Share aged 65+ by country, 2040
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+ | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martinique | 37.0% | 30.8% |
| 2 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 36.9% | 28.4% |
| 3 | Japan | 35.0% | 30.9% |
| 4 | San Marino | 34.6% | 26.9% |
| 5 | Italy | 33.9% | 27.7% |
| 6 | Saint Martin (French part) | 33.8% | 25.7% |
| 7 | Guadeloupe | 33.7% | 28.4% |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 33.4% | 24.6% |
| 9 | Saint Helena | 33.0% | 30.3% |
| 10 | Monaco | 32.8% | 35.1% |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 32.7% | 27.9% |
| 12 | Bermuda | 32.1% | 26.3% |
| 13 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 31.7% | 24.0% |
| 14 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 31.2% | 24.0% |
| 15 | Spain | 30.8% | 24.2% |
| 16 | Greece | 30.7% | 25.8% |
| 17 | Isle of Man | 30.7% | 26.1% |
| 18 | Portugal | 30.6% | 26.8% |
| 19 | Germany | 29.6% | 26.2% |
| 20 | Guernsey | 29.2% | 24.6% |
| 21 | Andorra | 29.1% | 20.0% |
| 22 | Liechtenstein | 28.8% | 24.3% |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28.7% | 25.5% |
| 24 | Austria | 28.5% | 23.7% |
| 25 | Cuba | 28.3% | 20.5% |
| 26 | Slovenia | 28.2% | 24.3% |
| 27 | Croatia | 27.9% | 25.2% |
| 28 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 27.5% | 16.8% |
| 29 | Switzerland | 27.4% | 22.8% |
| 30 | Finland | 26.9% | 25.7% |
| 31 | France | 26.9% | 24.2% |
| 32 | China, Macao SAR | 26.9% | 19.2% |
| 33 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.8% | 25.0% |
| 34 | Cook Islands | 26.6% | 19.1% |
| 35 | Latvia | 26.5% | 23.9% |
| 36 | Lithuania | 26.4% | 22.9% |
| 37 | China | 26.4% | 17.9% |
| 38 | Estonia | 26.3% | 23.4% |
| 39 | Jersey | 26.2% | 21.5% |
| 40 | Holy See | 26.2% | 35.4% |
| 41 | Belgium | 26.1% | 22.9% |
| 42 | Serbia | 26.0% | 24.2% |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 25.8% | 23.1% |
| 44 | Netherlands | 25.7% | 22.8% |
| 45 | Czechia | 25.6% | 22.4% |
| 46 | Northern Mariana Islands | 25.6% | 15.8% |
| 47 | Poland | 25.4% | 22.4% |
| 48 | Thailand | 25.3% | 19.0% |
| 49 | Albania | 25.1% | 20.6% |
| 50 | Denmark | 25.1% | 22.5% |
| 51 | Réunion | 24.8% | 19.5% |
| 52 | Saint Barthélemy | 24.7% | 20.5% |
| 53 | Romania | 24.7% | 20.4% |
| 54 | Aruba | 24.6% | 20.8% |
| 55 | Norway | 24.6% | 20.7% |
| 56 | Montserrat | 24.6% | 21.5% |
| 57 | Slovakia | 24.5% | 20.9% |
| 58 | Malta | 24.5% | 22.0% |
| 59 | Canada | 24.3% | 22.3% |
| 60 | Sweden | 24.3% | 21.9% |
| 61 | Hungary | 24.2% | 21.5% |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 24.0% | 20.6% |
| 63 | Ukraine | 23.9% | 20.9% |
| 64 | Belarus | 23.6% | 20.6% |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 23.4% | 20.8% |
| 66 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 23.4% | 17.8% |
| 67 | Montenegro | 22.9% | 20.1% |
| 68 | Curaçao | 22.8% | 19.7% |
| 69 | Anguilla | 22.7% | 15.7% |
| 70 | Barbados | 22.7% | 19.3% |
| 71 | New Zealand | 22.6% | 19.5% |
| 72 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 22.5% | 17.5% |
| 73 | Australia | 22.2% | 19.7% |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 22.2% | 17.7% |
| 75 | French Polynesia | 22.2% | 15.1% |
| 76 | United States of America | 22.0% | 20.2% |
| 77 | Ireland | 21.6% | 17.7% |
| 78 | Chile | 21.6% | 16.7% |
| 79 | Gibraltar | 21.5% | 19.0% |
| 80 | Singapore | 21.2% | 16.6% |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 21.2% | 19.7% |
| 82 | Mauritius | 21.0% | 16.9% |
| 83 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 20.9% | 17.2% |
| 84 | Iceland | 20.5% | 17.5% |
| 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.5% | 15.0% |
