Share aged 65+ by country, 2049

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

◀▶2049

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2039
1	China, Hong Kong SAR	44.8%	36.2%
2	Republic of Korea	39.0%	32.6%
3	China, Taiwan Province of China	37.9%	30.6%
4	Japan	37.1%	34.5%
5	San Marino	36.9%	34.0%
6	Italy	36.6%	33.3%
7	Puerto Rico	36.2%	32.3%
8	Andorra	35.9%	28.2%
9	Spain	35.7%	30.1%
10	Bermuda	35.5%	31.7%
11	Martinique	35.5%	36.9%
12	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	35.1%	31.5%
13	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	34.6%	26.6%
14	Greece	34.4%	30.2%
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.4%	28.3%
16	Guadeloupe	33.1%	33.4%
17	Saint Martin (French part)	33.0%	33.5%
18	Portugal	32.9%	30.2%
19	China, Macao SAR	32.6%	26.2%
20	Saint Helena	32.5%	33.5%
21	Isle of Man	31.6%	30.4%
22	Slovenia	31.4%	27.8%
23	Poland	30.7%	24.9%
24	Austria	30.5%	28.2%
25	Guernsey	30.4%	29.0%
26	Croatia	30.3%	27.6%
27	Germany	30.2%	29.5%
28	China	30.1%	25.7%
29	Switzerland	29.8%	27.1%
30	Cuba	29.7%	27.8%
31	Liechtenstein	29.7%	28.6%
32	Malta	29.4%	24.2%
33	Slovakia	29.3%	24.0%
34	Czechia	29.2%	24.9%
35	Estonia	29.1%	26.0%
36	Thailand	29.1%	24.8%
37	Monaco	29.0%	33.1%
38	Bulgaria	28.9%	25.4%
39	Serbia	28.6%	25.8%
40	Jersey	28.5%	25.9%
41	Latvia	28.4%	26.2%
42	Lithuania	28.1%	26.2%
43	Ukraine	28.0%	23.5%
44	Finland	27.9%	26.8%
45	Cook Islands	27.7%	26.1%
46	Belgium	27.6%	25.9%
47	Anguilla	27.5%	22.1%
48	France	27.5%	26.8%
49	Romania	27.5%	24.2%
50	French Polynesia	27.5%	21.6%
51	Albania	27.3%	24.8%
52	Hungary	27.3%	23.6%
53	North Macedonia	27.1%	23.7%
54	Northern Mariana Islands	27.1%	25.0%
55	British Virgin Islands	26.9%	18.4%
56	Wallis and Futuna Islands	26.8%	22.9%
57	Belarus	26.6%	23.3%
58	Norway	26.4%	24.3%
59	Réunion	26.4%	24.5%
60	United States Virgin Islands	26.2%	26.8%
61	Netherlands	26.1%	25.6%
62	Montenegro	26.1%	22.7%
63	Turks and Caicos Islands	25.9%	19.4%
64	Singapore	25.8%	20.7%
65	Chile	25.8%	21.1%
66	Ireland	25.7%	21.2%
67	Saint Barthélemy	25.7%	24.5%
68	Denmark	25.6%	24.9%
69	Mauritius	25.6%	20.6%
70	Luxembourg	25.5%	21.8%
71	Canada	25.4%	24.2%
72	Cyprus	25.4%	19.8%
73	Sweden	25.4%	24.1%
74	Montserrat	25.2%	24.4%
75	Aruba	25.1%	24.5%
76	Cayman Islands	24.6%	18.8%
77	United Kingdom	24.4%	23.2%
78	Costa Rica	24.3%	19.4%
79	Barbados	24.2%	22.4%
80	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23.9%	22.3%
81	Antigua and Barbuda	23.8%	20.1%
82	Gibraltar	23.7%	21.3%
83	New Zealand	23.7%	22.4%
84	Curaçao	23.6%	22.6%
85	Australia	23.5%	22.0%
86	Iceland	23.4%	20.2%
87	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	23.4%	20.7%
88	Russian Federation	23.2%	21.0%
89	Armenia	23.1%	19.8%
90	Uruguay	23.0%	19.8%
91	United States of America	22.9%	21.9%
92	Trinidad and Tobago	22.9%	18.2%
93	Holy See	22.8%	27.2%
94	Brazil	21.7%	17.1%
95	Türkiye	21.4%	15.9%
96	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	21.2%	16.6%
97	New Caledonia	21.2%	17.8%
98	Faroe Islands	21.2%	20.1%
99	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	21.2%	19.8%
100	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	21.0%	14.2%
101	Republic of Moldova	20.9%	19.4%
102	Bahamas	20.7%	18.0%
103	Georgia	20.4%	18.7%
104	Palau	20.2%	17.9%
105	Colombia	19.9%	15.9%
106	Saint Kitts and Nevis	19.9%	16.6%
107	Sri Lanka	19.8%	16.5%
108	Saint Lucia	19.7%	15.8%
109	Tunisia	19.7%	15.4%
110	Maldives	19.4%	10.7%
