Population ages 65 and above

Ranked among 216 profiles with 2025 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.

Unit: percent of population. Preferred source: world-bank-wdi.

Rank	Profile	Status	2025 value
1	Monaco	UN member	36% actual
2	Japan	UN member	30% actual
3	Puerto Rico	Territory	25.3% actual
4	Italy	UN member	25.1% actual
5	Portugal	UN member	24.9% actual
6	Greece	UN member	24.4% actual
7	Finland	UN member	24.2% actual
8	Germany	UN member	23.7% actual
9	Hong Kong	Special administrative region	23.7% actual
10	Croatia	UN member	23.6% actual
11	Isle of Man	Dependency	23.6% actual
12	San Marino	UN member	23.1% actual
13	U.S. Virgin Islands	Territory	23.1% actual
14	Serbia	UN member	23.1% actual
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UN member	22.9% actual
16	Bermuda	Dependency	22.6% actual
17	France	UN member	22.5% actual
18	Bulgaria	UN member	22.2% actual
19	Slovenia	UN member	22.2% actual
20	Latvia	UN member	22.2% actual
21	Estonia	UN member	21.8% actual
22	Spain	UN member	21.6% actual
23	Liechtenstein	UN member	21.4% actual
24	Czechia	UN member	21.2% actual
25	Hungary	UN member	21.2% actual
26	Denmark	UN member	21.1% actual
27	Austria	UN member	21.1% actual
28	Belgium	UN member	21% actual
29	Sweden	UN member	20.9% actual
30	Netherlands	UN member	20.9% actual
31	Poland	UN member	20.8% actual
32	Lithuania	UN member	20.7% actual
33	Malta	UN member	20.5% actual
34	Switzerland	UN member	20.4% actual
35	South Korea	UN member	20.3% actual
36	Canada	UN member	20.3% actual
37	Romania	UN member	20.1% actual
38	United Kingdom	UN member	19.7% actual
39	Saint Martin	Dependency	19.7% actual
40	Norway	UN member	19.1% actual
41	Slovakia	UN member	19% actual
42	Ukraine	UN member	19% actual
43	North Macedonia	UN member	18.5% actual
44	United States	UN member	18.4% actual
45	Montenegro	UN member	18.3% actual
46	Belarus	UN member	18.3% actual
47	Australia	UN member	18.1% actual
48	Gibraltar	Dependency	17.8% actual
49	Russia	UN member	17.8% actual
50	Faroe Islands	Dependency	17.8% actual
51	Aruba	Dependency	17.8% actual
52	Albania	UN member	17.6% actual
53	New Zealand	UN member	17.6% actual
54	Curaçao	Dependency	17.3% actual
55	Barbados	UN member	17.1% actual
56	Cuba	UN member	17% actual
57	Moldova	UN member	16.9% actual
58	Andorra	UN member	16.6% actual
59	Uruguay	UN member	16.3% actual
60	Ireland	UN member	16.2% actual
61	Thailand	UN member	16% actual
62	Georgia	UN member	16% actual
63	Iceland	UN member	16% actual
64	Luxembourg	UN member	15.8% actual
65	Macau	Special administrative region	15.1% actual
66	Cyprus	UN member	14.9% actual
67	China	UN member	14.9% actual
68	Chile	UN member	14.6% actual
69	Sint Maarten	Dependency	14.5% actual
70	Armenia	UN member	14.4% actual
71	Singapore	UN member	14.2% actual
72	Mauritius	UN member	14.1% actual
73	Dominica	UN member	13.2% actual
74	Guam	Territory	13.1% actual
75	Trinidad and Tobago	UN member	12.9% actual
76	Costa Rica	UN member	12.8% actual
77	North Korea	UN member	12.7% actual
78	Israel	UN member	12.7% actual
79	Argentina	UN member	12.6% actual
80	Grenada	UN member	12.6% actual
81	Sri Lanka	UN member	12.5% actual
82	Antigua and Barbuda	UN member	12.3% actual
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	UN member	12.3% actual
84	Bahamas	UN member	12.1% actual
85	French Polynesia	Dependency	11.9% actual
86	Palau	UN member	11.8% actual
87	New Caledonia	Dependency	11.8% actual
88	Saint Kitts and Nevis	UN member	11.7% actual
89	Turks and Caicos Islands	Dependency	11.7% actual
90	Greenland	Dependency	11.5% actual
91	Brazil	UN member	11.5% actual
92	Northern Mariana Islands	Territory	10.8% actual
93	Türkiye	UN member	10.6% actual
94	Kosovo	Special status	10.5% actual
95	Lebanon	UN member	10.4% actual
96	Colombia	UN member	10.2% actual
97	British Virgin Islands	Dependency	10.1% actual
98	Venezuela	UN member	10% actual
99	Saint Lucia	UN member	10% actual
100	Tunisia	UN member	9.9% actual
101	Panama	UN member	9.7% actual
102	Cayman Islands	Dependency	9.5% actual
103	Vietnam	UN member	9.5% actual
104	Peru	UN member	9.5% actual
105	Azerbaijan	UN member	9.2% actual
106	Kazakhstan	UN member	9% actual
107	Seychelles	UN member	8.7% actual
108	Ecuador	UN member	8.6% actual
109	Iran	UN member	8.6% actual
110	Jamaica	UN member	8.6% actual
111	American Samoa	Territory	8.5% actual
112	Mexico	UN member	8.5% actual
113	Morocco	UN member	8.5% actual
