Share aged 65+ by country, 2029

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

◀▶2029

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2019
1	Holy See	36.3%	46.0%
2	Monaco	35.2%	35.9%
3	Japan	30.6%	28.4%
4	Martinique	29.9%	21.2%
5	Saint Helena	29.4%	23.6%
6	Guadeloupe	27.6%	18.7%
7	China, Hong Kong SAR	27.4%	17.5%
8	Puerto Rico	27.3%	21.2%
9	Italy	27.0%	22.9%
10	Portugal	26.4%	22.1%
11	San Marino	25.9%	19.5%
12	Germany	25.6%	21.5%
13	Greece	25.5%	22.0%
14	Bermuda	25.5%	17.9%
15	Isle of Man	25.5%	21.4%
16	Finland	25.4%	21.8%
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.0%	19.3%
18	Croatia	24.9%	20.9%
19	United States Virgin Islands	24.6%	20.2%
20	Saint Martin (French part)	24.4%	12.2%
21	Guernsey	24.1%	20.0%
22	Serbia	24.0%	20.8%
23	Slovenia	23.8%	19.7%
24	France	23.8%	20.2%
25	Republic of Korea	23.8%	14.7%
26	Spain	23.6%	19.3%
27	Latvia	23.6%	20.3%
28	Liechtenstein	23.6%	18.1%
29	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	23.3%	17.3%
30	Estonia	23.1%	19.8%
31	Austria	23.1%	18.8%
32	China, Taiwan Province of China	23.1%	14.7%
33	Bulgaria	23.0%	21.3%
34	Lithuania	22.5%	19.8%
35	Belgium	22.4%	18.9%
36	Netherlands	22.3%	18.9%
37	Switzerland	22.2%	18.5%
38	Denmark	22.2%	19.6%
39	Poland	22.1%	17.3%
40	Czechia	22.0%	19.7%
41	Canada	21.9%	17.3%
42	Malta	21.7%	18.7%
43	Sweden	21.6%	19.9%
44	Hungary	21.4%	19.3%
45	Montserrat	21.3%	16.5%
46	Jersey	20.9%	17.5%
47	United Kingdom	20.6%	18.3%
48	Slovakia	20.5%	16.0%
49	Ukraine	20.4%	16.5%
50	Romania	20.4%	18.4%
51	Norway	20.3%	17.2%
52	Aruba	20.2%	13.6%
53	Belarus	20.2%	15.2%
54	North Macedonia	20.1%	15.4%
55	Albania	20.0%	14.0%
56	Saint Barthélemy	20.0%	11.0%
57	United States of America	19.8%	15.5%
58	Montenegro	19.8%	15.9%
59	Cuba	19.6%	15.2%
60	Russian Federation	19.4%	14.8%
61	Australia	19.3%	15.8%
62	Andorra	19.2%	13.6%
63	Curaçao	19.2%	13.6%
64	New Zealand	19.1%	15.2%
65	Gibraltar	18.8%	17.5%
66	Barbados	18.8%	14.1%
67	Réunion	18.7%	12.3%
68	Thailand	18.4%	12.0%
69	Republic of Moldova	18.4%	13.5%
70	China, Macao SAR	18.3%	10.3%
71	Faroe Islands	18.2%	17.4%
72	Cook Islands	18.1%	10.7%
73	Ireland	17.4%	14.1%
74	Wallis and Futuna Islands	17.3%	11.9%
75	Niue	17.3%	13.9%
76	Uruguay	17.2%	15.0%
77	Georgia	17.2%	14.6%
78	Luxembourg	17.2%	14.4%
79	Iceland	17.1%	14.2%
80	China	17.0%	11.8%
81	Armenia	16.8%	11.9%
82	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	16.8%	10.2%
83	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	16.6%	13.0%
84	Mauritius	16.3%	10.6%
85	Chile	16.2%	12.2%
86	Singapore	16.1%	10.7%
87	Cyprus	16.0%	13.3%
88	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	15.8%	10.8%
89	Anguilla	14.9%	9.1%
90	Trinidad and Tobago	14.9%	9.5%
91	Guam	14.8%	10.1%
92	Costa Rica	14.7%	9.9%
93	Northern Mariana Islands	14.6%	5.6%
94	Antigua and Barbuda	14.3%	9.3%
95	Greenland	14.3%	8.5%
96	French Polynesia	14.3%	8.5%
97	Dominica	14.2%	11.9%
98	Grenada	14.0%	10.6%
99	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	13.9%	10.9%
100	Sri Lanka	13.7%	10.2%
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.7%	10.4%
102	Palau	13.7%	8.9%
103	Bahamas	13.5%	10.7%
104	Argentina	13.4%	11.5%
105	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.4%	9.7%
106	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.2%	8.7%
107	New Caledonia	13.2%	9.8%
108	Israel	13.0%	11.8%
109	Brazil	13.0%	9.1%
110	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	12.0%	8.4%
