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Population aged 65 and above (% of total) by country, 2005

Countries217

1. Monaco23.0

Median5.3

Japan20.32 / 217

World7.3

Top 20

Monaco23.0

Japan20.3

Italy19.6

Germany18.9

Greece18.3

Croatia17.5

Bulgaria17.3

Serbia17.3

Sweden17.3

Portugal17.3

Belgium17.2

Isle of Man17.0

Latvia16.9

Estonia16.7

Spain16.5

France16.4

San Marino16.2

Austria16.2

Lithuania16.1

United Kingdom16.0

Bottom 10

Uganda2.3

Marshall Islands2.2

Central African Republic2.2

Kenya2.2

Bahrain2.1

Zambia2.1

United Arab Emirates1.8

Kuwait1.7

Nauru1.5

Qatar1.2

Biggest increases since 2004

United Arab Emirates+7.0%

Northern Mariana Islands+6.6%

Peru+6.1%

Timor-Leste+5.8%

Turks & Caicos Islands+5.6%

El Salvador+5.5%

North Korea+4.9%

U.S. Virgin Islands+4.7%

South Korea+4.6%

Sint Maarten+4.4%

Biggest decreases since 2004

Andorra-3.3%

Uganda-3.0%

Zambia-2.7%

Guinea-Bissau-2.5%

Chad-2.5%

Marshall Islands-1.8%

Sudan-1.8%

Gabon-1.6%

Gambia-1.5%

Côte d’Ivoire-1.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population aged 65 and above (% of total)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	23.0	1
2	Japan	20.3	2
3	Italy	19.6	3
4	Germany	18.9	4
5	Greece	18.3	5
6	Croatia	17.5	6
7	Bulgaria	17.3	7
8	Serbia	17.3	9
9	Sweden	17.3	8
10	Portugal	17.3	11
11	Belgium	17.2	10
12	Isle of Man	17.0	12
13	Latvia	16.9	14
14	Estonia	16.7	15
15	Spain	16.5	13
16	France	16.4	16
17	San Marino	16.2	17
18	Austria	16.2	20
19	Lithuania	16.1	23
20	United Kingdom	16.0	18
21	Finland	15.9	21
22	Switzerland	15.9	22
23	Gibraltar	15.8	19
24	Hungary	15.5	24
25	Ukraine	15.3	25
26	Slovenia	15.3	26
27	Denmark	15.1	27
28	Channel Islands	15.0	28
29	Romania	14.9	30
30	Norway	14.7	29
31	Belarus	14.7	31
32	Georgia	14.5	32
33	Luxembourg	14.1	33
34	Czechia	14.1	34
35	Netherlands	14.0	35
36	Russia	13.7	37
37	Uruguay	13.7	36
38	Puerto Rico	13.6	40
39	Bosnia & Herzegovina	13.5	42
40	Malta	13.5	39
41	Faroe Islands	13.3	38
42	Poland	13.2	41
43	Canada	13.0	43
44	Australia	12.9	44
45	Montenegro	12.9	45
46	Hong Kong	12.4	47
47	Bermuda	12.2	49
48	United States	12.1	48
49	New Zealand	12.0	50
50	Andorra	11.9	46
51	Slovakia	11.7	52
52	Iceland	11.7	51
53	Liechtenstein	11.5	54
54	Barbados	11.3	53
55	Cuba	11.2	56
56	Armenia	11.1	57
57	Ireland	11.0	55
58	North Macedonia	10.6	59
59	U.S. Virgin Islands	10.6	62
60	Moldova	10.6	58
61	Cyprus	10.3	61
62	Dominica	10.3	60
63	Curaçao	10.2	63
64	Argentina	10.0	65
65	Israel	10.0	64
66	Grenada	9.2	66
67	Chile	9.1	67
68	South Korea	9.0	68
69	Albania	9.0	69
70	North Korea	8.2	70
71	Aruba	8.1	71
72	China	7.9	72
73	Bahamas	7.9	73
74	St. Vincent & Grenadines	7.6	74
75	Thailand	7.5	78
76	Kazakhstan	7.5	75
77	Seychelles	7.3	77
78	St. Kitts & Nevis	7.3	76
79	Antigua & Barbuda	7.1	79
80	Singapore	7.0	81
81	Macau	6.9	80
82	Kosovo	6.7	83
83	Türkiye	6.6	86
84	Sri Lanka	6.6	84
85	St. Lucia	6.6	82
86	Azerbaijan	6.6	85
