Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 65-69, female by country

Population in thousands, age 65-69, female is the female population of 65-69 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

141

Highest

19,930

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

125

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 65-69, female is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 19,930 in China; the lowest is 1 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 125, and the mean is 636.6.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,930.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 37.1%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 65-69, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	19,930	2010	up 13.6%	rising
2	India	13,404	2010	up 26.5%	rising
3	United States	6,507	2010	up 27.4%	rising
4	Japan	4,247	2010	up 13.6%	rising
5	Indonesia	3,055	2010	up 26.3%	rising
6	Russia	2,561	2010	down 29.9%	rising
7	Germany	2,508	2010	up 18.4%	rising
8	Brazil	2,505	2010	up 34.9%	rising
9	Italy	1,664	2010	down 1.6%	rising
10	United Kingdom	1,505	2010	up 11.2%	flat
11	Pakistan	1,391	2010	up 26.5%	rising
12	France	1,360	2010	down 6.6%	rising
13	Bangladesh	1,324	2010	up 39.5%	rising
14	Mexico	1,310	2010	up 43.0%	rising
15	Ukraine	1,200	2010	down 6.0%	rising
16	Spain	1,069	2010	down 5.5%	rising
17	Thailand	1,063	2010	up 25.1%	volatile
18	South Korea	1,017	2010	up 27.0%	volatile
19	Turkey	905	2010	up 15.9%	rising
20	Philippines	856	2010	up 41.7%	rising
21	Egypt	822	2010	up 18.4%	rising
22	Vietnam	810	2010	down 3.6%	rising
23	Poland	775	2010	down 16.1%	rising
24	Canada	754	2010	up 27.4%	rising
25	Argentina	726	2010	up 10.3%	rising
26	Iran	642	2010	up 13.4%	rising
27	Myanmar	612	2010	up 39.1%	rising
28	South Africa	588	2010	up 44.1%	rising
29	Colombia	540	2010	up 39.9%	rising
30	Romania	492	2010	down 18.9%	rising
31	Australia	452	2010	up 32.9%	rising
32	Democratic Republic of Congo	424	2010	up 27.3%	rising
33	Netherlands	399	2010	up 17.7%	rising
34	Sudan	345	2010	up 37.5%	rising
35	Tanzania	340	2010	up 32.8%	volatile
36	Sri Lanka	337	2010	up 34.8%	volatile
37	Venezuela	327	2010	up 48.0%	volatile
38	Peru	325	2010	up 29.5%	rising
39	Morocco	322	2010	up 17.9%	rising
40	Czechia	301	2010	up 19.4%	rising
40	Algeria	301	2010	up 9.5%	rising
42	Hungary	297	2010	up 3.8%	rising
43	Chile	290	2010	up 35.5%	rising
43	Portugal	290	2010	up 0.7%	rising
45	Malaysia	277	2010	up 41.3%	volatile
46	Nepal	276	2010	up 35.3%	rising
47	Greece	273	2010	down 17.0%	rising
48	Sweden	267	2010	up 34.2%	rising
49	Belgium	248	2010	down 10.5%	rising
50	Cuba	244	2010	up 41.9%	rising
51	Austria	242	2010	up 27.4%	flat
52	Iraq	227	2010	up 51.3%	rising
52	Serbia	227	2010	down 22.0%	rising
54	Afghanistan	220	2010	up 44.7%	rising
55	Bulgaria	217	2010	down 14.9%	rising
56	Switzerland	212	2010	up 27.7%	rising
57	Kazakhstan	211	2010	up 9.3%	rising
58	Kenya	206	2010	up 9.6%	rising
59	Ghana	203	2010	up 38.1%	rising
60	Uganda	184	2010	up 27.8%	rising
61	Saudi Arabia	181	2010	up 88.5%	volatile
62	Mozambique	176	2010	up 24.8%	rising
63	Cambodia	166	2010	up 39.5%	volatile
64	Ecuador	158	2010	up 35.0%	rising