114	El Salvador	UN member	8.3% actual
115	Suriname	UN member	8.2% actual
116	Dominican Republic	UN member	8.2% actual
117	Malaysia	UN member	8% actual
118	Indonesia	UN member	7.5% actual
119	Myanmar	UN member	7.5% actual
120	India	UN member	7.4% actual
121	Brunei	UN member	7.2% actual
122	Cabo Verde	UN member	7.2% actual
123	Tuvalu	UN member	7% actual
124	Guyana	UN member	7% actual
125	South Africa	UN member	6.9% actual
126	Tonga	UN member	6.9% actual
127	Algeria	UN member	6.8% actual
128	Paraguay	UN member	6.7% actual
129	Bangladesh	UN member	6.7% actual
130	Fiji	UN member	6.6% actual
131	Bhutan	UN member	6.6% actual
132	Nepal	UN member	6.6% actual
133	Cambodia	UN member	6.4% actual
134	Micronesia	UN member	6.2% actual
135	Uzbekistan	UN member	6.1% actual
136	Samoa	UN member	6.1% actual
137	Kyrgyzstan	UN member	6% actual
138	Bolivia	UN member	5.7% actual
139	Philippines	UN member	5.7% actual
140	Nicaragua	UN member	5.7% actual
141	Mongolia	UN member	5.4% actual
142	Egypt	UN member	5.3% actual
143	Timor-Leste	UN member	5.2% actual
144	Belize	UN member	5.2% actual
145	Libya	UN member	5.2% actual
146	Djibouti	UN member	5% actual
147	Guatemala	UN member	5% actual
148	Maldives	UN member	5% actual
149	Marshall Islands	UN member	4.9% actual
150	Syria	UN member	4.8% actual
151	Laos	UN member	4.8% actual
152	Turkmenistan	UN member	4.8% actual
153	Haiti	UN member	4.8% actual
154	Jordan	UN member	4.8% actual
155	Honduras	UN member	4.5% actual
156	Comoros	UN member	4.5% actual
157	Vanuatu	UN member	4.4% actual
158	Kiribati	UN member	4.4% actual
159	Pakistan	UN member	4.4% actual
160	Eswatini	UN member	4.3% actual
161	Eritrea	UN member	4.3% actual
162	Gabon	UN member	4.1% actual
163	Botswana	UN member	4.1% actual
164	Tajikistan	UN member	4.1% actual
165	Rwanda	UN member	4% actual
166	Bahrain	UN member	4% actual
167	Sao Tome and Principe	UN member	3.9% actual
168	Lesotho	UN member	3.9% actual
169	Palestine	UN observer	3.9% actual
170	Namibia	UN member	3.8% actual
171	Ghana	UN member	3.8% actual
172	Equatorial Guinea	UN member	3.8% actual
173	Solomon Islands	UN member	3.7% actual
174	Senegal	UN member	3.6% actual
175	Papua New Guinea	UN member	3.6% actual
176	Zimbabwe	UN member	3.6% actual
177	Togo	UN member	3.5% actual
178	Guinea	UN member	3.5% actual
179	Madagascar	UN member	3.5% actual
180	Iraq	UN member	3.4% actual
181	Sudan	UN member	3.4% actual
182	Liberia	UN member	3.3% actual
183	Ethiopia	UN member	3.3% actual
184	Sierra Leone	UN member	3.3% actual
185	Mauritania	UN member	3.2% actual
186	Guinea-Bissau	UN member	3.2% actual
187	Gambia	UN member	3.2% actual
188	Kuwait	UN member	3.2% actual
189	Benin	UN member	3.2% actual
190	Democratic Republic of the Congo	UN member	3.1% actual
191	South Sudan	UN member	3.1% actual
192	Nigeria	UN member	3.1% actual
193	Republic of the Congo	UN member	3.1% actual
194	Saudi Arabia	UN member	3.1% actual
195	Tanzania	UN member	3% actual
196	Kenya	UN member	3% actual
197	Nauru	UN member	3% actual
198	Angola	UN member	2.9% actual
199	Cameroon	UN member	2.8% actual
200	Mozambique	UN member	2.7% actual
201	Oman	UN member	2.7% actual
202	Burkina Faso	UN member	2.7% actual
203	Côte d’Ivoire	UN member	2.7% actual
204	Niger	UN member	2.6% actual
205	Somalia	UN member	2.6% actual
206	Malawi	UN member	2.6% actual
207	Burundi	UN member	2.5% actual
208	Yemen	UN member	2.5% actual
209	Afghanistan	UN member	2.4% actual
210	Mali	UN member	2.4% actual
211	Uganda	UN member	2.2% actual
212	Central African Republic	UN member	2.2% actual
213	Chad	UN member	2.1% actual
214	Zambia	UN member	2% actual
215	United Arab Emirates	UN member	1.8% actual
216	Qatar	UN member	1.7% actual

No 2025 figure

These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.

Åland Islands Statistical area
Anguilla Dependency
Caribbean Netherlands Territory
Christmas Island Territory
Cocos Islands Territory
Cook Islands Associated state
Falkland Islands Dependency
French Guiana Territory
Guadeloupe Territory
Guernsey Dependency
Holy See UN observer
Jersey Dependency
Martinique Territory
Mayotte Territory
Montserrat Dependency
Niue Associated state
Norfolk Island Territory
Réunion Territory
Saint Barthélemy Dependency
Saint Helena Dependency
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Dependency
Taiwan Special status
Tokelau Territory
Wallis and Futuna Dependency
Western Sahara Special status