87	Mauritius	6.5	87
88	Costa Rica	6.4	88
89	New Caledonia	6.3	90
90	Vietnam	6.2	89
91	Tunisia	6.2	91
92	El Salvador	6.1	93
93	Guam	6.1	92
94	Brazil	5.8	96
95	Tuvalu	5.7	95
96	Peru	5.7	105
97	Jamaica	5.7	94
98	Mexico	5.7	99
99	Tonga	5.7	97
100	Greenland	5.6	104
101	Suriname	5.6	98
102	Palau	5.6	100
103	Lebanon	5.6	101
104	Indonesia	5.5	103
105	Panama	5.5	107
106	Cayman Islands	5.4	102
107	Kyrgyzstan	5.4	106
108	Bolivia	5.4	108
109	Trinidad & Tobago	5.3	109
110	Ecuador	5.2	111
111	Myanmar (Burma)	5.1	110
112	French Polynesia	5.1	116
113	Venezuela	5.1	114
114	South Africa	5.1	113
115	Cape Verde	5.1	112
116	Uzbekistan	5.0	115
117	Colombia	5.0	117
118	British Virgin Islands	4.9	118
119	Algeria	4.8	119
120	Samoa	4.7	121
121	Morocco	4.7	122
122	Dominican Republic	4.7	123
123	Lesotho	4.7	120
124	Bhutan	4.7	127
125	Turks & Caicos Islands	4.7	128
126	Iran	4.7	125
127	India	4.7	126
128	Maldives	4.6	129
129	Gabon	4.6	124
130	Paraguay	4.4	130
131	Malaysia	4.3	131
132	St. Martin	4.2	134
133	Turkmenistan	4.2	132
134	Nicaragua	4.2	133
135	Nepal	4.1	136
136	Guyana	4.1	137
137	Comoros	4.1	138
138	São Tomé & Príncipe	4.0	135
139	Egypt	4.0	139
140	Belize	4.0	140
141	Malawi	3.9	143
142	Libya	3.9	141
143	Fiji	3.9	144
144	Guinea	3.8	142
145	American Samoa	3.8	146
146	Guatemala	3.8	145
147	Haiti	3.7	147
148	Bangladesh	3.7	148
149	Tajikistan	3.6	149
150	Mongolia	3.6	151
151	Equatorial Guinea	3.6	150
152	Pakistan	3.6	152
153	Sint Maarten	3.5	161
154	Micronesia	3.5	153
155	Kiribati	3.5	154
156	Syria	3.4	155
157	Senegal	3.4	160
158	Botswana	3.4	156
159	Solomon Islands	3.4	157
160	Laos	3.4	159
161	Sierra Leone	3.4	158
162	Eritrea	3.4	162
163	Djibouti	3.4	164
164	Cambodia	3.3	167
165	Ghana	3.3	163
166	Togo	3.3	166
167	Zimbabwe	3.2	165
168	Liberia	3.2	170
169	Namibia	3.2	171
170	Philippines	3.2	172
171	Cameroon	3.2	168
172	Mauritania	3.1	173
173	Jordan	3.1	175
174	Guinea-Bissau	3.1	169
175	Brunei	3.1	179
176	Benin	3.1	174
177	Congo - Kinshasa	3.0	177
178	Nigeria	3.0	178
179	Iraq	3.0	180
180	Congo - Brazzaville	3.0	176
181	Honduras	3.0	182
182	Mali	2.9	181
183	Vanuatu	2.9	183
184	Burkina Faso	2.8	184
185	Yemen	2.8	187
186	Timor-Leste	2.8	194
187	Angola	2.7	189
188	Madagascar	2.7	188
189	Gambia	2.7	185
190	Tanzania	2.7	190
191	Sudan	2.7	186
192	Mozambique	2.7	191
193	Ethiopia	2.6	192
194	Papua New Guinea	2.6	193
195	Eswatini	2.6	197
196	Palestinian Territories	2.6	199
197	Rwanda	2.6	196
198	Oman	2.6	200
199	Somalia	2.5	198
200	Chad	2.5	195
201	South Sudan	2.5	201
202	Burundi	2.3	202
203	Saudi Arabia	2.3	206
204	Northern Mariana Islands	2.3	211
205	Niger	2.3	205
206	Côte d’Ivoire	2.3	204
207	Afghanistan	2.3	207
208	Uganda	2.3	203
209	Marshall Islands	2.2	208
210	Central African Republic	2.2	209
211	Kenya	2.2	210
212	Bahrain	2.1	212
213	Zambia	2.1	213
214	United Arab Emirates	1.8	215
215	Kuwait	1.7	214
216	Nauru	1.5	216
217	Qatar	1.2	217

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