Share aged 65+ by country, 2044

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

◀▶2044

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2034
1	China, Hong Kong SAR	40.2%	31.9%
2	Martinique	36.6%	34.3%
3	San Marino	36.4%	30.4%
4	Japan	36.3%	32.0%
5	Republic of Korea	35.8%	28.1%
6	Italy	35.6%	30.3%
7	Puerto Rico	34.3%	30.0%
8	China, Taiwan Province of China	34.1%	27.1%
9	Guadeloupe	33.8%	31.1%
10	Saint Martin (French part)	33.8%	30.3%
11	Bermuda	33.7%	28.8%
12	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	33.5%	27.7%
13	Spain	33.5%	26.9%
14	Saint Helena	32.8%	31.6%
15	Andorra	32.5%	23.6%
16	Greece	32.5%	27.7%
17	Portugal	32.1%	28.3%
18	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	31.3%	20.7%
19	Isle of Man	31.1%	28.2%
20	Monaco	31.0%	34.8%
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.9%	27.0%
22	Germany	29.8%	28.3%
23	Guernsey	29.7%	26.8%
24	Slovenia	29.7%	26.1%
25	Liechtenstein	29.4%	26.6%
26	Austria	29.3%	26.1%
27	Cuba	29.3%	23.9%
28	China, Macao SAR	29.0%	21.9%
29	Croatia	28.9%	26.6%
30	Switzerland	28.4%	25.0%
31	China	27.9%	21.4%
32	Czechia	27.8%	23.2%
33	Estonia	27.5%	24.3%
34	Cook Islands	27.5%	22.7%
35	Poland	27.5%	23.3%
36	Bulgaria	27.4%	23.8%
37	Lithuania	27.3%	24.4%
38	Jersey	27.2%	23.9%
39	Finland	27.2%	26.7%
40	France	27.2%	25.4%
41	Latvia	27.2%	24.8%
42	Serbia	27.1%	24.9%
43	Thailand	27.1%	21.7%
44	Northern Mariana Islands	27.1%	20.6%
45	Slovakia	26.8%	22.1%
46	Belgium	26.8%	24.4%
47	United States Virgin Islands	26.5%	26.3%
48	Malta	26.4%	22.8%
49	Romania	26.4%	22.0%
50	Hungary	26.3%	22.2%
51	Albania	26.1%	22.7%
52	Netherlands	25.9%	24.2%
53	Réunion	25.7%	22.2%
54	Wallis and Futuna Islands	25.6%	19.7%
55	Denmark	25.6%	23.9%
56	Norway	25.4%	22.4%
57	Ukraine	25.3%	22.1%
58	Montserrat	25.3%	23.2%
59	North Macedonia	25.3%	22.1%
60	Saint Barthélemy	25.2%	22.7%
61	Aruba	25.0%	23.0%
62	Anguilla	24.7%	18.6%
63	Canada	24.7%	23.4%
64	Sweden	24.7%	23.1%
65	Belarus	24.7%	21.9%
66	French Polynesia	24.5%	18.1%
67	Montenegro	24.2%	21.3%
68	United Kingdom	23.6%	22.0%
69	Luxembourg	23.6%	19.7%
70	Ireland	23.4%	19.2%
71	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23.4%	20.2%
72	Chile	23.4%	18.7%
73	Holy See	23.4%	32.1%
74	Barbados	23.3%	20.8%
75	Curaçao	23.2%	21.3%
76	Singapore	23.0%	18.4%
77	New Zealand	23.0%	20.9%
78	Mauritius	23.0%	18.9%
79	Australia	22.7%	20.7%
80	Turks and Caicos Islands	22.7%	16.1%
81	Gibraltar	22.6%	20.2%
82	United States of America	22.3%	21.2%
83	British Virgin Islands	22.3%	14.9%
84	Cyprus	22.1%	17.8%
85	Antigua and Barbuda	22.0%	17.5%
86	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	21.9%	19.1%
87	Cayman Islands	21.9%	15.3%
88	Russian Federation	21.9%	20.2%
89	Uruguay	21.7%	18.5%
90	Iceland	21.6%	18.8%
91	Costa Rica	21.6%	17.2%
92	Armenia	21.0%	18.7%
93	Faroe Islands	20.7%	19.4%
94	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	20.7%	16.8%
95	Trinidad and Tobago	19.9%	16.8%
96	Republic of Moldova	19.9%	19.1%
97	New Caledonia	19.6%	15.4%
98	Bahamas	19.5%	15.8%
99	Georgia	19.4%	18.1%
100	Palau	19.3%	16.0%
101	Brazil	19.3%	15.1%
102	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	19.0%	14.2%
103	Türkiye	18.6%	14.1%
104	Guam	18.4%	16.7%
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18.1%	15.1%
106	American Samoa	18.1%	13.5%
107	Sri Lanka	18.0%	15.2%
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17.9%	15.6%
109	Colombia	17.8%	14.0%
