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Seniors (65+) by country

Population ages 65 and above (% of total) · % of population · 217 countries ranked · 2025

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  1. 1MonacoWorld rank 1st of 217
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  2. 2JapanWorld rank 2nd of 217
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  3. 3Puerto RicoWorld rank 3rd of 217
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  4. 4ItalyWorld rank 4th of 217
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  5. 5PortugalWorld rank 5th of 217
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  6. 6GreeceWorld rank 6th of 217
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  7. 7FinlandWorld rank 7th of 217
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  8. 8GermanyWorld rank 8th of 217
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  9. 9Hong KongWorld rank 9th of 217
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  10. 10CroatiaWorld rank 10th of 217
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  11. 11Isle of ManWorld rank 11th of 217
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  12. 12San MarinoWorld rank 12th of 217
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  13. 13U.S. Virgin IslandsWorld rank 13th of 217
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  14. 14SerbiaWorld rank 14th of 217
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  15. 15Bosnia and HerzegovinaWorld rank 15th of 217
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  16. 16BermudaWorld rank 16th of 217
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  17. 17FranceWorld rank 17th of 217
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  18. 18BulgariaWorld rank 18th of 217
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  19. 19SloveniaWorld rank 19th of 217
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  20. 20LatviaWorld rank 20th of 217
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  21. 21EstoniaWorld rank 21st of 217
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  22. 22SpainWorld rank 22nd of 217
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  23. 23LiechtensteinWorld rank 23rd of 217
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  24. 24CzechiaWorld rank 24th of 217
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  25. 25HungaryWorld rank 25th of 217
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Seniors (65+), 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Population ages 65 and above (% of total), 2025World map of Population ages 65 and above (% of total) (2025) for 217 countries, from 1.7 % to 36.0 %.Fiji: 6.6 %Tanzania: 3.0 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 20.3 %United States: 18.4 %Kazakhstan: 9.0 %Uzbekistan: 6.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.6 %Indonesia: 7.5 %Argentina: 12.6 %Chile: 14.6 %DR Congo: 3.1 %Somalia: 2.6 %Kenya: 3.0 %Sudan: 3.4 %Chad: 2.1 %Haiti: 4.8 %Dominican Republic: 8.2 %Russia: 17.8 %Bahamas: 12.1 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 19.1 %Greenland: 11.5 %Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 5.2 %South Africa: 6.9 %Lesotho: 3.9 %Mexico: 8.5 %Uruguay: 16.3 %Brazil: 11.5 %Bolivia: 5.7 %Peru: 9.5 %Colombia: 10.2 %Panama: 9.7 %Costa Rica: 12.8 %Nicaragua: 5.7 %Honduras: 4.5 %El Salvador: 8.3 %Guatemala: 5.0 %Belize: 5.2 %Venezuela: 10.0 %Guyana: 7.0 %Suriname: 8.2 %France: 22.5 %Ecuador: 8.6 %Puerto Rico: 25.3 %Jamaica: 8.6 %Cuba: 17.0 %Zimbabwe: 3.6 %Botswana: 4.1 %Namibia: 3.8 %Senegal: 3.6 %Mali: 2.4 %Mauritania: 3.2 %Benin: 3.2 %Niger: 2.6 %Nigeria: 3.1 %Cameroon: 2.8 %Togo: 3.5 %Ghana: 3.8 %Côte d'Ivoire: 2.7 %Guinea: 3.5 %Guinea-Bissau: 3.2 %Liberia: 3.3 %Sierra Leone: 3.3 %Burkina Faso: 2.7 %Central African Republic: 2.2 %Republic of the Congo: 3.1 %Gabon: 4.1 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.8 %Zambia: 2.0 %Malawi: 2.6 %Mozambique: 2.7 %Eswatini: 4.3 %Angola: 2.9 %Burundi: 2.5 %Israel: 12.7 %Lebanon: 10.4 %Madagascar: 3.5 %Palestine: 3.9 %Gambia: 3.2 %Tunisia: 9.9 %Algeria: 6.8 %Jordan: 4.8 %United Arab Emirates: 1.8 %Qatar: 1.7 %Kuwait: 3.2 %Iraq: 3.4 %Oman: 2.7 %Vanuatu: 4.4 %Cambodia: 6.4 %Thailand: 16.0 %Laos: 4.8 %Myanmar: 7.5 %Vietnam: 9.5 %North Korea: 12.7 %South Korea: 20.3 %Mongolia: 5.4 %India: 7.4 %Bangladesh: 6.7 %Bhutan: 6.6 %Nepal: 6.6 %Pakistan: 4.4 %Afghanistan: 2.4 %Tajikistan: 4.1 %Kyrgyzstan: 6.0 %Turkmenistan: 4.8 %Iran: 8.6 %Syria: 4.8 %Armenia: 14.4 %Sweden: 20.9 %Belarus: 18.3 %Ukraine: 19.0 %Poland: 20.8 %Austria: 21.1 %Hungary: 21.2 %Moldova: 16.9 %Romania: 20.1 %Lithuania: 20.7 %Latvia: 22.2 %Estonia: 21.8 %Germany: 23.7 %Bulgaria: 22.2 %Greece: 24.4 %Türkiye: 10.6 %Albania: 17.6 %Croatia: 23.6 %Switzerland: 20.4 %Luxembourg: 15.8 %Belgium: 21.0 %Netherlands: 20.9 %Portugal: 24.9 %Spain: 21.6 %Ireland: 16.2 %New Caledonia: 11.8 %Solomon Islands: 3.7 %New Zealand: 17.6 %Australia: 18.1 %Sri Lanka: 12.5 %China: 14.9 %Taiwan: —Italy: 25.1 %Denmark: 21.1 %United Kingdom: 19.7 %Iceland: 16.0 %Azerbaijan: 9.2 %Georgia: 16.0 %Philippines: 5.7 %Malaysia: 8.0 %Brunei: 7.2 %Slovenia: 22.2 %Finland: 24.2 %Slovakia: 19.0 %Czechia: 21.2 %Eritrea: 4.3 %Japan: 30.0 %Paraguay: 6.7 %Yemen: 2.5 %Saudi Arabia: 3.1 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 14.9 %Morocco: 8.5 %Egypt: 5.3 %Libya: 5.2 %Ethiopia: 3.3 %Djibouti: 5.0 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 2.2 %Rwanda: 4.0 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.9 %North Macedonia: 18.5 %Serbia: 23.1 %Montenegro: 18.3 %Kosovo: 10.5 %Trinidad and Tobago: 12.9 %South Sudan: 3.1 %
  • 1.7 % – 3.4 %
  • 3.4 % – 5.2 %
  • 5.2 % – 8.6 %
  • 8.6 % – 14.1 %
  • 14.1 % – 20.3 %
  • 20.3 % – 36.0 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

MonacoJapanPuerto Rico
Rank over timeRank by year for Monaco, Japan, Puerto Rico, 1960–2025.1960197019801990200020102020120406080RankMonaco · 1Japan · 2Puerto Rico · 3

Rank by year for Monaco, Japan, Puerto Rico, 1960–2025.