Share aged 65+ by country, 2039

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

◀▶2039

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2029
1	Martinique	36.9%	29.9%
2	China, Hong Kong SAR	36.2%	27.4%
3	Japan	34.5%	30.6%
4	San Marino	34.0%	25.9%
5	Saint Martin (French part)	33.5%	24.4%
6	Saint Helena	33.5%	29.4%
7	Guadeloupe	33.4%	27.6%
8	Italy	33.3%	27.0%
9	Monaco	33.1%	35.2%
10	Republic of Korea	32.6%	23.8%
11	Puerto Rico	32.3%	27.3%
12	Bermuda	31.7%	25.5%
13	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	31.5%	23.3%
14	China, Taiwan Province of China	30.6%	23.1%
15	Isle of Man	30.4%	25.5%
16	Greece	30.2%	25.5%
17	Portugal	30.2%	26.4%
18	Spain	30.1%	23.6%
19	Germany	29.5%	25.6%
20	Guernsey	29.0%	24.1%
21	Liechtenstein	28.6%	23.6%
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.3%	25.0%
23	Andorra	28.2%	19.2%
24	Austria	28.2%	23.1%
25	Cuba	27.8%	19.6%
26	Slovenia	27.8%	23.8%
27	Croatia	27.6%	24.9%
28	Holy See	27.2%	36.3%
29	Switzerland	27.1%	22.2%
30	Finland	26.8%	25.4%
31	France	26.8%	23.8%
32	United States Virgin Islands	26.8%	24.6%
33	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	26.6%	15.8%
34	Latvia	26.2%	23.6%
35	Lithuania	26.2%	22.5%
36	China, Macao SAR	26.2%	18.3%
37	Cook Islands	26.1%	18.1%
38	Estonia	26.0%	23.1%
39	Jersey	25.9%	20.9%
40	Belgium	25.9%	22.4%
41	Serbia	25.8%	24.0%
42	China	25.7%	17.0%
43	Netherlands	25.6%	22.3%
44	Bulgaria	25.4%	23.0%
45	Northern Mariana Islands	25.0%	14.6%
46	Czechia	24.9%	22.0%
47	Denmark	24.9%	22.2%
48	Poland	24.9%	22.1%
49	Albania	24.8%	20.0%
50	Thailand	24.8%	18.4%
51	Aruba	24.5%	20.2%
52	Saint Barthélemy	24.5%	20.0%
53	Réunion	24.5%	18.7%
54	Montserrat	24.4%	21.3%
55	Norway	24.3%	20.3%
56	Canada	24.2%	21.9%
57	Malta	24.2%	21.7%
58	Romania	24.2%	20.4%
59	Sweden	24.1%	21.6%
60	Slovakia	24.0%	20.5%
61	North Macedonia	23.7%	20.1%
62	Hungary	23.6%	21.4%
63	Ukraine	23.5%	20.4%
64	Belarus	23.3%	20.2%
65	United Kingdom	23.2%	20.6%
66	Wallis and Futuna Islands	22.9%	17.3%
67	Montenegro	22.7%	19.8%
68	Curaçao	22.6%	19.2%
69	New Zealand	22.4%	19.1%
70	Barbados	22.4%	18.8%
71	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	22.3%	16.8%
72	Anguilla	22.1%	14.9%
73	Australia	22.0%	19.3%
74	United States of America	21.9%	19.8%
75	Luxembourg	21.8%	17.2%
76	French Polynesia	21.6%	14.3%
77	Gibraltar	21.3%	18.8%
78	Ireland	21.2%	17.4%
79	Chile	21.1%	16.2%
80	Russian Federation	21.0%	19.4%
81	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	20.7%	16.6%
82	Singapore	20.7%	16.1%
83	Mauritius	20.6%	16.3%
84	Iceland	20.2%	17.1%
85	Antigua and Barbuda	20.1%	14.3%
86	Faroe Islands	20.1%	18.2%
87	Armenia	19.8%	16.8%
88	Uruguay	19.8%	17.2%
89	Cyprus	19.8%	16.0%
90	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	19.8%	13.9%
91	Costa Rica	19.4%	14.7%
92	Turks and Caicos Islands	19.4%	13.4%
93	Republic of Moldova	19.4%	18.4%
94	Cayman Islands	18.8%	11.7%
95	Georgia	18.7%	17.2%
96	British Virgin Islands	18.4%	12.0%
97	Greenland	18.2%	14.3%
98	Trinidad and Tobago	18.2%	14.9%
99	Guam	18.1%	14.8%
100	Bahamas	18.0%	13.5%
101	Palau	17.9%	13.7%
102	New Caledonia	17.8%	13.2%
103	Dominica	17.5%	14.2%
104	Brazil	17.1%	13.0%
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16.8%	13.7%
106	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	16.6%	12.0%
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	16.6%	13.2%
108	Sri Lanka	16.5%	13.7%
109	Grenada	16.2%	14.0%
