Share aged 65+ by country, 2064
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+ | 2054 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 56.2% | 49.1% |
| 2 | China, Macao SAR | 46.0% | 38.2% |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 44.9% | 40.6% |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 43.4% | 37.8% |
| 5 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 42.7% | 39.8% |
| 6 | Andorra | 41.6% | 38.0% |
| 7 | Malta | 40.0% | 33.3% |
| 8 | Singapore | 38.4% | 29.0% |
| 9 | Albania | 38.2% | 29.8% |
| 10 | Maldives | 38.2% | 26.7% |
| 11 | China | 38.2% | 33.5% |
| 12 | Poland | 37.0% | 33.8% |
| 13 | Japan | 36.8% | 37.4% |
| 14 | Italy | 36.2% | 36.9% |
| 15 | Bermuda | 36.1% | 36.3% |
| 16 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 35.9% | 36.0% |
| 17 | Ukraine | 35.8% | 31.6% |
| 18 | Spain | 35.6% | 36.4% |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35.3% | 34.7% |
| 20 | Chile | 35.0% | 28.6% |
| 21 | Lithuania | 34.5% | 30.0% |
| 22 | Mauritius | 33.9% | 27.7% |
| 23 | French Polynesia | 33.9% | 30.6% |
| 24 | British Virgin Islands | 33.6% | 30.4% |
| 25 | Cuba | 33.5% | 31.3% |
| 26 | Greece | 33.2% | 34.5% |
| 27 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 33.2% | 35.3% |
| 28 | Slovakia | 33.2% | 31.5% |
| 29 | Cyprus | 33.0% | 29.2% |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 32.9% | 27.4% |
| 31 | San Marino | 32.7% | 35.9% |
| 32 | Estonia | 32.6% | 31.4% |
| 33 | Thailand | 32.6% | 30.3% |
| 34 | Austria | 32.5% | 31.4% |
| 35 | Croatia | 32.2% | 31.2% |
| 36 | Belarus | 31.8% | 29.5% |
| 37 | Guernsey | 31.7% | 31.1% |
| 38 | Isle of Man | 31.6% | 31.8% |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 31.6% | 28.8% |
| 40 | Switzerland | 31.4% | 30.9% |
| 41 | Slovenia | 31.4% | 32.3% |
| 42 | Serbia | 31.4% | 29.8% |
| 43 | Latvia | 31.4% | 30.4% |
| 44 | Anguilla | 31.3% | 29.6% |
| 45 | Portugal | 31.0% | 32.7% |
| 46 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 30.9% | 28.4% |
| 47 | Saint Helena | 30.6% | 31.2% |
| 48 | Finland | 30.5% | 28.7% |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 30.5% | 30.6% |
| 50 | Iceland | 30.3% | 25.3% |
| 51 | Curaçao | 30.3% | 24.5% |
| 52 | Germany | 30.3% | 30.5% |
| 53 | Armenia | 30.0% | 26.2% |
| 54 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29.9% | 25.5% |
| 55 | Martinique | 29.9% | 34.3% |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 29.9% | 27.2% |
| 57 | Czechia | 29.8% | 30.2% |
| 58 | Norway | 29.8% | 27.7% |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.7% | 25.7% |
| 60 | Jamaica | 29.6% | 21.6% |
| 61 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 29.3% | 25.4% |
| 62 | Uruguay | 29.2% | 24.6% |
| 63 | Montenegro | 29.2% | 27.6% |
| 64 | Liechtenstein | 29.2% | 29.7% |
| 65 | Belgium | 29.0% | 28.1% |
| 66 | Romania | 29.0% | 28.9% |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.8% | 26.0% |
| 68 | Türkiye | 28.8% | 23.8% |
| 69 | Grenada | 28.7% | 22.9% |
| 70 | Jersey | 28.6% | 29.0% |
| 71 | Netherlands | 28.5% | 26.6% |
| 72 | Sweden | 28.5% | 26.5% |
| 73 | Montserrat | 28.3% | 27.1% |
| 74 | Saint Barthélemy | 28.2% | 26.6% |
| 75 | Guadeloupe | 28.1% | 31.8% |
| 76 | Cayman Islands | 28.1% | 26.6% |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 78 | Hungary | 28.0% | 27.7% |
| 79 | Canada | 27.9% | 26.1% |
| 80 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 27.9% | 23.6% |
