Share aged 65+ by country, 2081

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

◀▶2081

#	Country / area	Share aged 65+	2071
1	China, Hong Kong SAR	59.8%	57.5%
2	Puerto Rico	54.5%	49.3%
3	Republic of Korea	48.0%	46.2%
4	China, Macao SAR	47.8%	47.1%
5	China	45.2%	39.9%
6	Andorra	44.1%	43.3%
7	Albania	43.3%	41.1%
8	China, Taiwan Province of China	43.2%	42.8%
9	Singapore	42.7%	43.5%
10	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	41.4%	33.4%
11	Ukraine	41.2%	37.2%
12	Chile	41.0%	37.8%
13	French Polynesia	40.5%	36.4%
14	Saint Barthélemy	40.1%	32.3%
15	Malta	39.9%	40.2%
16	Costa Rica	39.2%	35.9%
17	Mauritius	39.2%	37.5%
18	Anguilla	38.9%	34.6%
19	Bermuda	37.8%	36.5%
20	Poland	37.7%	36.5%
21	Lithuania	37.6%	35.8%
22	Italy	37.2%	35.9%
23	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	37.2%	31.8%
24	Japan	37.0%	36.4%
25	Cuba	36.9%	34.7%
26	Wallis and Futuna Islands	36.4%	27.8%
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.4%	36.1%
28	Maldives	36.2%	37.1%
29	Uruguay	36.0%	32.1%
30	Curaçao	35.9%	32.8%
31	Jamaica	35.9%	33.3%
32	Spain	35.9%	34.9%
33	Thailand	35.4%	33.6%
34	North Macedonia	35.2%	32.6%
35	British Virgin Islands	35.0%	33.9%
36	Belarus	34.9%	31.4%
37	Türkiye	34.8%	31.4%
38	Isle of Man	34.8%	32.3%
39	Greece	34.7%	32.8%
40	Grenada	34.6%	31.1%
41	Croatia	34.4%	32.8%
42	Cabo Verde	34.3%	28.7%
43	Latvia	34.1%	31.4%
44	Antigua and Barbuda	33.8%	31.7%
45	Estonia	33.8%	32.0%
46	Iceland	33.7%	32.0%
47	San Marino	33.7%	31.9%
48	Finland	33.5%	31.2%
49	Colombia	33.3%	31.2%
50	Guernsey	33.1%	31.8%
51	Saint Helena	33.1%	30.4%
52	Argentina	32.7%	28.3%
53	Cyprus	32.5%	32.9%
54	Slovakia	32.4%	32.3%
55	Serbia	32.4%	31.8%
56	Montenegro	32.4%	30.0%
57	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	32.3%	30.4%
58	Norway	32.3%	30.6%
59	Austria	32.2%	32.0%
60	Bhutan	32.0%	29.1%
61	Saint Lucia	31.7%	30.6%
62	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	31.5%	30.2%
63	Ireland	31.4%	28.5%
64	Netherlands	31.3%	30.1%
65	Turks and Caicos Islands	31.3%	31.1%
66	Belgium	31.3%	29.4%
67	Brazil	31.2%	29.5%
68	Sweden	31.0%	29.0%
69	Martinique	31.0%	28.8%
70	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	30.9%	31.7%
71	Luxembourg	30.8%	30.1%
72	Slovenia	30.7%	29.9%
73	Aruba	30.6%	27.3%
74	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	30.6%	26.5%
75	Switzerland	30.6%	30.6%
76	Gibraltar	30.5%	29.0%
77	Trinidad and Tobago	30.5%	29.3%
78	Armenia	30.4%	29.5%
79	Guadeloupe	30.4%	27.8%
80	Barbados	30.2%	28.3%
81	Portugal	30.1%	30.4%
82	Romania	30.1%	28.8%
83	Ecuador	30.0%	26.4%
84	Tunisia	29.9%	26.2%
85	Denmark	29.9%	28.5%
86	Bulgaria	29.9%	29.4%
87	Montserrat	29.9%	28.0%
88	El Salvador	29.8%	26.1%
89	Canada	29.7%	28.8%
90	Germany	29.7%	29.6%
91	United Kingdom	29.6%	27.3%
92	Jersey	29.4%	28.3%
93	New Zealand	29.4%	27.6%
94	France	29.4%	27.6%
95	Liechtenstein	29.4%	28.9%
96	Czechia	29.2%	28.3%
97	Réunion	29.1%	26.1%
98	Sri Lanka	29.0%	25.8%
99	Malaysia	28.7%	26.0%
100	Peru	28.5%	25.7%
101	Saint Kitts and Nevis	28.3%	27.4%
102	Bahamas	28.2%	26.2%
103	Viet Nam	28.2%	25.2%
104	Mexico	28.2%	24.8%
105	Cayman Islands	28.1%	27.6%
106	Hungary	27.7%	27.2%
107	Faroe Islands	27.6%	25.6%
108	Panama	27.5%	24.6%
109	Belize	27.4%	24.2%
110	United States of America	27.3%	25.7%
111	New Caledonia	27.1%	25.4%
112	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	27.1%	26.0%
113	Australia	27.0%	26.0%
114	Georgia	27.0%	24.1%
115	Brunei Darussalam	26.8%	26.0%
116	Dominica	26.6%	24.1%
