Share aged 65+ by country, 2042
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+ | 2032 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 38.6% | 30.2% |
| 2 | Martinique | 37.1% | 32.7% |
| 3 | Japan | 35.8% | 31.2% |
| 4 | San Marino | 35.7% | 28.7% |
| 5 | Italy | 34.9% | 29.0% |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 34.6% | 26.3% |
| 7 | Saint Martin (French part) | 34.1% | 28.2% |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 33.9% | 29.9% |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 33.5% | 29.0% |
| 10 | Saint Helena | 33.4% | 30.5% |
| 11 | Bermuda | 33.0% | 27.7% |
| 12 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 32.9% | 25.4% |
| 13 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 32.6% | 25.7% |
| 14 | Spain | 32.2% | 25.6% |
| 15 | Monaco | 31.9% | 34.9% |
| 16 | Greece | 31.6% | 26.7% |
| 17 | Portugal | 31.4% | 27.6% |
| 18 | Andorra | 30.9% | 21.7% |
| 19 | Isle of Man | 30.9% | 27.2% |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.8% | 26.3% |
| 21 | Germany | 29.7% | 27.3% |
| 22 | Guernsey | 29.5% | 25.8% |
| 23 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 29.4% | 18.8% |
| 24 | Liechtenstein | 29.2% | 25.4% |
| 25 | Cuba | 29.1% | 22.3% |
| 26 | Slovenia | 29.0% | 25.3% |
| 27 | Austria | 28.9% | 24.9% |
| 28 | Croatia | 28.3% | 26.0% |
| 29 | China, Macao SAR | 28.0% | 20.5% |
| 30 | Switzerland | 27.9% | 23.9% |
| 31 | Cook Islands | 27.3% | 21.0% |
| 32 | China | 27.3% | 19.6% |
| 33 | France | 27.1% | 24.9% |
| 34 | Finland | 27.0% | 26.2% |
| 35 | Estonia | 26.9% | 23.8% |
| 36 | Latvia | 26.9% | 24.3% |
| 37 | Lithuania | 26.9% | 23.6% |
| 38 | Czechia | 26.8% | 22.8% |
| 39 | Jersey | 26.7% | 22.7% |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 26.7% | 23.4% |
| 41 | United States Virgin Islands | 26.7% | 25.7% |
| 42 | Serbia | 26.6% | 24.6% |
| 43 | Northern Mariana Islands | 26.5% | 18.2% |
| 44 | Belgium | 26.4% | 23.7% |
| 45 | Poland | 26.4% | 22.9% |
| 46 | Thailand | 26.2% | 20.4% |
| 47 | Netherlands | 25.8% | 23.5% |
| 48 | Albania | 25.6% | 21.7% |
| 49 | Slovakia | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| 50 | Malta | 25.5% | 22.4% |
| 51 | Romania | 25.5% | 20.4% |
| 52 | Denmark | 25.4% | 23.4% |
| 53 | Hungary | 25.4% | 21.7% |
| 54 | Réunion | 25.3% | 20.9% |
| 55 | Saint Barthélemy | 25.1% | 21.6% |
| 56 | Norway | 25.0% | 21.6% |
| 57 | Aruba | 24.9% | 22.0% |
| 58 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 24.8% | 18.5% |
| 59 | Montserrat | 24.7% | 22.2% |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 24.7% | 21.4% |
| 61 | Ukraine | 24.6% | 21.6% |
| 62 | Sweden | 24.6% | 22.6% |
| 63 | Canada | 24.5% | 22.9% |
| 64 | Holy See | 24.4% | 33.8% |
| 65 | Belarus | 24.1% | 21.3% |
| 66 | Anguilla | 23.9% | 17.2% |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 23.5% | 21.4% |
| 68 | Montenegro | 23.5% | 20.8% |
| 69 | French Polynesia | 23.4% | 16.5% |
| 70 | Curaçao | 23.0% | 20.6% |
| 71 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 23.0% | 19.0% |
| 72 | Barbados | 23.0% | 20.2% |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 22.9% | 18.7% |
| 74 | New Zealand | 22.8% | 20.2% |
| 75 | Ireland | 22.5% | 18.5% |
| 76 | Australia | 22.5% | 20.2% |
| 77 | Chile | 22.5% | 17.7% |
| 78 | United States of America | 22.1% | 20.7% |
| 79 | Singapore | 22.1% | 17.6% |
| 80 | Gibraltar | 22.0% | 19.7% |
| 81 | Mauritius | 21.9% | 18.0% |
| 82 | Russian Federation | 21.6% | 20.0% |
| 83 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 21.4% | 18.2% |
