Share aged 65+ by country, 2076
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+ | 2066 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 58.3% | 56.9% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 52.5% | 45.2% |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 46.9% | 45.7% |
| 4 | China, Macao SAR | 46.7% | 46.6% |
| 5 | Andorra | 44.0% | 42.3% |
| 6 | Singapore | 43.7% | 40.2% |
| 7 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 42.4% | 42.7% |
| 8 | China | 42.1% | 38.7% |
| 9 | Albania | 41.8% | 39.5% |
| 10 | Malta | 40.0% | 40.3% |
| 11 | Chile | 39.4% | 36.0% |
| 12 | Ukraine | 39.0% | 36.2% |
| 13 | Mauritius | 39.0% | 34.9% |
| 14 | French Polynesia | 38.7% | 34.6% |
| 15 | Anguilla | 37.9% | 32.0% |
| 16 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 37.8% | 31.6% |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 37.6% | 33.9% |
| 18 | Bermuda | 37.3% | 36.2% |
| 19 | Poland | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 20 | Italy | 36.6% | 36.0% |
| 21 | Maldives | 36.6% | 38.4% |
| 22 | Saint Barthélemy | 36.5% | 28.9% |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.5% | 35.5% |
| 24 | Japan | 36.5% | 36.6% |
| 25 | Lithuania | 36.4% | 35.1% |
| 26 | Spain | 35.5% | 35.3% |
| 27 | Cuba | 35.4% | 33.9% |
| 28 | Jamaica | 35.2% | 30.8% |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | 35.1% | 33.7% |
| 30 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 34.7% | 29.0% |
| 31 | Thailand | 34.6% | 32.8% |
| 32 | Uruguay | 34.0% | 30.1% |
| 33 | Curaçao | 34.0% | 31.3% |
| 34 | Greece | 33.9% | 32.9% |
| 35 | Croatia | 33.7% | 32.4% |
| 36 | Isle of Man | 33.6% | 31.7% |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 33.5% | 32.0% |
| 38 | Iceland | 33.2% | 30.9% |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.2% | 30.4% |
| 40 | Estonia | 33.0% | 32.3% |
| 41 | Grenada | 33.0% | 29.7% |
| 42 | Türkiye | 32.9% | 29.8% |
| 43 | San Marino | 32.7% | 32.3% |
| 44 | Cyprus | 32.6% | 33.1% |
| 45 | Colombia | 32.6% | 29.0% |
| 46 | Latvia | 32.5% | 31.3% |
| 47 | Guernsey | 32.4% | 31.8% |
| 48 | Finland | 32.4% | 30.6% |
| 49 | Belarus | 32.4% | 31.7% |
| 50 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 32.3% | 24.8% |
| 51 | Slovakia | 32.1% | 33.1% |
| 52 | Austria | 32.0% | 32.3% |
| 53 | Serbia | 32.0% | 31.4% |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 31.6% | 29.0% |
| 55 | Norway | 31.6% | 30.0% |
| 56 | Cabo Verde | 31.5% | 26.4% |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 31.4% | 31.1% |
| 58 | Saint Helena | 31.3% | 30.5% |
| 59 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 31.1% | 29.6% |
| 60 | Montenegro | 31.1% | 29.4% |
| 61 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 30.9% | 30.1% |
| 62 | Netherlands | 30.9% | 29.0% |
| 63 | Bhutan | 30.8% | 26.8% |
| 64 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 30.7% | 34.7% |
| 65 | Switzerland | 30.5% | 31.2% |
| 66 | Brazil | 30.4% | 28.3% |
| 67 | Belgium | 30.4% | 29.0% |
| 68 | Luxembourg | 30.4% | 30.0% |
| 69 | Argentina | 30.3% | 26.4% |
| 70 | Portugal | 30.3% | 30.8% |
| 71 | Slovenia | 30.2% | 31.0% |
| 72 | Ireland | 30.1% | 27.6% |
| 73 | Martinique | 30.1% | 29.2% |
| 74 | Gibraltar | 30.0% | 27.7% |
| 75 | Sweden | 30.0% | 28.5% |
| 76 | Montserrat | 29.8% | 27.9% |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.7% | 29.0% |
| 78 | Germany | 29.6% | 30.1% |