| 86 | Faroe Islands | 20.3% | 18.4% |
| 87 | Cyprus | 20.2% | 16.4% |
| 88 | Uruguay | 20.1% | 17.4% |
| 89 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.1% | 13.9% |
| 90 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 20.1% | 14.4% |
| 91 | Armenia | 20.0% | 17.3% |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 19.8% | 15.2% |
| 93 | Cayman Islands | 19.5% | 12.4% |
| 94 | Republic of Moldova | 19.5% | 18.6% |
| 95 | British Virgin Islands | 19.1% | 12.6% |
| 96 | Georgia | 18.9% | 17.5% |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.5% | 15.4% |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 18.3% | 13.6% |
| 99 | Bahamas | 18.3% | 13.9% |
| 100 | Palau | 18.3% | 14.1% |
| 101 | Guam | 18.2% | 15.2% |
| 102 | Greenland | 18.0% | 15.1% |
| 103 | Dominica | 17.6% | 14.6% |
| 104 | Brazil | 17.5% | 13.5% |
| 105 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 17.1% | 12.5% |
| 106 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.0% | 13.6% |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.0% | 14.1% |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 16.8% | 14.0% |
| 109 | American Samoa | 16.5% | 11.1% |
| 110 | Grenada | 16.4% | 14.3% |
| 111 | Türkiye | 16.4% | 12.4% |
| 112 | Colombia | 16.2% | 12.2% |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 16.2% | 11.9% |
| 114 | Argentina | 15.9% | 13.6% |
| 115 | Tunisia | 15.8% | 11.9% |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 15.6% | 11.6% |
| 117 | Panama | 15.0% | 11.2% |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 14.9% | 11.7% |
| 119 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14.7% | 10.2% |
| 120 | Niue | 14.7% | 17.1% |
| 121 | Lebanon | 14.6% | 11.8% |
| 122 | Israel | 14.3% | 13.1% |
| 123 | Jamaica | 14.2% | 10.4% |
| 124 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14.2% | 11.5% |
| 125 | Seychelles | 14.1% | 10.1% |
| 126 | Peru | 13.8% | 10.6% |
| 127 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.7% | 8.9% |
| 128 | Mexico | 13.3% | 9.9% |
| 129 | Ecuador | 13.0% | 9.8% |
| 130 | Suriname | 12.7% | 9.7% |
| 131 | Morocco | 12.7% | 9.9% |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 12.3% | 9.5% |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 12.2% | 10.4% |
| 134 | Malaysia | 12.2% | 9.4% |
| 135 | Indonesia | 12.0% | 8.8% |
| 136 | El Salvador | 11.7% | 9.2% |
| 137 | Cabo Verde | 11.7% | 8.7% |
| 138 | Algeria | 11.6% | 8.0% |
| 139 | Maldives | 11.3% | 6.5% |
| 140 | India | 11.0% | 8.4% |
| 141 | Libya | 11.0% | 6.4% |
| 142 | Myanmar | 10.9% | 8.5% |
| 143 | Tokelau | 10.8% | 9.4% |
| 144 | Tuvalu | 10.6% | 8.7% |
| 145 | French Guiana | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| 146 | Western Sahara | 10.4% | 7.7% |
| 147 | Guyana | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| 148 | Bhutan | 10.1% | 7.4% |
| 149 | Mongolia | 9.8% | 6.9% |
| 150 | Paraguay | 9.7% | 7.7% |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 9.7% | 7.5% |
| 152 | Marshall Islands | 9.7% | 6.2% |
| 153 | Tonga | 9.6% | 7.4% |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 9.1% | 6.5% |
| 155 | Jordan | 9.1% | 5.9% |
| 156 | Belize | 9.0% | 6.3% |
| 157 | Cambodia | 8.9% | 7.4% |
| 158 | South Africa | 8.9% | 7.7% |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 8.8% | 6.0% |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 8.7% | 7.1% |
| 161 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.7% | 7.2% |
| 162 | Philippines | 8.7% | 6.7% |
| 163 | Nepal | 8.5% | 7.1% |
| 164 | Fiji | 8.3% | 7.4% |
| 165 | Samoa | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 166 | Djibouti | 7.7% | 5.6% |
