Countries by share of people over 65

Countries by share of people over 65, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	% 65 and over	Region
1	Monaco	36.0%	Western Europe
2	Japan	30.0%	Eastern Asia
3	Italy	25.1%	Southern Europe
4	Portugal	24.9%	Southern Europe
5	Greece	24.4%	Southern Europe
6	Finland	24.2%	Northern Europe
7	Germany	23.7%	Western Europe
8	Croatia	23.6%	Southern Europe
=9	San Marino	23.1%	Southern Europe
=9	Serbia	23.1%	Southern Europe
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.9%	Southern Europe
12	France	22.5%	Western Europe
=13	Bulgaria	22.2%	Eastern Europe
=13	Latvia	22.2%	Northern Europe
=13	Slovenia	22.2%	Southern Europe
16	Estonia	21.8%	Northern Europe
17	Spain	21.6%	Southern Europe
18	Liechtenstein	21.4%	Western Europe
=19	Czechia	21.2%	Eastern Europe
=19	Hungary	21.2%	Eastern Europe
=21	Austria	21.1%	Western Europe
=21	Denmark	21.1%	Northern Europe
23	Belgium	21.0%	Western Europe
=24	Netherlands	20.9%	Western Europe
=24	Sweden	20.9%	Northern Europe
26	Poland	20.8%	Eastern Europe
27	Lithuania	20.7%	Northern Europe
28	Malta	20.5%	Southern Europe
29	Switzerland	20.4%	Western Europe
=30	Canada	20.3%	Northern America
=30	South Korea	20.3%	Eastern Asia
32	Romania	20.1%	Eastern Europe
33	United Kingdom	19.7%	Northern Europe
34	Norway	19.1%	Northern Europe
=35	Slovakia	19.0%	Eastern Europe
=35	Ukraine	19.0%	Eastern Europe
37	North Macedonia	18.5%	Southern Europe
38	United States	18.4%	Northern America
=39	Belarus	18.3%	Eastern Europe
=39	Montenegro	18.3%	Southern Europe
41	Australia	18.1%	Australia and New Zealand
42	Russia	17.8%	Eastern Europe
=43	Albania	17.6%	Southern Europe
=43	New Zealand	17.6%	Australia and New Zealand
45	Barbados	17.1%	Caribbean
46	Cuba	17.0%	Caribbean
47	Moldova	16.9%	Eastern Europe
48	Andorra	16.6%	Southern Europe
49	Uruguay	16.3%	South America
50	Ireland	16.2%	Northern Europe
=51	Georgia	16.0%	Western Asia
=51	Iceland	16.0%	Northern Europe
=51	Thailand	16.0%	South-Eastern Asia
54	Luxembourg	15.8%	Western Europe
=55	China	14.9%	Eastern Asia
=55	Cyprus	14.9%	Western Asia
57	Chile	14.6%	South America
58	Armenia	14.4%	Western Asia
59	Singapore	14.2%	South-Eastern Asia
60	Mauritius	14.1%	Eastern Africa
61	Dominica	13.2%	Caribbean
62	Trinidad and Tobago	12.9%	Caribbean
63	Costa Rica	12.8%	Central America
=64	Israel	12.7%	Western Asia
=64	North Korea	12.7%	Eastern Asia
=66	Argentina	12.6%	South America
=66	Grenada	12.6%	Caribbean
68	Sri Lanka	12.5%	Southern Asia
=69	Antigua and Barbuda	12.3%	Caribbean
=69	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.3%	Caribbean
71	Bahamas	12.1%	Caribbean
72	Palau	11.8%	Micronesia
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.7%	Caribbean
74	Brazil	11.5%	South America
75	Turkey	10.6%	Western Asia
76	Lebanon	10.4%	Western Asia
77	Colombia	10.2%	South America
=78	Saint Lucia	10.0%	Caribbean
=78	Venezuela	10.0%	South America
80	Tunisia	9.9%	Northern Africa
81	Panama	9.7%	Central America
=82	Peru	9.5%	South America
=82	Vietnam	9.5%	South-Eastern Asia
84	Azerbaijan	9.2%	Western Asia
85	Kazakhstan	9.0%	Central Asia
86	Seychelles	8.7%	Eastern Africa
=87	Ecuador	8.6%	South America
=87	Iran	8.6%	Southern Asia
=87	Jamaica	8.6%	Caribbean
=90	Mexico	8.5%	Central America
=90	Morocco	8.5%	Northern Africa
92	El Salvador	8.3%	Central America
=93	Dominican Republic	8.2%	Caribbean
=93	Suriname	8.2%	South America
95	Malaysia	8.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=96	Indonesia	7.5%	South-Eastern Asia
=96	Myanmar	7.5%	South-Eastern Asia
98	India	7.4%	Southern Asia
=99	Brunei	7.2%	South-Eastern Asia
=99	Cabo Verde	7.2%	Western Africa
101	Guyana	7.0%	South America
=102	South Africa	6.9%	Southern Africa
=102	Tonga	6.9%	Polynesia
104	Algeria	6.8%	Northern Africa
=105	Bangladesh	6.7%	Southern Asia
=105	Paraguay	6.7%	South America
=107	Bhutan	6.6%	Southern Asia
=107	Fiji	6.6%	Melanesia
=107	Nepal	6.6%	Southern Asia
110	Cambodia	6.4%	South-Eastern Asia
111	Micronesia	6.2%	Micronesia
=112	Samoa	6.1%	Polynesia
=112	Uzbekistan	6.1%	Central Asia
114	Kyrgyzstan	6.0%	Central Asia
=115	Bolivia	5.7%	South America
=115	Nicaragua	5.7%	Central America
=115	Philippines	5.7%	South-Eastern Asia
