Share aged 65+ by country, 2053

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

◀▶2053

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2043
1	China, Hong Kong SAR	48.3%	39.4%
2	Republic of Korea	40.3%	35.2%
3	China, Taiwan Province of China	39.4%	33.3%
4	Andorra	37.5%	31.8%
5	Puerto Rico	37.5%	33.9%
6	Japan	37.4%	36.1%
7	China, Macao SAR	36.9%	28.5%
8	Italy	36.8%	35.3%
9	Spain	36.3%	32.9%
10	San Marino	36.2%	36.1%
11	Bermuda	36.2%	33.4%
12	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	35.9%	30.4%
13	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	35.4%	33.2%
14	Martinique	34.6%	36.8%
15	Greece	34.5%	32.1%
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.5%	30.3%
17	Poland	33.3%	26.9%
18	Portugal	32.8%	31.8%
19	China	32.7%	27.6%
20	Malta	32.4%	25.9%
21	Slovenia	32.1%	29.3%
22	Guadeloupe	32.0%	33.9%
23	Isle of Man	31.8%	31.0%
24	Saint Martin (French part)	31.4%	34.0%
25	Austria	31.2%	29.1%
26	Croatia	31.1%	28.6%
27	Slovakia	31.1%	26.2%
28	Saint Helena	31.0%	33.1%
29	Ukraine	30.9%	24.9%
30	Estonia	30.9%	27.2%
31	Guernsey	30.9%	29.6%
32	Cuba	30.9%	29.3%
33	Switzerland	30.7%	28.2%
34	Germany	30.4%	29.7%
35	Bulgaria	30.2%	27.1%
36	Thailand	30.1%	26.7%
37	Czechia	30.0%	27.3%
38	French Polynesia	30.0%	24.0%
39	Latvia	29.9%	27.1%
40	British Virgin Islands	29.8%	21.4%
41	Liechtenstein	29.7%	29.3%
42	Serbia	29.6%	26.8%
43	Lithuania	29.6%	27.1%
44	Anguilla	29.4%	24.3%
45	Albania	29.1%	25.9%
46	Jersey	28.9%	27.0%
47	Belarus	28.9%	24.4%
48	Romania	28.6%	26.0%
49	Finland	28.5%	27.1%
50	Cyprus	28.4%	21.6%
51	North Macedonia	28.4%	25.0%
52	Singapore	28.2%	22.6%
53	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.0%	22.0%
54	Chile	28.0%	22.9%
55	Belgium	28.0%	26.6%
56	Hungary	27.6%	25.8%
57	Cook Islands	27.5%	27.4%
58	France	27.5%	27.1%
59	Monaco	27.5%	31.4%
60	Norway	27.4%	25.2%
61	Montenegro	27.4%	23.9%
62	Mauritius	27.1%	22.4%
63	Montserrat	26.9%	24.9%
64	Costa Rica	26.8%	21.2%
65	Luxembourg	26.8%	23.3%
66	Wallis and Futuna Islands	26.7%	25.2%
67	Réunion	26.7%	25.5%
68	Ireland	26.6%	22.9%
69	Netherlands	26.5%	25.8%
70	Cayman Islands	26.3%	21.3%
71	Saint Barthélemy	26.3%	25.2%
72	Sweden	26.2%	24.6%
73	Northern Mariana Islands	26.0%	26.8%
74	Canada	25.9%	24.6%
75	Denmark	25.7%	25.5%
76	United States Virgin Islands	25.6%	26.6%
77	Armenia	25.5%	20.7%
78	Antigua and Barbuda	25.4%	21.7%
79	Trinidad and Tobago	25.4%	19.5%
80	Aruba	25.2%	25.0%
81	Maldives	25.2%	13.3%
82	United Kingdom	25.0%	23.6%
83	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	24.9%	21.6%
84	Russian Federation	24.9%	21.7%
85	Iceland	24.8%	21.3%
86	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	24.7%	16.3%
87	Barbados	24.7%	23.2%
88	Gibraltar	24.5%	22.3%
89	New Zealand	24.5%	22.9%
90	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	24.4%	23.2%
91	Australia	24.3%	22.6%
92	Uruguay	24.2%	21.3%
93	Curaçao	24.2%	23.1%
94	Brazil	23.6%	18.8%
95	United States of America	23.4%	22.2%
96	Türkiye	23.3%	18.0%
97	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	23.1%	18.6%
98	Republic of Moldova	22.9%	19.8%
99	Holy See	22.4%	23.7%
100	New Caledonia	22.3%	19.3%
101	Grenada	22.1%	16.9%
102	Saint Kitts and Nevis	21.8%	17.8%
103	Bahamas	21.8%	19.2%
104	Faroe Islands	21.8%	20.7%
105	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	21.8%	20.6%
106	Colombia	21.7%	17.4%
107	Tunisia	21.7%	17.1%
108	Georgia	21.6%	19.2%
109	Saint Lucia	21.5%	17.3%
110	Viet Nam	21.2%	16.6%
