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Population aged 65 and above (% of total) by country, 2021

Countries217

1. Monaco37.3

Median7.6

Japan29.22 / 217

World9.5

Top 20

Monaco37.3

Japan29.2

Italy23.7

Portugal23.3

Puerto Rico23.2

Finland22.9

Greece22.8

Germany22.1

Croatia22.1

Isle of Man22.0

Serbia21.9

Bulgaria21.7

U.S. Virgin Islands21.5

France21.1

Latvia20.8

Bosnia & Herzegovina20.7

Czechia20.5

Estonia20.4

Slovenia20.4

Hungary20.4

Bottom 10

Burundi2.5

Mali2.5

Afghanistan2.4

Central African Republic2.2

Nauru2.2

Uganda2.1

Chad2.0

Zambia1.8

United Arab Emirates1.6

Qatar1.3

Biggest increases since 2020

Northern Mariana Islands+12.0%

Sint Maarten+7.3%

Macau+6.4%

Singapore+5.8%

Bahrain+5.7%

American Samoa+5.6%

Brunei+5.5%

South Korea+5.3%

Micronesia+5.0%

Hong Kong+4.9%

Biggest decreases since 2020

Kuwait-14.3%

St. Martin-12.6%

Bolivia-2.3%

Malawi-2.0%

Mali-1.5%

Solomon Islands-1.3%

Mauritania-1.2%

Yemen-1.1%

Timor-Leste-1.0%

Namibia-0.8%

All countries

#	Country / region	Population aged 65 and above (% of total)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	37.3	1
2	Japan	29.2	2
3	Italy	23.7	3
4	Portugal	23.3	4
5	Puerto Rico	23.2	6
6	Finland	22.9	5
7	Greece	22.8	7
8	Germany	22.1	9
9	Croatia	22.1	11
10	Isle of Man	22.0	8
11	Serbia	21.9	12
12	Bulgaria	21.7	10
13	U.S. Virgin Islands	21.5	13
14	France	21.1	14
15	Latvia	20.8	15
16	Bosnia & Herzegovina	20.7	17
17	Czechia	20.5	16
18	Estonia	20.4	18
19	Slovenia	20.4	19
20	Hungary	20.4	20
21	San Marino	20.4	23
22	Denmark	20.2	22
23	Sweden	20.2	21
24	Lithuania	19.9	24
25	Spain	19.8	25
26	Hong Kong	19.8	31
27	Netherlands	19.7	26
28	Austria	19.5	28
29	Belgium	19.5	27
30	Bermuda	19.4	32
31	Romania	19.3	29
32	Channel Islands	19.1	30
33	Liechtenstein	19.1	34
34	Switzerland	18.9	33
35	Malta	18.8	36
36	United Kingdom	18.7	35
37	Poland	18.5	38
38	Canada	18.5	39
39	Norway	18.1	40
40	Faroe Islands	17.8	41
41	Ukraine	17.4	43
42	Gibraltar	17.3	42
43	Slovakia	17.2	44
44	Montenegro	16.9	45
45	Australia	16.7	47
46	North Macedonia	16.7	46
47	South Korea	16.7	49
48	United States	16.5	48
49	Belarus	16.1	50
50	New Zealand	16.0	52
51	St. Martin	15.9	37
52	Cuba	15.7	51
53	Russia	15.7	53
54	Uruguay	15.5	54
55	Curaçao	15.3	55
56	Albania	15.3	58
57	Barbados	15.3	57
58	Aruba	15.1	60
59	Georgia	15.0	56
60	Iceland	14.9	61
61	Ireland	14.9	62
62	Luxembourg	14.7	59
63	Moldova	14.7	63
64	Andorra	14.6	64
65	Cyprus	13.9	65
66	Thailand	13.5	66
67	China	13.2	67
68	Chile	13.0	68
69	Armenia	12.6	69
70	Dominica	12.4	70
71	Sint Maarten	12.3	74
72	Singapore	12.3	73
73	Israel	12.2	71
74	Macau	12.0	76
75	Argentina	11.9	72
76	Mauritius	11.9	75
77	North Korea	11.3	77
78	Grenada	11.2	78
79	Guam	11.2	81
80	Bahamas	11.1	79
81	Sri Lanka	11.0	82
82	St. Vincent & Grenadines	11.0	80
83	Trinidad & Tobago	10.9	84
84	Costa Rica	10.9	83
85	New Caledonia	10.5	85
86	Turks & Caicos Islands	10.3	86