| 79 | Armenia | 29.5% | 30.0% |
| 80 | Denmark | 29.5% | 27.8% |
| 81 | Barbados | 29.5% | 27.2% |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 29.5% | 30.2% |
| 83 | Romania | 29.5% | 28.9% |
| 84 | Canada | 29.4% | 28.3% |
| 85 | Guadeloupe | 29.2% | 27.5% |
| 86 | Liechtenstein | 29.1% | 29.0% |
| 87 | Aruba | 28.8% | 25.7% |
| 88 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 28.8% | 25.0% |
| 89 | Jersey | 28.7% | 28.4% |
| 90 | Czechia | 28.7% | 29.2% |
| 91 | New Zealand | 28.6% | 27.0% |
| 92 | France | 28.6% | 27.0% |
| 93 | United Kingdom | 28.5% | 26.8% |
| 94 | Ecuador | 28.4% | 24.4% |
| 95 | El Salvador | 28.1% | 23.6% |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 27.9% | 27.9% |
| 97 | Réunion | 27.7% | 25.4% |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 27.5% | 24.3% |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.5% | 26.7% |
| 100 | Tunisia | 27.5% | 25.6% |
| 101 | Bahamas | 27.5% | 25.5% |
| 102 | Hungary | 27.5% | 27.7% |
| 103 | Peru | 27.3% | 24.0% |
| 104 | Malaysia | 27.3% | 24.1% |
| 105 | Faroe Islands | 26.8% | 24.0% |
| 106 | United States of America | 26.7% | 25.0% |
| 107 | Australia | 26.5% | 25.9% |
| 108 | Mexico | 26.5% | 22.9% |
| 109 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 26.5% | 25.2% |
| 110 | New Caledonia | 26.3% | 24.4% |
| 111 | Brunei Darussalam | 26.2% | 25.4% |
| 112 | Viet Nam | 26.1% | 24.9% |
| 113 | Panama | 26.0% | 23.2% |
| 114 | Belize | 25.9% | 21.6% |
| 115 | Dominica | 25.3% | 23.5% |
| 116 | Seychelles | 25.2% | 25.8% |
| 117 | India | 25.1% | 21.3% |
| 118 | Georgia | 25.1% | 24.0% |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 25.0% | 20.4% |
| 120 | United States Virgin Islands | 25.0% | 23.6% |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 24.4% | 23.2% |
| 122 | Morocco | 24.3% | 21.4% |
| 123 | Monaco | 24.2% | 24.4% |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.1% | 21.8% |
| 125 | Holy See | 23.8% | 21.7% |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 23.8% | 24.2% |
| 127 | Lebanon | 23.4% | 19.1% |
| 128 | Republic of Moldova | 23.2% | 23.6% |
| 129 | Tokelau | 22.8% | 18.5% |
| 130 | Northern Mariana Islands | 22.8% | 19.7% |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 22.7% | 19.3% |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 22.4% | 19.8% |
| 133 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 22.3% | 17.9% |
| 134 | Libya | 22.2% | 19.0% |
| 135 | Nepal | 22.0% | 17.2% |
| 136 | Greenland | 21.8% | 22.3% |
| 137 | Suriname | 21.8% | 18.8% |
| 138 | Palau | 21.3% | 20.2% |
| 139 | Philippines | 21.3% | 17.1% |
| 140 | Indonesia | 20.9% | 18.5% |
| 141 | Algeria | 20.7% | 19.5% |
| 142 | Guam | 20.7% | 19.4% |
| 143 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20.3% | 14.7% |
| 144 | Guatemala | 20.2% | 16.2% |
| 145 | Cook Islands | 20.1% | 18.6% |
| 146 | Paraguay | 19.8% | 17.9% |
| 147 | Jordan | 19.5% | 16.3% |
| 148 | American Samoa | 19.5% | 15.6% |
| 149 | Western Sahara | 19.2% | 18.5% |
| 150 | Honduras | 19.1% | 15.9% |
| 151 | Myanmar | 19.1% | 17.1% |
| 152 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 18.6% | 15.8% |
| 153 | Israel | 18.5% | 16.8% |
| 154 | Guyana | 17.8% | 15.5% |
| 155 | Saint Martin (French part) | 17.7% | 19.1% |
| 156 | Cambodia | 17.5% | 15.6% |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 16.9% | 12.2% |