111	Jamaica	21.0%	15.4%
112	Argentina	20.9%	17.0%
113	Sri Lanka	20.9%	17.7%
114	Palau	20.7%	19.1%
115	Brunei Darussalam	20.6%	15.3%
116	Seychelles	20.4%	15.3%
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19.4%	17.7%
118	Azerbaijan	19.3%	15.6%
119	Dominica	19.3%	17.5%
120	Panama	19.3%	16.0%
121	American Samoa	18.8%	17.7%
122	Peru	18.7%	14.8%
123	Ecuador	18.3%	14.1%
124	Guam	18.3%	18.4%
125	Greenland	18.3%	17.4%
126	Cabo Verde	18.2%	12.7%
127	Malaysia	18.1%	13.2%
128	Mexico	17.9%	14.4%
129	Bhutan	17.8%	11.4%
130	Morocco	17.4%	13.7%
131	Algeria	17.2%	12.7%
132	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	16.7%	14.9%
133	Lebanon	16.7%	15.0%
134	Western Sahara	16.7%	11.5%
135	Libya	16.6%	12.6%
136	Israel	15.9%	14.8%
137	India	15.7%	11.9%
138	Indonesia	15.7%	12.9%
139	Dominican Republic	15.7%	13.1%
140	Suriname	15.5%	13.2%
141	El Salvador	15.4%	12.6%
142	Bangladesh	14.7%	10.5%
143	Kazakhstan	14.4%	12.6%
144	Myanmar	14.2%	11.6%
145	Belize	14.1%	10.0%
146	Nicaragua	13.8%	10.1%
147	Niue	13.6%	15.0%
148	Mongolia	13.5%	10.6%
149	Paraguay	13.3%	10.2%
150	Marshall Islands	12.9%	10.6%
151	Tokelau	12.8%	10.9%
152	Jordan	12.8%	9.9%
153	French Guiana	12.6%	11.0%
154	Cambodia	12.5%	9.1%
155	Philippines	11.9%	9.3%
156	South Africa	11.9%	9.4%
157	Nepal	11.8%	9.1%
158	Turkmenistan	11.5%	9.4%
159	Guyana	11.4%	10.5%
160	Fiji	11.2%	8.7%
161	Uzbekistan	11.1%	9.1%
162	Honduras	11.0%	7.8%
163	Lao People's Democratic Republic	10.8%	7.8%
164	Kyrgyzstan	10.7%	9.0%
165	Tonga	10.7%	9.9%
166	Guatemala	10.5%	7.4%
167	Egypt	10.4%	8.0%
168	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	10.4%	8.3%
169	Djibouti	10.3%	8.4%
170	Syrian Arab Republic	9.8%	7.7%
171	Saudi Arabia	9.0%	5.9%
172	Haiti	9.0%	6.9%
173	Bahrain	8.9%	7.0%
174	State of Palestine	8.7%	6.3%
175	Tuvalu	8.6%	10.2%
176	Tajikistan	8.5%	6.7%
177	Botswana	8.5%	6.2%
178	Eswatini	8.1%	5.7%
179	Samoa	8.0%	8.2%
180	Kiribati	7.9%	6.4%
181	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.9%	7.5%
182	Iraq	7.8%	6.2%
183	Ghana	7.8%	6.1%
184	Papua New Guinea	7.8%	6.2%
185	Timor-Leste	7.7%	6.0%
186	Gabon	7.6%	5.9%
187	Solomon Islands	7.5%	5.8%
188	Namibia	7.4%	5.7%
189	Oman	7.3%	4.4%
190	Vanuatu	7.3%	6.0%
191	Mayotte	7.3%	5.2%
192	Sao Tome and Principe	7.0%	5.4%
193	Comoros	6.9%	5.5%
194	Kuwait	6.8%	5.5%
195	Pakistan	6.8%	5.5%
196	Lesotho	6.8%	4.2%
197	Nauru	6.7%	4.7%
198	Rwanda	6.7%	4.7%
199	Equatorial Guinea	6.6%	5.3%
200	Senegal	6.4%	4.9%
201	Eritrea	6.1%	5.4%
202	Guinea-Bissau	6.1%	4.6%
203	Kenya	6.1%	4.7%
204	Sierra Leone	5.9%	4.6%
205	Gambia	5.8%	4.7%
206	South Sudan	5.8%	5.2%
207	Yemen	5.7%	3.9%
208	Ethiopia	5.7%	4.7%
209	Zimbabwe	5.7%	3.6%
210	Congo	5.6%	4.8%
211	Sudan	5.6%	4.6%
212	Madagascar	5.6%	4.7%
213	Togo	5.5%	4.6%
214	Malawi	5.3%	3.5%
215	Zambia	5.2%	3.7%
216	Liberia	5.2%	4.2%
217	Cameroon	5.1%	3.9%
218	Guinea	5.0%	4.0%
219	Côte d'Ivoire	5.0%	3.8%
220	Burkina Faso	5.0%	3.7%
221	Burundi	5.0%	3.3%
222	Benin	5.0%	4.1%
223	Mauritania	4.9%	4.0%
224	Uganda	4.7%	3.4%
225	United Republic of Tanzania	4.7%	3.8%
226	Nigeria	4.7%	3.9%
227	Afghanistan	4.3%	3.4%
228	Angola	4.2%	3.6%
229	Mozambique	3.8%	3.0%
230	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.7%	3.3%
231	Somalia	3.7%	3.1%
232	Mali	3.7%	2.8%
233	Niger	3.6%	3.1%
234	Chad	3.4%	2.9%
235	Qatar	3.1%	2.1%
236	United Arab Emirates	2.1%	2.6%
237	Central African Republic	2.1%	2.1%

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