| 81 | Colombia | 27.9% | 22.2% |
| 82 | Brazil | 27.7% | 24.1% |
| 83 | Denmark | 27.5% | 25.8% |
| 84 | Ireland | 27.4% | 26.8% |
| 85 | Gibraltar | 27.1% | 24.7% |
| 86 | France | 27.0% | 27.5% |
| 87 | New Zealand | 26.8% | 24.7% |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 26.6% | 25.1% |
| 89 | Barbados | 26.6% | 24.8% |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.0% | 22.3% |
| 91 | Australia | 25.8% | 24.5% |
| 92 | Bhutan | 25.8% | 18.7% |
| 93 | Réunion | 25.7% | 26.8% |
| 94 | Argentina | 25.6% | 21.3% |
| 95 | Cabo Verde | 25.6% | 19.0% |
| 96 | Aruba | 25.5% | 25.3% |
| 97 | Seychelles | 25.5% | 21.0% |
| 98 | Tunisia | 25.3% | 22.1% |
| 99 | Bahamas | 25.2% | 22.1% |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 25.0% | 21.2% |
| 101 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 24.9% | 24.4% |
| 102 | Viet Nam | 24.9% | 21.7% |
| 103 | United States of America | 24.8% | 23.5% |
| 104 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 24.8% | 26.6% |
| 105 | Russian Federation | 24.8% | 25.3% |
| 106 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 24.7% | 22.0% |
| 107 | Monaco | 24.5% | 27.2% |
| 108 | Republic of Moldova | 24.3% | 23.4% |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 24.1% | 22.6% |
| 110 | Georgia | 23.9% | 21.9% |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 23.8% | 21.1% |
| 112 | United States Virgin Islands | 23.8% | 25.5% |
| 113 | Ecuador | 23.5% | 18.8% |
| 114 | Faroe Islands | 23.5% | 22.0% |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 23.3% | 19.9% |
| 116 | Peru | 23.3% | 19.2% |
| 117 | Malaysia | 23.3% | 18.7% |
| 118 | Dominica | 23.1% | 19.6% |
| 119 | Panama | 22.6% | 19.6% |
| 120 | El Salvador | 22.2% | 15.8% |
| 121 | Greenland | 22.2% | 18.7% |
| 122 | Mexico | 22.1% | 18.2% |
| 123 | Saint Martin (French part) | 21.4% | 30.9% |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.4% | 19.5% |
| 125 | Holy See | 21.4% | 22.1% |
| 126 | Morocco | 21.0% | 17.8% |
| 127 | Cook Islands | 20.8% | 27.3% |
| 128 | Palau | 20.7% | 20.7% |
| 129 | Northern Mariana Islands | 20.7% | 25.7% |
| 130 | India | 20.4% | 16.1% |
| 131 | Belize | 20.4% | 14.6% |
| 132 | Algeria | 19.6% | 17.6% |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 19.5% | 15.1% |
| 134 | Guam | 19.3% | 18.3% |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 19.2% | 16.0% |
| 136 | Libya | 18.6% | 16.9% |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 18.5% | 14.3% |
| 138 | Lebanon | 18.5% | 16.8% |
| 139 | Western Sahara | 18.5% | 17.0% |
| 140 | Indonesia | 18.1% | 15.9% |
| 141 | Suriname | 18.0% | 15.7% |
| 142 | Tokelau | 17.5% | 13.0% |
| 143 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 17.5% | 16.9% |
| 144 | Paraguay | 17.4% | 13.7% |
| 145 | Israel | 16.7% | 16.0% |
| 146 | Myanmar | 16.7% | 14.4% |
| 147 | Philippines | 16.3% | 12.2% |
| 148 | Nepal | 16.2% | 12.1% |
| 149 | American Samoa | 16.2% | 18.8% |
| 150 | Jordan | 16.0% | 13.2% |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 15.5% | 14.6% |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 15.5% | 11.8% |
| 153 | Cambodia | 15.3% | 12.8% |
| 154 | Guatemala | 15.3% | 10.9% |
| 155 | Honduras | 15.1% | 11.4% |
| 156 | Mongolia | 15.0% | 13.8% |
| 157 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.0% | 11.2% |
| 158 | Guyana | 14.8% | 11.5% |
| 159 | South Africa | 14.1% | 12.2% |