| 84 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.4% | 14.9% |
| 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.3% | 16.3% |
| 86 | Iceland | 21.1% | 18.2% |
| 87 | Cyprus | 21.1% | 17.1% |
| 88 | Uruguay | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| 89 | Cayman Islands | 20.8% | 13.8% |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 20.7% | 16.3% |
| 91 | British Virgin Islands | 20.6% | 13.7% |
| 92 | Faroe Islands | 20.5% | 18.9% |
| 93 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 20.5% | 15.4% |
| 94 | Armenia | 20.4% | 18.1% |
| 95 | Republic of Moldova | 19.7% | 18.9% |
| 96 | Georgia | 19.1% | 17.8% |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.1% | 16.2% |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 19.0% | 14.5% |
| 99 | Bahamas | 18.9% | 14.9% |
| 100 | Palau | 18.9% | 15.2% |
| 101 | Guam | 18.4% | 16.0% |
| 102 | Brazil | 18.3% | 14.3% |
| 103 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 18.1% | 13.3% |
| 104 | Greenland | 17.6% | 16.7% |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.6% | 14.5% |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.5% | 15.0% |
| 107 | Dominica | 17.5% | 15.4% |
| 108 | Türkiye | 17.5% | 13.3% |
| 109 | American Samoa | 17.4% | 12.3% |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 17.3% | 14.6% |
| 111 | Colombia | 17.0% | 13.1% |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 17.0% | 12.8% |
| 113 | Grenada | 16.8% | 14.9% |
| 114 | Tunisia | 16.7% | 12.8% |
| 115 | Argentina | 16.6% | 13.9% |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 16.3% | 12.4% |
| 117 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 15.8% | 11.0% |
| 118 | Panama | 15.7% | 12.0% |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 15.4% | 12.6% |
| 120 | Jamaica | 15.0% | 11.1% |
| 121 | Seychelles | 14.9% | 10.9% |
| 122 | Niue | 14.9% | 16.7% |
| 123 | Lebanon | 14.9% | 12.5% |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.8% | 9.8% |
| 125 | Israel | 14.7% | 13.3% |
| 126 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14.7% | 12.1% |
| 127 | Peru | 14.5% | 11.1% |
| 128 | Mexico | 14.0% | 10.5% |
| 129 | Ecuador | 13.7% | 10.4% |
| 130 | Morocco | 13.4% | 10.4% |
| 131 | Suriname | 13.1% | 10.4% |
| 132 | Malaysia | 12.9% | 9.9% |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 12.8% | 10.1% |
| 134 | Indonesia | 12.6% | 9.4% |
| 135 | Maldives | 12.6% | 7.2% |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 12.5% | 10.9% |
| 137 | Cabo Verde | 12.4% | 9.4% |
| 138 | Algeria | 12.3% | 8.7% |
| 139 | El Salvador | 12.2% | 9.6% |
| 140 | Libya | 12.1% | 7.1% |
| 141 | India | 11.6% | 8.9% |
| 142 | Myanmar | 11.4% | 9.0% |
| 143 | Western Sahara | 11.1% | 8.1% |
| 144 | Bhutan | 10.9% | 7.8% |
| 145 | French Guiana | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| 146 | Tokelau | 10.8% | 10.2% |
| 147 | Guyana | 10.4% | 8.5% |
| 148 | Tuvalu | 10.4% | 9.4% |
| 149 | Mongolia | 10.4% | 7.5% |
| 150 | Marshall Islands | 10.3% | 6.9% |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 10.2% | 7.8% |
| 152 | Paraguay | 10.0% | 8.2% |
| 153 | Tonga | 9.8% | 7.9% |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 9.8% | 7.0% |
| 155 | Belize | 9.7% | 6.7% |
| 156 | Jordan | 9.6% | 6.5% |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 158 | South Africa | 9.2% | 7.9% |
| 159 | Philippines | 9.1% | 7.1% |
| 160 | Cambodia | 9.0% | 7.8% |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 8.9% | 7.5% |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.9% | 7.6% |