111	British Virgin Islands	12.0%	7.9%
112	Türkiye	11.9%	8.3%
113	Colombia	11.8%	8.0%
114	Cayman Islands	11.7%	7.0%
115	Lebanon	11.5%	8.6%
116	Saint Lucia	11.4%	8.4%
117	Tunisia	11.4%	7.8%
118	Azerbaijan	11.2%	6.5%
119	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	11.2%	7.6%
120	Viet Nam	11.1%	7.1%
121	Panama	10.8%	7.9%
122	American Samoa	10.4%	6.0%
123	Peru	10.3%	8.5%
124	Kazakhstan	10.1%	7.4%
125	Jamaica	10.0%	6.9%
126	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	9.9%	6.9%
127	Seychelles	9.8%	7.3%
128	Mexico	9.6%	7.2%
129	Morocco	9.6%	6.6%
130	Ecuador	9.5%	7.3%
131	Suriname	9.4%	6.7%
132	Dominican Republic	9.3%	6.5%
133	Tokelau	9.1%	8.4%
134	Malaysia	9.1%	6.4%
135	El Salvador	9.0%	7.6%
136	Indonesia	8.5%	6.4%
137	Brunei Darussalam	8.5%	5.1%
138	Cabo Verde	8.3%	5.7%
139	Tuvalu	8.3%	5.6%
140	Myanmar	8.3%	6.2%
141	India	8.2%	6.1%
142	French Guiana	8.1%	5.8%
143	Guyana	7.8%	5.7%
144	Algeria	7.7%	5.7%
145	Paraguay	7.5%	6.0%
146	Western Sahara	7.5%	5.3%
147	South Africa	7.5%	5.9%
148	Bangladesh	7.3%	5.6%
149	Cambodia	7.2%	5.2%
150	Tonga	7.2%	6.2%
151	Fiji	7.2%	5.7%
152	Bhutan	7.2%	5.9%
153	Nepal	7.0%	6.0%
154	Uzbekistan	6.9%	5.1%
155	Kyrgyzstan	6.9%	5.2%
156	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	6.8%	4.6%
157	Samoa	6.7%	5.1%
158	Philippines	6.5%	4.4%
159	Mongolia	6.5%	4.1%
160	Nicaragua	6.3%	5.1%
161	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	6.1%	5.7%
162	Maldives	6.1%	3.8%
163	Libya	6.1%	4.6%
164	Belize	6.0%	4.3%
165	Egypt	5.8%	4.5%
166	Turkmenistan	5.8%	3.7%
167	Marshall Islands	5.8%	3.5%
168	Jordan	5.6%	3.7%
169	Djibouti	5.5%	4.4%
170	Guatemala	5.4%	4.4%
171	Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.4%	4.1%
172	Syrian Arab Republic	5.3%	4.5%
173	Haiti	5.1%	4.3%
174	Timor-Leste	5.1%	5.6%
175	Kiribati	5.0%	3.9%
176	Honduras	5.0%	3.8%
177	Tajikistan	4.8%	3.1%
178	Bahrain	4.7%	2.9%
179	Vanuatu	4.7%	4.0%
180	Eswatini	4.6%	3.7%
181	Pakistan	4.6%	4.0%
182	Eritrea	4.5%	4.0%
183	Comoros	4.5%	4.4%
184	Gabon	4.3%	4.0%
185	State of Palestine	4.3%	3.5%
186	Botswana	4.3%	3.8%
187	Ghana	4.2%	3.4%
188	Namibia	4.2%	3.6%
189	Rwanda	4.2%	3.3%
190	Sao Tome and Principe	4.1%	3.8%
191	Papua New Guinea	4.1%	3.0%
192	Equatorial Guinea	4.1%	3.4%
193	Solomon Islands	3.9%	3.8%
194	Lesotho	3.9%	3.8%
195	Iraq	3.8%	3.3%
196	Senegal	3.8%	3.5%
197	Sudan	3.7%	2.9%
198	Madagascar	3.7%	3.1%
199	Ethiopia	3.6%	3.0%
200	Gambia	3.6%	2.7%
201	Guinea	3.6%	3.5%
202	Kuwait	3.5%	3.4%
203	Saudi Arabia	3.5%	2.4%
204	Sierra Leone	3.5%	3.1%
205	Togo	3.5%	3.0%
206	Nauru	3.5%	2.0%
207	Liberia	3.5%	3.2%
208	Guinea-Bissau	3.4%	3.0%
209	Congo	3.4%	2.7%
210	South Sudan	3.4%	2.6%
211	Kenya	3.3%	2.7%
212	Zimbabwe	3.3%	3.5%
213	Benin	3.3%	3.0%
214	Mauritania	3.3%	3.3%
215	Nigeria	3.2%	3.0%
216	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.1%	3.1%
217	Mayotte	3.1%	2.6%
218	Angola	3.0%	2.7%
219	United Republic of Tanzania	3.0%	3.0%
220	Cameroon	2.9%	2.8%
221	Oman	2.8%	2.6%
222	Côte d'Ivoire	2.8%	2.5%
223	Burkina Faso	2.8%	2.6%
224	Yemen	2.7%	2.6%
225	Somalia	2.7%	2.5%
226	Niger	2.7%	2.5%
227	Malawi	2.7%	2.8%
228	Burundi	2.6%	2.4%
229	Mozambique	2.6%	2.8%
230	Afghanistan	2.5%	2.4%
231	Uganda	2.4%	2.0%
232	Mali	2.3%	2.5%
233	Central African Republic	2.3%	2.2%
234	Zambia	2.2%	1.8%
235	Chad	2.2%	2.0%
236	United Arab Emirates	2.1%	1.5%
237	Qatar	1.8%	1.2%

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