110	Saint Lucia	17.7%	13.7%
111	Tunisia	17.5%	13.5%
112	Argentina	17.4%	14.3%
113	Dominica	17.4%	16.1%
114	Greenland	17.3%	17.9%
115	Grenada	17.1%	15.3%
116	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	17.0%	11.8%
117	Viet Nam	17.0%	13.2%
118	Panama	16.3%	12.7%
119	Azerbaijan	15.8%	13.4%
120	Jamaica	15.8%	11.9%
121	Brunei Darussalam	15.8%	10.7%
122	Seychelles	15.7%	11.7%
123	Peru	15.2%	11.7%
124	Lebanon	15.2%	13.2%
125	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15.1%	12.7%
126	Israel	14.9%	13.5%
127	Niue	14.9%	16.0%
128	Mexico	14.7%	11.2%
129	Ecuador	14.5%	11.0%
130	Maldives	14.1%	8.1%
131	Morocco	14.0%	11.0%
132	Malaysia	13.6%	10.5%
133	Suriname	13.4%	11.0%
134	Dominican Republic	13.3%	10.7%
135	Algeria	13.2%	9.4%
136	Indonesia	13.2%	10.1%
137	Cabo Verde	13.1%	10.1%
138	Libya	13.1%	7.9%
139	El Salvador	12.9%	10.1%
140	Kazakhstan	12.8%	11.3%
141	India	12.3%	9.4%
142	Bhutan	11.9%	8.4%
143	Western Sahara	11.9%	8.6%
144	Myanmar	11.8%	9.5%
145	French Guiana	11.1%	9.3%
146	Marshall Islands	11.0%	7.6%
147	Tokelau	10.9%	10.6%
148	Mongolia	10.9%	8.1%
149	Bangladesh	10.8%	8.3%
150	Guyana	10.6%	8.9%
151	Nicaragua	10.4%	7.4%
152	Paraguay	10.4%	8.6%
153	Belize	10.3%	7.2%
154	Jordan	10.2%	7.2%
155	Tuvalu	10.0%	10.2%
156	Tonga	10.0%	8.4%
157	Turkmenistan	9.6%	7.2%
158	South Africa	9.6%	8.2%
159	Philippines	9.5%	7.6%
160	Cambodia	9.3%	8.1%
161	Nepal	9.3%	7.5%
162	Uzbekistan	9.2%	7.8%
163	Kyrgyzstan	9.1%	7.9%
164	Fiji	8.9%	7.9%
165	Djibouti	8.7%	6.4%
166	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	8.5%	6.8%
167	Egypt	8.2%	6.6%
168	Samoa	8.2%	7.4%
169	Honduras	8.1%	5.7%
170	Lao People's Democratic Republic	8.0%	6.2%
171	Syrian Arab Republic	7.9%	6.0%
172	Guatemala	7.7%	6.0%
173	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.5%	7.3%
174	Bahrain	7.2%	5.6%
175	Haiti	7.1%	5.6%
176	Tajikistan	6.8%	5.7%
177	Kiribati	6.5%	5.9%
178	State of Palestine	6.5%	5.0%
179	Botswana	6.4%	4.9%
180	Iraq	6.3%	4.6%
181	Ghana	6.3%	4.9%
182	Papua New Guinea	6.3%	4.8%
183	Saudi Arabia	6.2%	4.2%
184	Gabon	6.1%	4.8%
185	Timor-Leste	6.1%	5.2%
186	Solomon Islands	6.0%	4.4%
187	Namibia	5.9%	4.6%
188	Eswatini	5.8%	5.0%
189	Vanuatu	5.8%	5.1%
190	Kuwait	5.6%	4.2%
191	Comoros	5.6%	4.6%
192	Sao Tome and Principe	5.6%	4.4%
193	Pakistan	5.6%	5.0%
194	Eritrea	5.5%	4.8%
195	Mayotte	5.4%	3.7%
196	Equatorial Guinea	5.4%	4.5%
197	South Sudan	5.3%	3.9%
198	Senegal	5.0%	4.1%
199	Congo	4.9%	3.9%
200	Rwanda	4.9%	4.3%
201	Ethiopia	4.8%	4.0%
202	Kenya	4.8%	3.7%
203	Nauru	4.8%	4.2%
204	Madagascar	4.8%	4.0%
205	Oman	4.7%	3.2%
206	Gambia	4.7%	4.2%
207	Guinea-Bissau	4.7%	3.6%
208	Sierra Leone	4.7%	3.8%
209	Sudan	4.7%	4.0%
210	Togo	4.7%	3.8%
211	Lesotho	4.4%	3.9%
212	Liberia	4.3%	3.7%
213	Benin	4.2%	3.6%
214	Yemen	4.1%	3.0%
215	Guinea	4.1%	3.7%
216	Mauritania	4.1%	3.5%
217	Cameroon	4.0%	3.1%
218	Nigeria	4.0%	3.3%
219	Côte d'Ivoire	3.9%	3.1%
220	United Republic of Tanzania	3.9%	3.1%
221	Zambia	3.8%	2.6%
222	Zimbabwe	3.8%	3.1%
223	Burkina Faso	3.8%	3.1%
224	Malawi	3.7%	2.8%
225	Angola	3.6%	3.2%
226	Afghanistan	3.5%	2.8%
227	Uganda	3.5%	2.7%
228	Burundi	3.4%	2.7%
229	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.3%	3.2%
230	Somalia	3.1%	2.8%
231	Niger	3.1%	2.8%
232	Mozambique	3.0%	2.6%
233	Chad	2.9%	2.4%
234	Mali	2.9%	2.3%
235	United Arab Emirates	2.6%	2.6%
236	Qatar	2.2%	1.8%
237	Central African Republic	2.1%	2.3%

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