Africa	7.0%	5.4%
145	Algeria	6.9%	5.3%
146	Tonga	6.9%	6.0%
147	Western Sahara	6.9%	4.6%
148	Paraguay	6.8%	5.6%
149	Bangladesh	6.8%	5.0%
150	Nepal	6.7%	5.5%
151	Fiji	6.7%	5.3%
152	Bhutan	6.7%	5.7%
153	Cambodia	6.5%	4.7%
154	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.3%	4.0%
155	Uzbekistan	6.2%	4.8%
156	Samoa	6.2%	4.9%
157	Kyrgyzstan	6.1%	5.0%
158	Nicaragua	5.8%	4.7%
159	Philippines	5.8%	3.9%
160	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	5.8%	5.6%
161	Mongolia	5.6%	3.9%
162	Egypt	5.3%	4.2%
163	Belize	5.3%	4.1%
164	Libya	5.3%	4.5%
165	Timor-Leste	5.2%	5.3%
166	Maldives	5.1%	4.0%
167	Guatemala	5.0%	4.2%
168	Djibouti	5.0%	4.2%
169	Marshall Islands	5.0%	2.9%
170	Syrian Arab Republic	4.9%	4.2%
171	Turkmenistan	4.9%	3.6%
172	Jordan	4.9%	3.4%
173	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.9%	4.1%
174	Haiti	4.8%	4.1%
175	Honduras	4.6%	3.5%
176	Kiribati	4.5%	3.7%
177	Eswatini	4.4%	3.4%
178	Comoros	4.4%	4.3%
179	Pakistan	4.4%	3.8%
180	Vanuatu	4.4%	3.8%
181	Eritrea	4.3%	3.9%
182	Gabon	4.2%	4.0%
183	Tajikistan	4.2%	3.0%
184	Bahrain	4.1%	2.5%
185	Botswana	4.1%	3.6%
186	Rwanda	4.1%	3.0%
187	Sao Tome and Principe	4.0%	3.6%
188	Namibia	3.9%	3.5%
189	State of Palestine	3.9%	3.2%
190	Lesotho	3.9%	3.9%
191	Ghana	3.8%	3.4%
192	Equatorial Guinea	3.8%	3.3%
193	Senegal	3.7%	3.5%
194	Solomon Islands	3.7%	3.5%
195	Papua New Guinea	3.7%	2.9%
196	Iraq	3.5%	3.1%
197	Guinea	3.5%	3.5%
198	Zimbabwe	3.5%	3.3%
199	Madagascar	3.5%	2.8%
200	Sudan	3.4%	2.7%
201	Liberia	3.4%	3.2%
202	Ethiopia	3.3%	2.9%
203	Guinea-Bissau	3.3%	2.8%
204	Sierra Leone	3.3%	3.1%
205	Togo	3.3%	2.9%
206	Mauritania	3.3%	3.5%
207	Gambia	3.2%	2.6%
208	Kuwait	3.2%	2.5%
209	Benin	3.2%	3.0%
210	Congo	3.1%	2.7%
211	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.1%	3.1%
212	Saudi Arabia	3.1%	2.2%
213	Nigeria	3.1%	3.0%
214	Nauru	3.1%	1.6%
215	South Sudan	3.1%	2.5%
216	Kenya	3.0%	2.5%
217	United Republic of Tanzania	3.0%	2.9%
218	Angola	2.9%	2.7%
219	Cameroon	2.8%	2.8%
220	Mayotte	2.8%	2.6%
221	Oman	2.7%	2.6%
222	Côte d'Ivoire	2.7%	2.5%
223	Burkina Faso	2.7%	2.6%
224	Mozambique	2.7%	2.7%
225	Yemen	2.6%	2.7%
226	Somalia	2.6%	2.4%
227	Niger	2.6%	2.5%
228	Burundi	2.6%	2.2%
229	Malawi	2.6%	3.0%
230	Afghanistan	2.4%	2.4%
231	Mali	2.4%	2.6%
232	Uganda	2.2%	1.9%
233	Central African Republic	2.2%	2.0%
234	Chad	2.1%	2.1%
235	Zambia	2.0%	1.7%
236	United Arab Emirates	1.8%	1.5%
237	Qatar	1.7%	1.1%

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