65	Denmark	155	2010	up 34.8%	rising
66	Cote d'Ivoire	146	2010	up 33.9%	volatile
66	Cameroon	146	2010	up 22.7%	rising
66	Syria	146	2010	up 35.2%	rising
69	Finland	143	2010	up 16.3%	rising
70	Yemen	127	2010	up 46.0%	rising
71	Slovakia	125	2010	up 5.0%	rising
72	Tunisia	118	2010	up 4.4%	rising
73	Hong Kong	115	2010	down 4.2%	rising
74	Croatia	114	2010	down 23.0%	rising
75	Norway	112	2010	up 27.3%	rising
76	Guatemala	111	2010	up 20.7%	rising
76	Zimbabwe	111	2010	up 27.6%	rising
78	Israel	110	2010	up 11.1%	rising
79	Dominican Republic	107	2010	up 32.1%	volatile
80	Senegal	101	2010	up 34.7%	rising
81	Mali	100	2010	up 20.5%	rising
82	Lithuania	98	2010	down 3.0%	rising
83	Bolivia	97	2010	up 24.4%	rising
83	Malawi	97	2010	up 31.1%	rising
85	Zambia	88	2010	up 23.9%	rising
86	New Zealand	86	2010	up 32.3%	rising
87	Niger	83	2010	up 33.9%	rising
88	Haiti	82	2010	up 22.4%	rising
88	Singapore	82	2010	up 46.4%	volatile
91	El Salvador	77	2010	up 22.2%	rising
92	Uruguay	74	2010	down 2.6%	rising
93	Moldova	71	2010	down 18.4%	rising
94	Latvia	70	2010	down 4.1%	rising
95	Benin	67	2010	up 39.6%	rising
96	Rwanda	62	2010	up 34.8%	rising
97	Honduras	60	2010	up 30.4%	volatile
98	Burundi	57	2010	up 23.9%	rising
99	Libya	56	2010	up 60.0%	volatile
100	Paraguay	55	2010	up 37.5%	rising
101	Albania	53	2010	up 29.3%	rising
102	Costa Rica	52	2010	up 40.5%	rising
102	Sierra Leone	52	2010	up 33.3%	rising
104	Togo	51	2010	up 34.2%	rising
105	Slovenia	48	2010	down 11.1%	rising
106	Laos	47	2010	up 34.3%	rising
107	Jordan	46	2010	up 48.4%	volatile
108	Panama	43	2010	up 48.3%	rising
109	Nicaragua	41	2010	up 28.1%	rising
110	Armenia	39	2010	down 37.1%	rising
110	Central African Republic	39	2010	up 14.7%	rising
112	Kyrgyzstan	38	2010	down 32.1%	rising
113	Estonia	37	2010	down 11.9%	rising
114	Papua New Guinea	34	2010	up 36.0%	rising
114	Tajikistan	34	2010	down 19.0%	rising
116	Jamaica	31	2010	down 6.1%	rising
117	Congo	30	2010	up 25.0%	rising
118	Mauritania	27	2010	up 28.6%	rising
119	Mongolia	23	2010	up 9.5%	rising
120	Liberia	21	2010	up 23.5%	rising
120	Trinidad and Tobago	21	2010	up 40.0%	rising
122	Cyprus	20	2010	up 33.3%	rising
122	Lesotho	20	2010	up 5.3%	rising
124	Mauritius	18	2010	up 28.6%	rising
124	Namibia	18	2010	up 38.5%	rising
126	Botswana	16	2010	up 33.3%	rising
126	Gambia	16	2010	up 45.5%	volatile
128	Gabon	12	2010	up 9.1%	rising
128	Kuwait	12	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
132	Fiji	9	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
132	Guyana	9	2010	up 28.6%	rising
132	Eswatini	9	2010	up 28.6%	rising
135	United Arab Emirates	8	2010	up 33.3%	volatile
136	Iceland	6	2010	up 20.0%	rising
136	Macao	6	2010	up 20.0%	rising
138	Bahrain	5	2010	up 25.0%	volatile
138	Barbados	5	2010	up 25.0%	falling
140	Belize	2	2010	unchanged	rising
140	Brunei	2	2010	unchanged	rising
140	Maldives	2	2010	unchanged	rising
140	Qatar	2	2010	up 100.0%	rising
144	Tonga	1	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 65-69, female
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population in thousands, age 65-69, female is the female population of 65-69 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.