| 167 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 7.7% | 6.3% |
| 168 | Egypt | 7.5% | 6.0% |
| 169 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| 170 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.2% | 5.5% |
| 171 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.1% | 5.4% |
| 172 | Honduras | 6.9% | 5.1% |
| 173 | Guatemala | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| 174 | Bahrain | 6.5% | 4.9% |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 6.4% | 5.0% |
| 176 | Haiti | 6.4% | 5.2% |
| 177 | Kiribati | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| 178 | Timor-Leste | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 5.8% | 4.8% |
| 180 | State of Palestine | 5.8% | 4.4% |
| 181 | Botswana | 5.8% | 4.4% |
| 182 | Ghana | 5.7% | 4.4% |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| 184 | Iraq | 5.6% | 4.0% |
| 185 | Gabon | 5.5% | 4.4% |
| 186 | Eswatini | 5.3% | 4.6% |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 5.3% | 4.0% |
| 188 | Namibia | 5.3% | 4.3% |
| 189 | Pakistan | 5.3% | 4.7% |
| 190 | Eritrea | 5.2% | 4.5% |
| 191 | Saudi Arabia | 5.2% | 3.6% |
| 192 | Comoros | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| 193 | Kuwait | 5.0% | 3.7% |
| 194 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| 196 | South Sudan | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| 197 | Gambia | 4.6% | 3.7% |
| 198 | Congo | 4.5% | 3.5% |
| 199 | Senegal | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| 200 | Nauru | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| 201 | Mayotte | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| 202 | Rwanda | 4.5% | 4.2% |
| 203 | Ethiopia | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| 204 | Sudan | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| 205 | Madagascar | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| 206 | Kenya | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| 207 | Sierra Leone | 4.3% | 3.5% |
| 208 | Togo | 4.3% | 3.5% |
| 209 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.2% | 3.4% |
| 210 | Benin | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| 211 | Liberia | 4.0% | 3.5% |
| 212 | Lesotho | 4.0% | 3.9% |
| 213 | Guinea | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| 214 | Mauritania | 3.9% | 3.4% |
| 215 | Oman | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| 216 | Yemen | 3.6% | 2.7% |
| 217 | Cameroon | 3.6% | 3.0% |
| 218 | Nigeria | 3.6% | 3.2% |
| 219 | Angola | 3.5% | 3.1% |
| 220 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.5% | 2.9% |
| 221 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| 222 | Burkina Faso | 3.4% | 2.9% |
| 223 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| 224 | Zambia | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| 225 | Afghanistan | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| 226 | Uganda | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 227 | Zimbabwe | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| 228 | Malawi | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| 229 | Niger | 3.0% | 2.7% |
| 230 | Burundi | 3.0% | 2.6% |
| 231 | Somalia | 2.9% | 2.7% |
| 232 | Mozambique | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| 233 | United Arab Emirates | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| 234 | Chad | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| 235 | Mali | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| 236 | Central African Republic | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 237 | Qatar | 1.9% | 1.8% |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.