111	Argentina	19.3%	15.6%
112	Viet Nam	19.2%	15.2%
113	Grenada	19.1%	16.2%
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	18.9%	16.8%
115	American Samoa	18.8%	16.1%
116	Brunei Darussalam	18.5%	13.2%
117	Guam	18.4%	18.1%
118	Jamaica	18.4%	13.8%
119	Seychelles	18.2%	13.6%
120	Dominica	18.2%	17.5%
121	Panama	18.0%	14.6%
122	Greenland	17.5%	18.2%
123	Azerbaijan	17.4%	14.8%
124	Peru	17.1%	13.4%
125	Ecuador	16.5%	12.7%
126	Mexico	16.4%	13.0%
127	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	16.1%	13.9%
128	Lebanon	16.1%	14.4%
129	Malaysia	16.0%	11.9%
130	Morocco	15.8%	12.4%
131	Cabo Verde	15.6%	11.4%
132	Algeria	15.5%	11.2%
133	Israel	15.5%	14.2%
134	Libya	15.4%	10.5%
135	Bhutan	14.9%	9.8%
136	Indonesia	14.7%	11.7%
137	Western Sahara	14.7%	10.1%
138	Dominican Republic	14.6%	12.0%
139	Suriname	14.5%	12.5%
140	El Salvador	14.3%	11.4%
141	India	14.1%	10.7%
142	Niue	13.7%	15.0%
143	Kazakhstan	13.5%	12.1%
144	Myanmar	13.1%	10.7%
145	Bangladesh	12.8%	9.4%
146	Marshall Islands	12.6%	9.3%
147	Nicaragua	12.2%	8.8%
148	Belize	12.2%	8.7%
149	Mongolia	12.1%	9.5%
150	Tokelau	12.0%	10.8%
151	French Guiana	12.0%	10.4%
152	Paraguay	11.9%	9.5%
153	Jordan	11.6%	8.8%
154	Guyana	11.1%	9.9%
155	Cambodia	11.1%	8.8%
156	Philippines	10.8%	8.5%
157	South Africa	10.8%	8.8%
158	Nepal	10.6%	8.3%
159	Tonga	10.5%	9.5%
160	Turkmenistan	10.4%	8.6%
161	Fiji	10.2%	8.3%
162	Uzbekistan	10.0%	8.5%
163	Kyrgyzstan	9.8%	8.6%
164	Djibouti	9.7%	7.5%
165	Honduras	9.7%	6.7%
166	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	9.5%	7.6%
167	Lao People's Democratic Republic	9.4%	7.0%
168	Egypt	9.3%	7.3%
169	Guatemala	9.1%	6.7%
170	Syrian Arab Republic	8.9%	6.9%
171	Tuvalu	8.8%	10.7%
172	Bahrain	8.2%	6.3%
173	Samoa	8.1%	8.1%
174	Haiti	8.0%	6.3%
175	Saudi Arabia	7.7%	5.0%
176	State of Palestine	7.6%	5.7%
177	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.6%	7.5%
178	Tajikistan	7.5%	6.3%
179	Botswana	7.3%	5.6%
180	Iraq	7.2%	5.5%
181	Kiribati	7.2%	6.3%
182	Ghana	7.1%	5.6%
183	Papua New Guinea	7.1%	5.6%
184	Eswatini	7.0%	5.2%
185	Gabon	6.9%	5.3%
186	Solomon Islands	6.8%	5.1%
187	Namibia	6.7%	5.2%
188	Timor-Leste	6.6%	5.8%
189	Sao Tome and Principe	6.5%	4.9%
190	Vanuatu	6.5%	5.7%
191	Kuwait	6.4%	4.9%
192	Mayotte	6.4%	4.4%
193	Comoros	6.3%	5.0%
194	Pakistan	6.2%	5.3%
195	Oman	6.0%	3.7%
196	Equatorial Guinea	6.0%	4.9%
197	Rwanda	5.9%	4.4%
198	South Sudan	5.9%	4.6%
199	Nauru	5.8%	4.4%
200	Eritrea	5.7%	5.1%
201	Senegal	5.7%	4.5%
202	Kenya	5.5%	4.2%
203	Lesotho	5.5%	4.0%
204	Guinea-Bissau	5.4%	4.1%
205	Congo	5.3%	4.4%
206	Sierra Leone	5.3%	4.2%
207	Ethiopia	5.2%	4.3%
208	Gambia	5.2%	4.5%
209	Madagascar	5.2%	4.4%
210	Sudan	5.1%	4.4%
211	Togo	5.1%	4.2%
212	Zimbabwe	5.0%	3.2%
213	Yemen	4.9%	3.5%
214	Liberia	4.8%	3.9%
215	Cameroon	4.6%	3.5%
216	Zambia	4.6%	3.1%
217	Benin	4.6%	3.9%
218	Malawi	4.6%	3.1%
219	Guinea	4.5%	3.9%
220	Côte d'Ivoire	4.5%	3.4%
221	Burkina Faso	4.5%	3.4%
222	Mauritania	4.5%	3.8%
223	Nigeria	4.4%	3.6%
224	United Republic of Tanzania	4.3%	3.4%
225	Burundi	4.3%	2.9%
226	Uganda	4.1%	3.1%
227	Afghanistan	3.9%	3.1%
228	Angola	3.9%	3.4%
229	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.5%	3.3%
230	Somalia	3.4%	2.9%
231	Niger	3.4%	2.9%
232	Mali	3.4%	2.5%
233	Mozambique	3.4%	2.8%
234	Chad	3.1%	2.7%
235	Qatar	2.9%	1.9%
236	United Arab Emirates	2.2%	2.7%
237	Central African Republic	2.0%	2.3%

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