118	Mongolia	5.4%	Eastern Asia
119	Egypt	5.3%	Northern Africa
=120	Belize	5.2%	Central America
=120	Libya	5.2%	Northern Africa
=120	Timor-Leste	5.2%	South-Eastern Asia
=123	Djibouti	5.0%	Eastern Africa
=123	Guatemala	5.0%	Central America
=123	Maldives	5.0%	Southern Asia
126	Marshall Islands	4.9%	Micronesia
=127	Haiti	4.8%	Caribbean
=127	Jordan	4.8%	Western Asia
=127	Laos	4.8%	South-Eastern Asia
=127	Syria	4.8%	Western Asia
=127	Turkmenistan	4.8%	Central Asia
=132	Comoros	4.5%	Eastern Africa
=132	Honduras	4.5%	Central America
=134	Kiribati	4.4%	Micronesia
=134	Pakistan	4.4%	Southern Asia
=134	Vanuatu	4.4%	Melanesia
=137	Eritrea	4.3%	Eastern Africa
=137	Eswatini	4.3%	Southern Africa
=139	Botswana	4.1%	Southern Africa
=139	Gabon	4.1%	Middle Africa
=139	Tajikistan	4.1%	Central Asia
=142	Bahrain	4.0%	Western Asia
=142	Rwanda	4.0%	Eastern Africa
=144	Lesotho	3.9%	Southern Africa
=144	São Tomé and Principe	3.9%	Middle Africa
=146	Equatorial Guinea	3.8%	Middle Africa
=146	Ghana	3.8%	Western Africa
=146	Namibia	3.8%	Southern Africa
149	Solomon Islands	3.7%	Melanesia
=150	Papua New Guinea	3.6%	Melanesia
=150	Senegal	3.6%	Western Africa
=150	Zimbabwe	3.6%	Eastern Africa
=153	Guinea	3.5%	Western Africa
=153	Madagascar	3.5%	Eastern Africa
=153	Togo	3.5%	Western Africa
=156	Iraq	3.4%	Western Asia
=156	Sudan	3.4%	Northern Africa
=158	Ethiopia	3.3%	Eastern Africa
=158	Liberia	3.3%	Western Africa
=158	Sierra Leone	3.3%	Western Africa
=161	Benin	3.2%	Western Africa
=161	Gambia	3.2%	Western Africa
=161	Guinea-Bissau	3.2%	Western Africa
=161	Kuwait	3.2%	Western Asia
=161	Mauritania	3.2%	Western Africa
=166	Congo	3.1%	Middle Africa
=166	DR Congo	3.1%	Middle Africa
=166	Nigeria	3.1%	Western Africa
=166	Saudi Arabia	3.1%	Western Asia
=166	South Sudan	3.1%	Eastern Africa
=171	Kenya	3.0%	Eastern Africa
=171	Nauru	3.0%	Micronesia
=171	Tanzania	3.0%	Eastern Africa
174	Angola	2.9%	Middle Africa
175	Cameroon	2.8%	Middle Africa
=176	Burkina Faso	2.7%	Western Africa
=176	Côte d'Ivoire	2.7%	Western Africa
=176	Mozambique	2.7%	Eastern Africa
=176	Oman	2.7%	Western Asia
=180	Malawi	2.6%	Eastern Africa
=180	Niger	2.6%	Western Africa
=180	Somalia	2.6%	Eastern Africa
=183	Burundi	2.5%	Eastern Africa
=183	Yemen	2.5%	Western Asia
=185	Afghanistan	2.4%	Southern Asia
=185	Mali	2.4%	Western Africa
=187	Central African Republic	2.2%	Middle Africa
=187	Uganda	2.2%	Eastern Africa
189	Chad	2.1%	Middle Africa
190	Zambia	2.0%	Eastern Africa
191	United Arab Emirates	1.8%	Western Asia
192	Qatar	1.7%	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	% 65 and over	Status
Puerto Rico	25.3%	Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong	23.7%	Territory of China
Isle of Man	23.6%	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	23.1%	Territory of United States of America
Bermuda	22.6%	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Martin	19.7%	Territory of France
Aruba	17.8%	Territory of Netherlands
Faroe Islands	17.8%	Territory of Denmark
Curaçao	17.3%	Territory of Netherlands
Macao	15.1%	Territory of China
Sint Maarten	14.5%	Territory of Netherlands
Guam	13.1%	Territory of United States of America
French Polynesia	11.9%	Territory of France
New Caledonia	11.8%	Territory of France
Turks and Caicos Islands	11.7%	Territory of United Kingdom
Greenland	11.5%	Territory of Denmark
Northern Mariana Islands	10.8%	Territory of United States of America
British Virgin Islands	10.1%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	9.5%	Territory of United Kingdom
American Samoa	8.5%	Territory of United States of America
Palestine	3.9%	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the largest share of people over 65?

Monaco has the largest share of people over 65: 36.0% aged 65 and over (2025). Next come Japan (30.0% aged 65 and over) and Italy (25.1% aged 65 and over).

Which country has the smallest share of people over 65?

Qatar, with 1.7% aged 65 and over (2025).

What is the typical people over 65 of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is 7.5% aged 65 and over: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of the population aged 65 and over. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.