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Population aged 65 and above (% of total) by country, 2017

Countries217

1. Monaco35.6

Median6.6

Japan28.02 / 217

World8.7

Top 20

Monaco35.6

Japan28.0

Italy22.6

Greece21.7

Portugal21.5

Germany21.3

Finland21.1

Isle of Man21.0

Bulgaria20.9

Croatia20.1

Latvia20.0

Puerto Rico19.9

Serbia19.9

Sweden19.8

France19.7

Lithuania19.5

Estonia19.5

Denmark19.2

Czechia19.1

Slovenia19.0

Bottom 10

Afghanistan2.4

Burundi2.3

Saudi Arabia2.3

Central African Republic2.1

Chad2.0

Uganda2.0

Nauru1.8

Zambia1.8

United Arab Emirates1.5

Qatar1.1

Biggest increases since 2016

Kuwait+10.6%

Dominica+10.3%

Sint Maarten+8.8%

Nauru+7.5%

St. Martin+7.4%

Lebanon+7.1%

Marshall Islands+6.4%

Northern Mariana Islands+6.3%

Brunei+6.3%

British Virgin Islands+6.1%

Biggest decreases since 2016

Malawi-2.7%

Mauritania-1.9%

Maldives-1.6%

Yemen-1.3%

Mali-1.1%

North Korea-1.0%

Lesotho-1.0%

Cameroon-0.6%

Burkina Faso-0.5%

Côte d’Ivoire-0.5%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population aged 65 and above (% of total)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	35.6	1
2	Japan	28.0	2
3	Italy	22.6	3
4	Greece	21.7	4
5	Portugal	21.5	6
6	Germany	21.3	5
7	Finland	21.1	7
8	Isle of Man	21.0	8
9	Bulgaria	20.9	9
10	Croatia	20.1	12
11	Latvia	20.0	10
12	Puerto Rico	19.9	18
13	Serbia	19.9	13
14	Sweden	19.8	11
15	France	19.7	14
16	Lithuania	19.5	16
17	Estonia	19.5	15
18	Denmark	19.2	17
19	Czechia	19.1	22
20	Slovenia	19.0	23
21	San Marino	19.0	20
22	Spain	19.0	19
23	U.S. Virgin Islands	18.9	28
24	Malta	18.8	21
25	Hungary	18.8	25
26	Austria	18.6	24
27	Belgium	18.6	26
28	Netherlands	18.4	27
29	Bosnia & Herzegovina	18.3	31
30	Switzerland	18.2	29
31	United Kingdom	18.1	30
32	Channel Islands	18.0	32
33	Romania	17.9	33
34	Gibraltar	17.5	34
35	Liechtenstein	17.4	36
36	Faroe Islands	17.3	35
37	Bermuda	17.2	37
38	Norway	16.8	38
39	Canada	16.8	39
40	Hong Kong	16.6	40
41	Poland	16.5	41
42	Ukraine	16.0	42
43	Australia	15.4	43
44	Montenegro	15.2	44
45	Slovakia	15.2	47
46	United States	14.9	48
47	New Zealand	14.9	45
48	Uruguay	14.8	46
49	Belarus	14.8	49
50	Curaçao	14.8	51
51	Cuba	14.8	50
52	North Macedonia	14.5	55
53	Georgia	14.4	52
54	Luxembourg	14.3	53
55	Russia	14.2	56
56	Iceland	14.0	54
57	South Korea	13.9	58
58	Ireland	13.7	57
59	Barbados	13.5	59
60	Albania	13.3	61
61	Andorra	13.2	60
62	Cyprus	13.0	62
63	Moldova	12.8	63
64	Aruba	12.7	64
65	Chile	11.8	65
66	Dominica	11.7	71
67	Israel	11.5	66
68	Armenia	11.4	68
69	Argentina	11.3	67
70	Thailand	11.3	70
71	China	11.0	72
72	North Korea	10.9	69
73	Bahamas	10.5	73
74	Grenada	10.4	74
75	St. Vincent & Grenadines	10.0	75
76	Singapore	10.0	76
77	Mauritius	9.9	77
78	Sri Lanka	9.7	78
79	Macau	9.5	81
80	Guam	9.4	82
81	Costa Rica	9.4	80
82	New Caledonia	9.4	79
83	Sint Maarten	9.1	86
84	Turks & Caicos Islands	9.1	83
85	Trinidad & Tobago	8.9	84
86	Antigua & Barbuda	8.8	85
