Countries in Europe by people over 65

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

#	Country	% 65 and over	Region
1	Monaco	36.0%	Western Europe
2	Italy	25.1%	Southern Europe
3	Portugal	24.9%	Southern Europe
4	Greece	24.4%	Southern Europe
5	Finland	24.2%	Northern Europe
6	Germany	23.7%	Western Europe
7	Croatia	23.6%	Southern Europe
=8	San Marino	23.1%	Southern Europe
=8	Serbia	23.1%	Southern Europe
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.9%	Southern Europe
11	France	22.5%	Western Europe
=12	Bulgaria	22.2%	Eastern Europe
=12	Latvia	22.2%	Northern Europe
=12	Slovenia	22.2%	Southern Europe
15	Estonia	21.8%	Northern Europe
16	Spain	21.6%	Southern Europe
17	Liechtenstein	21.4%	Western Europe
=18	Czechia	21.2%	Eastern Europe
=18	Hungary	21.2%	Eastern Europe
=20	Austria	21.1%	Western Europe
=20	Denmark	21.1%	Northern Europe
22	Belgium	21.0%	Western Europe
=23	Netherlands	20.9%	Western Europe
=23	Sweden	20.9%	Northern Europe
25	Poland	20.8%	Eastern Europe
26	Lithuania	20.7%	Northern Europe
27	Malta	20.5%	Southern Europe
28	Switzerland	20.4%	Western Europe
29	Romania	20.1%	Eastern Europe
30	United Kingdom	19.7%	Northern Europe
31	Norway	19.1%	Northern Europe
=32	Slovakia	19.0%	Eastern Europe
=32	Ukraine	19.0%	Eastern Europe
34	North Macedonia	18.5%	Southern Europe
=35	Belarus	18.3%	Eastern Europe
=35	Montenegro	18.3%	Southern Europe
37	Russia	17.8%	Eastern Europe
38	Albania	17.6%	Southern Europe
39	Moldova	16.9%	Eastern Europe
40	Andorra	16.6%	Southern Europe
41	Ireland	16.2%	Northern Europe
42	Iceland	16.0%	Northern Europe
43	Luxembourg	15.8%	Western Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

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

Place	% 65 and over	Status
Isle of Man	23.6%	Territory of United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	17.8%	Territory of Denmark

Questions

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

Monaco has the largest share of people over 65 in Europe: 36.0% aged 65 and over (2025). Next come Italy (25.1% aged 65 and over) and Portugal (24.9% aged 65 and over).

Which country in Europe has the smallest share of people over 65?

Luxembourg, with 15.8% aged 65 and over (2025).

What is the typical people over 65 of a country in Europe?

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 21.0% 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.