110	American Samoa	16.1%	10.4%
111	Colombia	15.9%	11.8%
112	Türkiye	15.9%	11.9%
113	Saint Lucia	15.8%	11.4%
114	Argentina	15.6%	13.4%
115	Tunisia	15.4%	11.4%
116	Viet Nam	15.2%	11.1%
117	Niue	15.0%	17.3%
118	Azerbaijan	14.8%	11.2%
119	Panama	14.6%	10.8%
120	Lebanon	14.4%	11.5%
121	Israel	14.2%	13.0%
122	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	14.2%	9.9%
123	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	13.9%	11.2%
124	Jamaica	13.8%	10.0%
125	Seychelles	13.6%	9.8%
126	Peru	13.4%	10.3%
127	Brunei Darussalam	13.2%	8.5%
128	Mexico	13.0%	9.6%
129	Ecuador	12.7%	9.5%
130	Suriname	12.5%	9.4%
131	Morocco	12.4%	9.6%
132	Kazakhstan	12.1%	10.1%
133	Dominican Republic	12.0%	9.3%
134	Malaysia	11.9%	9.1%
135	Indonesia	11.7%	8.5%
136	El Salvador	11.4%	9.0%
137	Cabo Verde	11.4%	8.3%
138	Algeria	11.2%	7.7%
139	Tokelau	10.8%	9.1%
140	India	10.7%	8.2%
141	Tuvalu	10.7%	8.3%
142	Myanmar	10.7%	8.3%
143	Maldives	10.7%	6.1%
144	Libya	10.5%	6.1%
145	French Guiana	10.4%	8.1%
146	Western Sahara	10.1%	7.5%
147	Guyana	9.9%	7.8%
148	Bhutan	9.8%	7.2%
149	Tonga	9.5%	7.2%
150	Paraguay	9.5%	7.5%
151	Mongolia	9.5%	6.5%
152	Bangladesh	9.4%	7.3%
153	Marshall Islands	9.3%	5.8%
154	Cambodia	8.8%	7.2%
155	Nicaragua	8.8%	6.3%
156	Jordan	8.8%	5.6%
157	South Africa	8.8%	7.5%
158	Belize	8.7%	6.0%
159	Kyrgyzstan	8.6%	6.9%
160	Turkmenistan	8.6%	5.8%
161	Uzbekistan	8.5%	6.9%
162	Philippines	8.5%	6.5%
163	Nepal	8.3%	7.0%
164	Fiji	8.3%	7.2%
165	Samoa	8.1%	6.7%
166	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	7.6%	6.1%
167	Djibouti	7.5%	5.5%
168	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.5%	6.8%
169	Egypt	7.3%	5.8%
170	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7.0%	5.4%
171	Syrian Arab Republic	6.9%	5.3%
172	Guatemala	6.7%	5.4%
173	Honduras	6.7%	5.0%
174	Kiribati	6.3%	5.0%
175	Tajikistan	6.3%	4.8%
176	Bahrain	6.3%	4.7%
177	Haiti	6.3%	5.1%
178	Timor-Leste	5.8%	5.1%
179	Vanuatu	5.7%	4.7%
180	State of Palestine	5.7%	4.3%
181	Ghana	5.6%	4.2%
182	Papua New Guinea	5.6%	4.1%
183	Botswana	5.6%	4.3%
184	Iraq	5.5%	3.8%
185	Gabon	5.3%	4.3%
186	Pakistan	5.3%	4.6%
187	Eswatini	5.2%	4.6%
188	Namibia	5.2%	4.2%
189	Eritrea	5.1%	4.5%
190	Solomon Islands	5.1%	3.9%
191	Comoros	5.0%	4.5%
192	Saudi Arabia	5.0%	3.5%
193	Kuwait	4.9%	3.5%
194	Sao Tome and Principe	4.9%	4.1%
195	Equatorial Guinea	4.9%	4.1%
196	South Sudan	4.6%	3.4%
197	Gambia	4.5%	3.6%
198	Senegal	4.5%	3.8%
199	Congo	4.4%	3.4%
200	Sudan	4.4%	3.7%
201	Nauru	4.4%	3.5%
202	Madagascar	4.4%	3.7%
203	Mayotte	4.4%	3.1%
204	Rwanda	4.4%	4.2%
205	Ethiopia	4.3%	3.6%
206	Kenya	4.2%	3.3%
207	Sierra Leone	4.2%	3.5%
208	Togo	4.2%	3.5%
209	Guinea-Bissau	4.1%	3.4%
210	Lesotho	4.0%	3.9%
211	Guinea	3.9%	3.6%
212	Benin	3.9%	3.3%
213	Liberia	3.9%	3.5%
214	Mauritania	3.8%	3.3%
215	Oman	3.7%	2.8%
216	Nigeria	3.6%	3.2%
217	Yemen	3.5%	2.7%
218	Cameroon	3.5%	2.9%
219	Angola	3.4%	3.0%
220	Côte d'Ivoire	3.4%	2.8%
221	United Republic of Tanzania	3.4%	3.0%
222	Burkina Faso	3.4%	2.8%
223	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.3%	3.1%
224	Zimbabwe	3.2%	3.3%
225	Afghanistan	3.1%	2.5%
226	Uganda	3.1%	2.4%
227	Zambia	3.1%	2.2%
228	Malawi	3.1%	2.7%
229	Somalia	2.9%	2.7%
230	Niger	2.9%	2.7%
231	Burundi	2.9%	2.6%
232	Mozambique	2.8%	2.6%
233	United Arab Emirates	2.7%	2.1%
234	Chad	2.7%	2.2%
235	Mali	2.5%	2.3%
236	Central African Republic	2.3%	2.3%
237	Qatar	1.9%	1.8%

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