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Population aged 65 and above (% of total) by country, 2016

Countries217

1. Monaco35.0

Median6.5

Japan27.52 / 217

World8.4

Top 20

Monaco35.0

Japan27.5

Italy22.3

Greece21.4

Germany21.1

Portugal21.0

Finland20.7

Isle of Man20.7

Bulgaria20.6

Latvia19.8

Sweden19.8

Croatia19.7

Serbia19.4

France19.3

Estonia19.2

Lithuania19.2

Denmark18.9

Puerto Rico18.9

Spain18.8

San Marino18.7

Bottom 10

Afghanistan2.4

Burundi2.3

Saudi Arabia2.2

Chad2.1

Central African Republic2.0

Uganda2.0

Zambia1.7

Nauru1.7

United Arab Emirates1.5

Qatar1.1

Biggest increases since 2015

Nauru+11.1%

Dominica+9.6%

Kuwait+9.5%

Sint Maarten+9.3%

Lebanon+7.9%

St. Martin+7.3%

Marshall Islands+7.3%

Northern Mariana Islands+7.0%

Brunei+5.9%

Trinidad & Tobago+5.7%

Biggest decreases since 2015

Malawi-3.0%

Mauritania-2.3%

Maldives-2.1%

Bahrain-2.0%

Lesotho-1.5%

Yemen-1.5%

United Arab Emirates-1.3%

Mali-1.1%

Oman-1.0%

Côte d’Ivoire-0.9%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population aged 65 and above (% of total)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	35.0	1
2	Japan	27.5	2
3	Italy	22.3	3
4	Greece	21.4	4
5	Germany	21.1	5
6	Portugal	21.0	6
7	Finland	20.7	9
8	Isle of Man	20.7	7
9	Bulgaria	20.6	8
10	Latvia	19.8	11
11	Sweden	19.8	10
12	Croatia	19.7	12
13	Serbia	19.4	14
14	France	19.3	16
15	Estonia	19.2	13
16	Lithuania	19.2	15
17	Denmark	18.9	17
18	Puerto Rico	18.9	23
19	Spain	18.8	18
20	San Marino	18.7	19
21	Malta	18.7	21
22	Czechia	18.6	24
23	Slovenia	18.5	26
24	Austria	18.5	20
25	Hungary	18.4	25
26	Belgium	18.4	22
27	Netherlands	18.1	29
28	U.S. Virgin Islands	18.1	32
29	Switzerland	18.0	27
30	United Kingdom	17.9	28
31	Bosnia & Herzegovina	17.8	33
32	Channel Islands	17.7	31
33	Romania	17.6	34
34	Gibraltar	17.5	30
35	Faroe Islands	17.1	35
36	Liechtenstein	16.9	36
37	Bermuda	16.6	38
38	Norway	16.5	37
39	Canada	16.4	39
40	Hong Kong	16.0	40
41	Poland	15.9	41
42	Ukraine	15.5	42
43	Australia	15.2	43
44	Montenegro	14.8	46
45	New Zealand	14.7	45
46	Uruguay	14.7	44
47	Slovakia	14.7	51
48	United States	14.6	48
49	Belarus	14.5	47
50	Cuba	14.5	49
51	Curaçao	14.4	53
52	Georgia	14.3	52
53	Luxembourg	14.2	50
54	Iceland	13.9	54
55	North Macedonia	13.9	56
56	Russia	13.9	55
57	Ireland	13.4	57
58	South Korea	13.4	58
59	Barbados	13.2	60
60	Andorra	13.0	59
61	Albania	12.9	61
62	Cyprus	12.7	62
63	Moldova	12.3	63
64	Aruba	12.2	64
65	Chile	11.5	65
66	Israel	11.3	67
67	Argentina	11.2	66
68	Armenia	11.1	69
69	North Korea	11.0	68
70	Thailand	10.8	70
71	Dominica	10.6	74
72	China	10.5	73
73	Bahamas	10.4	71
74	Grenada	10.2	72
75	St. Vincent & Grenadines	9.7	75
76	Singapore	9.4	76
77	Mauritius	9.4	78
78	Sri Lanka	9.3	77
79	New Caledonia	9.1	79
80	Costa Rica	9.1	80
81	Macau	9.0	81
82	Guam	9.0	82
83	Turks & Caicos Islands	8.7	83
84	Trinidad & Tobago	8.5	86
85	Antigua & Barbuda	8.4	85
86	Sint Maarten	8.4	90
