Countries in Asia by people over 65

Countries in Asia by people over 65, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	% 65 and over	Region
1	Japan	30.0%	Eastern Asia
2	South Korea	20.3%	Eastern Asia
=3	Georgia	16.0%	Western Asia
=3	Thailand	16.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=5	China	14.9%	Eastern Asia
=5	Cyprus	14.9%	Western Asia
7	Armenia	14.4%	Western Asia
8	Singapore	14.2%	South-Eastern Asia
=9	Israel	12.7%	Western Asia
=9	North Korea	12.7%	Eastern Asia
11	Sri Lanka	12.5%	Southern Asia
12	Turkey	10.6%	Western Asia
13	Lebanon	10.4%	Western Asia
14	Vietnam	9.5%	South-Eastern Asia
15	Azerbaijan	9.2%	Western Asia
16	Kazakhstan	9.0%	Central Asia
17	Iran	8.6%	Southern Asia
18	Malaysia	8.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=19	Indonesia	7.5%	South-Eastern Asia
=19	Myanmar	7.5%	South-Eastern Asia
21	India	7.4%	Southern Asia
22	Brunei	7.2%	South-Eastern Asia
23	Bangladesh	6.7%	Southern Asia
=24	Bhutan	6.6%	Southern Asia
=24	Nepal	6.6%	Southern Asia
26	Cambodia	6.4%	South-Eastern Asia
27	Uzbekistan	6.1%	Central Asia
28	Kyrgyzstan	6.0%	Central Asia
29	Philippines	5.7%	South-Eastern Asia
30	Mongolia	5.4%	Eastern Asia
31	Timor-Leste	5.2%	South-Eastern Asia
32	Maldives	5.0%	Southern Asia
=33	Jordan	4.8%	Western Asia
=33	Laos	4.8%	South-Eastern Asia
=33	Syria	4.8%	Western Asia
=33	Turkmenistan	4.8%	Central Asia
37	Pakistan	4.4%	Southern Asia
38	Tajikistan	4.1%	Central Asia
39	Bahrain	4.0%	Western Asia
40	Iraq	3.4%	Western Asia
41	Kuwait	3.2%	Western Asia
42	Saudi Arabia	3.1%	Western Asia
43	Oman	2.7%	Western Asia
44	Yemen	2.5%	Western Asia
45	Afghanistan	2.4%	Southern Asia
46	United Arab Emirates	1.8%	Western Asia
47	Qatar	1.7%	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for Taiwan.

Territories and other places

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

Place	% 65 and over	Status
Hong Kong	23.7%	Territory of China
Macao	15.1%	Territory of China
Palestine	3.9%	Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the largest share of people over 65?

Japan has the largest share of people over 65 in Asia: 30.0% aged 65 and over (2025). Next come South Korea (20.3% aged 65 and over) and Georgia (16.0% aged 65 and over).

Which country in Asia 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 in Asia?

The median of the 47 countries in Asia is 6.6% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.