| 163 | Nepal | 8.9% | 7.2% |
| 164 | Fiji | 8.6% | 7.7% |
| 165 | Samoa | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| 166 | Djibouti | 8.2% | 6.0% |
| 167 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 8.1% | 6.5% |
| 168 | Egypt | 7.8% | 6.3% |
| 169 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.6% | 5.8% |
| 170 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.5% | 5.7% |
| 171 | Honduras | 7.5% | 5.4% |
| 172 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 7.5% | 7.1% |
| 173 | Guatemala | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| 174 | Bahrain | 6.8% | 5.3% |
| 175 | Haiti | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 6.6% | 5.4% |
| 177 | Kiribati | 6.4% | 5.6% |
| 178 | State of Palestine | 6.2% | 4.7% |
| 179 | Botswana | 6.1% | 4.7% |
| 180 | Iraq | 6.0% | 4.3% |
| 181 | Ghana | 6.0% | 4.6% |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 6.0% | 5.0% |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 6.0% | 4.5% |
| 184 | Timor-Leste | 6.0% | 5.1% |
| 185 | Gabon | 5.7% | 4.6% |
| 186 | Saudi Arabia | 5.7% | 3.9% |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 5.6% | 4.1% |
| 188 | Namibia | 5.6% | 4.4% |
| 189 | Eswatini | 5.5% | 4.7% |
| 190 | Pakistan | 5.5% | 4.8% |
| 191 | Eritrea | 5.4% | 4.7% |
| 192 | Kuwait | 5.3% | 3.9% |
| 193 | Comoros | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| 194 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.3% | 4.3% |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.2% | 4.4% |
| 196 | South Sudan | 5.1% | 3.7% |
| 197 | Mayotte | 5.0% | 3.5% |
| 198 | Senegal | 4.8% | 4.0% |
| 199 | Gambia | 4.7% | 3.9% |
| 200 | Congo | 4.7% | 3.7% |
| 201 | Ethiopia | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| 202 | Nauru | 4.6% | 4.1% |
| 203 | Madagascar | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| 204 | Rwanda | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 205 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.5% | 3.5% |
| 206 | Kenya | 4.5% | 3.5% |
| 207 | Sierra Leone | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| 208 | Sudan | 4.5% | 3.9% |
| 209 | Togo | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| 210 | Oman | 4.2% | 3.0% |
| 211 | Benin | 4.1% | 3.5% |
| 212 | Liberia | 4.1% | 3.6% |
| 213 | Lesotho | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| 214 | Guinea | 4.0% | 3.7% |
| 215 | Mauritania | 4.0% | 3.4% |
| 216 | Yemen | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| 217 | Cameroon | 3.8% | 3.0% |
| 218 | Nigeria | 3.8% | 3.2% |
| 219 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.7% | 3.0% |
| 220 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.7% | 3.1% |
| 221 | Zambia | 3.6% | 2.4% |
| 222 | Burkina Faso | 3.6% | 3.0% |
| 223 | Angola | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| 224 | Zimbabwe | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| 225 | Uganda | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| 226 | Malawi | 3.4% | 2.8% |
| 227 | Afghanistan | 3.3% | 2.7% |
| 228 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| 229 | Burundi | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| 230 | Somalia | 3.0% | 2.8% |
| 231 | Niger | 3.0% | 2.8% |
| 232 | Mozambique | 2.9% | 2.6% |
| 233 | Chad | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| 234 | Mali | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| 236 | Qatar | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| 237 | Central African Republic | 2.1% | 2.3% |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.