117	India	26.5%	23.4%
118	Bangladesh	26.5%	22.8%
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.4%	22.5%
120	Azerbaijan	26.2%	23.1%
121	Lebanon	26.0%	21.1%
122	Morocco	25.9%	22.7%
123	Republic of Moldova	25.8%	22.6%
124	United States Virgin Islands	25.8%	24.0%
125	Cook Islands	25.6%	16.2%
126	Northern Mariana Islands	25.6%	19.8%
127	Holy See	25.3%	22.6%
128	Russian Federation	25.3%	23.5%
129	Seychelles	24.8%	25.8%
130	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	24.8%	19.7%
131	Monaco	24.4%	24.1%
132	Nicaragua	24.3%	21.0%
133	Libya	24.2%	20.4%
134	Nepal	24.0%	19.7%
135	Dominican Republic	23.8%	21.1%
136	Philippines	23.4%	19.1%
137	Tokelau	23.3%	20.8%
138	Suriname	23.1%	20.3%
139	Algeria	22.9%	19.5%
140	American Samoa	22.7%	16.7%
141	Palau	22.6%	20.1%
142	Indonesia	22.4%	19.5%
143	Guam	22.3%	19.9%
144	Greenland	22.2%	21.9%
145	Guatemala	21.9%	18.4%
146	Saint Martin (French part)	21.3%	16.0%
147	Jordan	21.3%	17.5%
148	Syrian Arab Republic	21.2%	17.8%
149	Paraguay	20.9%	18.9%
150	Honduras	20.4%	17.7%
151	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20.1%	17.2%
152	Western Sahara	20.1%	18.6%
153	Myanmar	20.0%	18.2%
154	Israel	19.7%	17.5%
155	Guyana	19.3%	16.5%
156	Cambodia	18.7%	16.3%
157	Mongolia	18.7%	14.6%
158	Timor-Leste	18.7%	14.8%
159	State of Palestine	18.2%	14.3%
160	Turkmenistan	17.9%	15.7%
161	Egypt	17.6%	14.3%
162	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	17.5%	15.2%
163	Fiji	17.3%	14.6%
164	Kazakhstan	17.2%	15.0%
165	Niue	17.2%	12.9%
166	Kyrgyzstan	16.8%	13.9%
167	Botswana	16.4%	14.8%
168	French Guiana	16.3%	13.7%
169	Tonga	16.2%	10.8%
170	Djibouti	16.0%	13.9%
171	South Africa	15.6%	14.5%
172	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	15.4%	12.8%
173	Iraq	15.1%	11.9%
174	Haiti	15.1%	13.1%
175	Tajikistan	14.8%	12.1%
176	Eswatini	14.6%	12.3%
177	Eritrea	14.1%	10.7%
178	Saudi Arabia	13.8%	11.9%
179	Uzbekistan	13.7%	12.9%
180	Bahrain	13.6%	11.6%
181	Solomon Islands	13.4%	10.8%
182	Marshall Islands	13.4%	5.0%
183	Senegal	13.3%	10.9%
184	Namibia	13.2%	11.3%
185	Lesotho	13.2%	10.8%
186	Uganda	13.1%	9.9%
187	Gambia	13.1%	9.9%
188	Rwanda	13.1%	10.4%
189	Sao Tome and Principe	13.0%	9.8%
190	Ghana	12.9%	10.6%
191	Pakistan	12.5%	9.9%
192	Vanuatu	12.5%	10.1%
193	Kenya	12.3%	9.7%
194	Tuvalu	12.3%	8.9%
195	Papua New Guinea	12.3%	10.6%
196	Oman	12.2%	10.3%
197	Ethiopia	12.1%	9.6%
198	Kiribati	12.1%	10.3%
199	Malawi	11.9%	9.1%
200	Comoros	11.8%	9.4%
201	Samoa	11.7%	8.0%
202	Sierra Leone	11.7%	9.4%
203	Guinea-Bissau	11.6%	9.2%
204	Mayotte	11.2%	8.4%
205	Gabon	11.1%	9.1%
206	Sudan	11.0%	9.2%
207	South Sudan	10.8%	7.7%
208	Zimbabwe	10.7%	7.6%
209	Burkina Faso	10.7%	7.9%
210	Yemen	10.6%	8.8%
211	Guinea	10.3%	8.4%
212	Zambia	10.1%	7.9%
213	Mauritania	10.1%	7.6%
214	Liberia	10.1%	7.7%
215	Madagascar	9.9%	8.3%
216	Afghanistan	9.7%	7.7%
217	United Arab Emirates	9.7%	7.3%
218	Nauru	9.6%	6.8%
219	Congo	9.5%	7.1%
220	Burundi	9.5%	6.7%
221	Cameroon	9.4%	7.4%
222	Equatorial Guinea	9.4%	7.4%
223	Kuwait	9.1%	7.6%
224	Nigeria	9.1%	6.7%
225	United Republic of Tanzania	8.9%	7.1%
226	Togo	8.8%	7.1%
227	Benin	8.8%	7.1%
228	Niger	8.2%	6.0%
229	Mozambique	8.1%	6.2%
230	Côte d'Ivoire	7.6%	5.9%
231	Angola	7.5%	5.7%
232	Mali	7.2%	5.3%
233	Somalia	7.0%	5.7%
234	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.8%	5.3%
235	Central African Republic	6.6%	4.6%
236	Chad	6.5%	5.3%
237	Qatar	6.4%	3.9%

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