| 160 | Fiji | 13.5% | 11.4% |
| 161 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13.5% | 10.7% |
| 162 | Syrian Arab Republic | 13.4% | 10.0% |
| 163 | Kyrgyzstan | 13.2% | 11.0% |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 13.1% | 11.3% |
| 165 | Botswana | 12.9% | 8.8% |
| 166 | French Guiana | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 167 | Egypt | 12.8% | 10.7% |
| 168 | State of Palestine | 12.4% | 9.0% |
| 169 | Djibouti | 12.1% | 10.5% |
| 170 | Niue | 12.0% | 13.2% |
| 171 | Haiti | 11.7% | 9.2% |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| 173 | Timor-Leste | 11.3% | 8.0% |
| 174 | Saudi Arabia | 10.9% | 9.3% |
| 175 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 10.9% | 8.0% |
| 176 | Eswatini | 10.8% | 8.4% |
| 177 | Bahrain | 10.6% | 9.1% |
| 178 | Iraq | 10.3% | 8.0% |
| 179 | Namibia | 10.2% | 7.6% |
| 180 | Kiribati | 10.0% | 8.1% |
| 181 | Oman | 9.8% | 7.6% |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 9.6% | 8.0% |
| 183 | Lesotho | 9.5% | 7.1% |
| 184 | Ghana | 9.4% | 8.0% |
| 185 | Tonga | 9.4% | 10.7% |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 9.3% | 7.5% |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| 188 | Senegal | 9.0% | 6.6% |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 9.0% | 8.5% |
| 190 | Gabon | 8.7% | 7.8% |
| 191 | Pakistan | 8.6% | 6.9% |
| 192 | Rwanda | 8.6% | 6.9% |
| 193 | Gambia | 8.3% | 6.0% |
| 194 | Eritrea | 8.2% | 6.2% |
| 195 | Mayotte | 8.2% | 7.4% |
| 196 | Kenya | 8.1% | 6.3% |
| 197 | Comoros | 8.1% | 7.0% |
| 198 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.0% | 7.1% |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 7.9% | 5.9% |
| 200 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.8% | 6.2% |
| 201 | Samoa | 7.8% | 8.0% |
| 202 | Sierra Leone | 7.8% | 6.0% |
| 203 | Yemen | 7.7% | 5.9% |
| 204 | Sudan | 7.7% | 5.8% |
| 205 | Uganda | 7.6% | 4.9% |
| 206 | Malawi | 7.4% | 5.5% |
| 207 | Nauru | 7.2% | 6.9% |
| 208 | Madagascar | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| 209 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 210 | Guinea | 7.1% | 5.1% |
| 211 | Kuwait | 7.0% | 6.7% |
| 212 | Zambia | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| 213 | Burkina Faso | 6.6% | 5.2% |
| 214 | Cameroon | 6.5% | 5.2% |
| 215 | Togo | 6.4% | 5.5% |
| 216 | Mauritania | 6.4% | 5.1% |
| 217 | Congo | 6.3% | 5.7% |
| 218 | Benin | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| 219 | Marshall Islands | 6.3% | 12.8% |
| 220 | Liberia | 6.3% | 5.3% |
| 221 | Afghanistan | 6.2% | 4.4% |
| 222 | Zimbabwe | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| 223 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.0% | 4.8% |
| 224 | Burundi | 5.8% | 5.1% |
| 225 | South Sudan | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| 226 | Nigeria | 5.5% | 4.8% |
| 227 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.4% | 5.1% |
| 228 | Mozambique | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| 229 | Angola | 5.0% | 4.3% |
| 230 | Somalia | 4.8% | 3.8% |
| 231 | Niger | 4.8% | 3.7% |
| 232 | United Arab Emirates | 4.6% | 2.2% |
| 233 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| 234 | Chad | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| 235 | Mali | 4.4% | 3.7% |
| 236 | Qatar | 3.6% | 3.3% |
| 237 | Central African Republic | 3.2% | 2.2% |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.