| 158 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 16.4% | 14.0% |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 16.1% | 15.8% |
| 160 | State of Palestine | 16.1% | 13.0% |
| 161 | Mongolia | 16.0% | 14.9% |
| 162 | Kazakhstan | 15.9% | 15.3% |
| 163 | Fiji | 15.8% | 13.7% |
| 164 | Botswana | 15.7% | 13.6% |
| 165 | Egypt | 15.6% | 13.2% |
| 166 | Niue | 15.6% | 11.8% |
| 167 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.1% | 13.4% |
| 168 | South Africa | 15.1% | 14.3% |
| 169 | French Guiana | 15.1% | 13.0% |
| 170 | Djibouti | 15.0% | 12.5% |
| 171 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 14.2% | 11.5% |
| 172 | Haiti | 14.1% | 12.1% |
| 173 | Eswatini | 13.5% | 11.3% |
| 174 | Iraq | 13.4% | 10.8% |
| 175 | Uzbekistan | 13.1% | 13.1% |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 13.1% | 11.7% |
| 177 | Tonga | 13.1% | 9.5% |
| 178 | Saudi Arabia | 12.9% | 11.1% |
| 179 | Bahrain | 12.7% | 10.9% |
| 180 | Eritrea | 12.6% | 8.8% |
| 181 | Senegal | 12.2% | 9.5% |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 12.0% | 9.6% |
| 183 | Namibia | 12.0% | 10.6% |
| 184 | Rwanda | 11.8% | 9.0% |
| 185 | Lesotho | 11.8% | 9.8% |
| 186 | Ghana | 11.6% | 9.7% |
| 187 | Uganda | 11.5% | 8.3% |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.5% | 8.4% |
| 189 | Gambia | 11.4% | 8.7% |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 11.4% | 9.9% |
| 191 | Pakistan | 11.2% | 9.0% |
| 192 | Kenya | 11.1% | 8.5% |
| 193 | Vanuatu | 11.1% | 9.5% |
| 194 | Oman | 11.0% | 10.0% |
| 195 | Kiribati | 11.0% | 10.2% |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 10.9% | 8.3% |
| 197 | Sierra Leone | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| 198 | Malawi | 10.6% | 7.8% |
| 199 | Comoros | 10.5% | 8.5% |
| 200 | Guinea-Bissau | 10.3% | 8.2% |
| 201 | Sudan | 10.1% | 8.2% |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 10.0% | 9.0% |
| 203 | Gabon | 9.9% | 8.7% |
| 204 | Mayotte | 9.7% | 8.2% |
| 205 | Yemen | 9.6% | 8.0% |
| 206 | Samoa | 9.5% | 7.8% |
| 207 | South Sudan | 9.5% | 6.1% |
| 208 | Guinea | 9.3% | 7.5% |
| 209 | Burkina Faso | 9.3% | 6.9% |
| 210 | Marshall Islands | 9.2% | 5.1% |
| 211 | Madagascar | 9.1% | 7.5% |
| 212 | Zambia | 9.0% | 7.1% |
| 213 | Zimbabwe | 9.0% | 6.5% |
| 214 | Liberia | 9.0% | 6.7% |
| 215 | Mauritania | 8.8% | 6.7% |
| 216 | Afghanistan | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 217 | United Arab Emirates | 8.6% | 5.4% |
| 218 | Cameroon | 8.4% | 6.7% |
| 219 | Kuwait | 8.4% | 7.0% |
| 220 | Congo | 8.3% | 6.5% |
| 221 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.3% | 7.2% |
| 222 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.0% | 6.3% |
| 223 | Togo | 8.0% | 6.6% |
| 224 | Nauru | 8.0% | 7.0% |
| 225 | Burundi | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| 226 | Benin | 7.9% | 6.5% |
| 227 | Nigeria | 7.8% | 5.8% |
| 228 | Niger | 7.1% | 5.1% |
| 229 | Mozambique | 7.0% | 5.4% |
| 230 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.7% | 5.5% |
| 231 | Angola | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| 232 | Somalia | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| 233 | Mali | 6.2% | 4.6% |
| 234 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.0% | 4.8% |
| 235 | Chad | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| 236 | Central African Republic | 5.5% | 3.6% |
| 237 | Qatar | 5.3% | 3.5% |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.