87	Antigua & Barbuda	10.3	87
88	Palau	9.9	89
89	Brazil	9.9	88
90	St. Kitts & Nevis	9.9	90
91	French Polynesia	9.7	91
92	Türkiye	9.4	93
93	Lebanon	9.3	92
94	Greenland	9.2	94
95	Kosovo	8.9	95
96	St. Lucia	8.8	97
97	Peru	8.8	96
98	Colombia	8.7	98
99	Venezuela	8.6	102
100	British Virgin Islands	8.6	99
101	Tunisia	8.6	101
102	Panama	8.5	100
103	Seychelles	7.9	105
104	Vietnam	7.9	106
105	Kazakhstan	7.8	104
106	Cayman Islands	7.8	109
107	El Salvador	7.8	103
108	Ecuador	7.7	107
109	Mexico	7.6	108
110	Iran	7.4	110
111	Jamaica	7.3	111
112	Morocco	7.2	113
113	Suriname	7.2	112
114	Azerbaijan	7.1	114
115	Dominican Republic	7.0	115
116	Malaysia	7.0	116
117	Northern Mariana Islands	6.9	122
118	American Samoa	6.7	120
119	Indonesia	6.7	117
120	Myanmar (Burma)	6.7	118
121	India	6.5	119
122	Tonga	6.4	121
123	South Africa	6.2	124
124	Paraguay	6.2	123
125	Cape Verde	6.1	129
126	Bhutan	6.1	126
127	Nepal	6.1	125
128	Fiji	6.1	128
129	Guyana	6.1	127
130	Algeria	6.0	130
131	Bangladesh	6.0	131
132	Brunei	5.9	134
133	Tuvalu	5.8	132
134	Cambodia	5.6	136
135	Bolivia	5.5	133
136	Timor-Leste	5.5	135
137	Samoa	5.4	138
138	Uzbekistan	5.4	137
139	Micronesia	5.3	141
140	Nicaragua	5.2	139
141	Kyrgyzstan	5.1	140
142	Philippines	4.9	142
143	Egypt	4.7	143
144	Libya	4.7	144
145	Syria	4.6	145
146	Belize	4.6	147
147	Guatemala	4.6	146
148	Djibouti	4.5	148
149	Haiti	4.5	150
150	Comoros	4.5	149
151	Mongolia	4.4	151
152	Laos	4.3	152
153	Eritrea	4.1	153
154	Vanuatu	4.1	154
155	Honduras	4.1	157
156	Pakistan	4.1	155
157	Jordan	4.0	160
158	Gabon	4.0	158
159	Kiribati	4.0	159
160	Maldives	3.9	163
161	Eswatini	3.9	162
162	Turkmenistan	3.9	165
163	Botswana	3.9	161
164	Marshall Islands	3.9	167
165	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.8	164
166	Lesotho	3.8	166
167	Solomon Islands	3.7	168
168	Palestinian Territories	3.6	171
169	Rwanda	3.6	175
170	Zimbabwe	3.6	170
171	Togo	3.6	169
172	Namibia	3.5	172
173	Senegal	3.5	173
174	Equatorial Guinea	3.5	174
175	Ghana	3.5	176
176	Bahrain	3.5	179
177	Guinea	3.4	177
178	Kuwait	3.4	156
179	Iraq	3.4	178
180	Tajikistan	3.3	181
181	Liberia	3.2	182
182	Mauritania	3.2	180
183	Madagascar	3.2	183
184	Papua New Guinea	3.2	185
185	Sierra Leone	3.2	184
186	Ethiopia	3.1	187
187	Congo - Kinshasa	3.1	186
188	Sudan	3.1	191
189	Benin	3.0	188
190	Guinea-Bissau	3.0	190
191	Tanzania	3.0	189
192	Nigeria	3.0	192
193	Gambia	2.8	196
194	Kenya	2.8	194
195	Congo - Brazzaville	2.8	197
196	Mozambique	2.8	193
197	Cameroon	2.8	195
198	South Sudan	2.8	200
199	Angola	2.7	198
200	Malawi	2.7	199
201	Saudi Arabia	2.6	206
202	Oman	2.6	201
203	Burkina Faso	2.6	202
204	Somalia	2.5	204
205	Niger	2.5	205
206	Yemen	2.5	203
207	Côte d’Ivoire	2.5	207
208	Burundi	2.5	209
209	Mali	2.5	208
210	Afghanistan	2.4	210
211	Central African Republic	2.2	211
212	Nauru	2.2	212
213	Uganda	2.1	213
214	Chad	2.0	214
215	Zambia	1.8	215
216	United Arab Emirates	1.6	216
217	Qatar	1.3	217

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