87	Brazil	8.6	88
88	Peru	8.4	87
89	Palau	8.3	92
90	St. Lucia	8.2	89
91	Greenland	8.2	90
92	St. Kitts & Nevis	8.2	91
93	St. Martin	8.1	96
94	Kosovo	8.0	93
95	Türkiye	7.9	94
96	French Polynesia	7.9	95
97	Lebanon	7.8	99
98	Colombia	7.7	98
99	British Virgin Islands	7.6	101
100	Panama	7.6	97
101	Tunisia	7.4	102
102	El Salvador	7.4	100
103	Seychelles	7.1	103
104	Kazakhstan	7.1	104
105	Ecuador	7.0	105
106	Venezuela	7.0	107
107	Mexico	7.0	106
108	Vietnam	6.8	108
109	Jamaica	6.6	109
110	Cayman Islands	6.6	110
111	Iran	6.5	111
112	Suriname	6.4	112
113	Indonesia	6.2	113
114	Morocco	6.2	115
115	Azerbaijan	6.1	116
116	Dominican Republic	6.1	117
117	Tonga	6.1	114
118	Malaysia	6.1	118
119	Myanmar (Burma)	6.0	119
120	Bhutan	5.8	120
121	India	5.8	122
122	Nepal	5.8	123
123	Paraguay	5.8	121
124	South Africa	5.6	125
125	Bolivia	5.6	124
126	Guyana	5.6	126
127	American Samoa	5.6	129
128	Timor-Leste	5.5	128
129	Fiji	5.5	130
130	Algeria	5.5	131
131	Cape Verde	5.5	132
132	Tuvalu	5.4	127
133	Bangladesh	5.3	134
134	Northern Mariana Islands	5.1	137
135	Kyrgyzstan	5.1	133
136	Samoa	4.9	135
137	Uzbekistan	4.9	136
138	Cambodia	4.9	139
139	Nicaragua	4.9	138
140	Brunei	4.7	141
141	Libya	4.6	140
142	Comoros	4.4	142
143	Syria	4.4	143
144	Egypt	4.4	144
145	Micronesia	4.3	149
146	Guatemala	4.3	145
147	Djibouti	4.3	146
148	Haiti	4.2	147
149	Belize	4.2	148
150	Philippines	4.1	153
151	Laos	4.1	150
152	Eritrea	4.0	152
153	Gabon	4.0	151
154	Mongolia	4.0	155
155	Pakistan	3.9	156
156	Vanuatu	3.9	158
157	Maldives	3.9	154
158	Lesotho	3.8	157
159	Kiribati	3.8	159
160	Botswana	3.7	160
161	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.7	161
162	Honduras	3.7	165
163	Solomon Islands	3.6	163
164	Turkmenistan	3.6	162
165	Togo	3.6	166
166	Eswatini	3.6	169
167	Namibia	3.6	164
168	Jordan	3.5	171
169	Senegal	3.5	167
170	Guinea	3.5	168
171	Zimbabwe	3.4	173
172	Mauritania	3.4	170
173	Ghana	3.4	172
174	Palestinian Territories	3.4	175
175	Equatorial Guinea	3.3	174
176	Marshall Islands	3.2	182
177	Liberia	3.2	176
178	Iraq	3.2	179
179	Rwanda	3.1	180
180	Sierra Leone	3.1	177
181	Congo - Kinshasa	3.1	178
182	Tajikistan	3.0	183
183	Benin	3.0	181
184	Ethiopia	3.0	187
185	Tanzania	3.0	186
186	Nigeria	3.0	185
187	Madagascar	2.9	189
188	Papua New Guinea	2.9	188
189	Kuwait	2.9	197
190	Malawi	2.9	184
191	Guinea-Bissau	2.9	190
192	Cameroon	2.8	191
193	Sudan	2.8	193
194	Mozambique	2.8	192
195	Angola	2.7	194
196	Congo - Brazzaville	2.7	195
197	Gambia	2.6	198
198	Yemen	2.6	196
199	Bahrain	2.6	202
200	Mali	2.6	199
201	Burkina Faso	2.6	200
202	Oman	2.6	201
203	Kenya	2.5	204
204	South Sudan	2.5	203
205	Côte d’Ivoire	2.5	205
206	Niger	2.5	206
207	Somalia	2.5	207
208	Afghanistan	2.4	208
209	Burundi	2.3	209
210	Saudi Arabia	2.3	210
211	Central African Republic	2.1	212
212	Chad	2.0	211
213	Uganda	2.0	213
214	Nauru	1.8	215
215	Zambia	1.8	214
216	United Arab Emirates	1.5	216
217	Qatar	1.1	217

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