87	Peru	8.3	84
88	Brazil	8.3	88
89	St. Lucia	8.1	87
90	Greenland	8.0	89
91	St. Kitts & Nevis	7.8	91
92	Palau	7.8	94
93	Kosovo	7.8	93
94	Türkiye	7.8	92
95	French Polynesia	7.6	95
96	St. Martin	7.6	100
97	Panama	7.4	96
98	Colombia	7.4	98
99	Lebanon	7.3	103
100	El Salvador	7.2	97
101	British Virgin Islands	7.2	102
102	Tunisia	7.2	101
103	Seychelles	7.1	99
104	Kazakhstan	6.9	104
105	Ecuador	6.8	106
106	Mexico	6.8	105
107	Venezuela	6.7	107
108	Vietnam	6.6	108
109	Jamaica	6.5	109
110	Cayman Islands	6.4	110
111	Iran	6.3	114
112	Suriname	6.2	111
113	Indonesia	6.1	112
114	Tonga	6.0	113
115	Morocco	6.0	115
116	Azerbaijan	5.9	116
117	Dominican Republic	5.9	117
118	Malaysia	5.9	118
119	Myanmar (Burma)	5.8	120
120	Bhutan	5.8	119
121	Paraguay	5.7	122
122	India	5.6	124
123	Nepal	5.6	123
124	Bolivia	5.6	121
125	South Africa	5.5	126
126	Guyana	5.5	127
127	Tuvalu	5.4	125
128	Timor-Leste	5.4	128
129	American Samoa	5.4	132
130	Fiji	5.3	129
131	Algeria	5.3	130
132	Cape Verde	5.3	131
133	Kyrgyzstan	5.1	133
134	Bangladesh	5.1	134
135	Samoa	4.9	135
136	Uzbekistan	4.8	136
137	Northern Mariana Islands	4.8	139
138	Nicaragua	4.8	137
139	Cambodia	4.7	138
140	Libya	4.5	140
141	Brunei	4.4	144
142	Comoros	4.4	141
143	Syria	4.3	143
144	Egypt	4.3	142
145	Guatemala	4.2	145
146	Djibouti	4.2	147
147	Haiti	4.2	148
148	Belize	4.1	149
149	Micronesia	4.1	153
150	Laos	4.1	146
151	Gabon	4.0	150
152	Eritrea	4.0	152
153	Philippines	3.9	157
154	Maldives	3.9	151
155	Mongolia	3.9	155
156	Pakistan	3.9	156
157	Lesotho	3.8	154
158	Vanuatu	3.8	158
159	Kiribati	3.7	159
160	Botswana	3.6	162
161	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.6	160
162	Turkmenistan	3.6	161
163	Solomon Islands	3.6	166
164	Namibia	3.5	163
165	Honduras	3.5	169
166	Togo	3.5	168
167	Senegal	3.5	165
168	Guinea	3.5	167
169	Eswatini	3.5	170
170	Mauritania	3.5	164
171	Jordan	3.4	172
172	Ghana	3.4	171
173	Zimbabwe	3.3	174
174	Equatorial Guinea	3.3	173
175	Palestinian Territories	3.3	175
176	Liberia	3.2	176
177	Sierra Leone	3.1	177
178	Congo - Kinshasa	3.1	178
179	Iraq	3.1	180
180	Rwanda	3.0	183
181	Benin	3.0	181
182	Marshall Islands	3.0	190
183	Tajikistan	3.0	184
184	Malawi	3.0	179
185	Nigeria	3.0	182
186	Tanzania	3.0	185
187	Ethiopia	3.0	186
188	Papua New Guinea	2.9	188
189	Madagascar	2.9	191
190	Guinea-Bissau	2.8	189
191	Cameroon	2.8	187
192	Mozambique	2.8	192
193	Sudan	2.7	195
194	Angola	2.7	194
195	Congo - Brazzaville	2.7	196
196	Yemen	2.7	193
197	Kuwait	2.6	206
198	Gambia	2.6	198
199	Mali	2.6	197
200	Burkina Faso	2.6	199
201	Oman	2.6	201
202	Bahrain	2.5	200
203	South Sudan	2.5	202
204	Kenya	2.5	205
205	Côte d’Ivoire	2.5	203
206	Niger	2.5	204
207	Somalia	2.4	207
208	Afghanistan	2.4	208
209	Burundi	2.3	210
210	Saudi Arabia	2.2	209
211	Chad	2.1	211
212	Central African Republic	2.0	212
213	Uganda	2.0	213
214	Zambia	1.7	214
215	Nauru	1.7	216
216	United Arab Emirates	1.5	215
217	Qatar	1.1	217

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