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

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

Countries reporting

141

Highest

39,791

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

233

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 65-69, total is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 39,791 in China; the lowest is 2 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 233, and the mean is 1,209.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,896.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 113.3%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 42.5%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	39,791	2010	up 13.5%	rising
2	India	25,691	2010	up 25.0%	rising
3	United States	12,215	2010	up 27.9%	rising
4	Japan	8,108	2010	up 14.4%	rising
5	Indonesia	5,594	2010	up 24.9%	rising
6	Germany	4,817	2010	up 19.9%	rising
7	Brazil	4,599	2010	up 34.2%	rising
8	Russia	4,083	2010	down 31.0%	rising
9	Italy	3,147	2010	up 0.3%	rising
10	United Kingdom	2,904	2010	up 12.0%	rising
11	Pakistan	2,722	2010	up 24.8%	rising
12	France	2,599	2010	down 4.0%	rising
13	Bangladesh	2,533	2010	up 33.7%	rising
14	Mexico	2,453	2010	up 42.6%	rising
15	Spain	2,017	2010	down 4.8%	rising
16	Thailand	1,988	2010	up 26.9%	volatile
17	Ukraine	1,938	2010	down 8.7%	rising
18	South Korea	1,914	2010	up 34.3%	volatile
19	Turkey	1,658	2010	up 8.9%	rising
20	Philippines	1,623	2010	up 41.6%	rising
21	Egypt	1,560	2010	up 22.2%	rising
22	Vietnam	1,550	2010	down 3.4%	rising
23	Canada	1,460	2010	up 28.0%	rising
24	Poland	1,363	2010	down 15.8%	rising
25	Argentina	1,329	2010	up 11.5%	rising
26	Iran	1,191	2010	up 1.3%	rising
27	Myanmar	1,152	2010	up 38.3%	rising
28	South Africa	1,019	2010	up 41.5%	rising
29	Colombia	1,005	2010	up 41.4%	rising
30	Australia	894	2010	up 34.8%	rising
31	Romania	876	2010	down 20.0%	rising
32	Netherlands	780	2010	up 21.1%	rising
33	Democratic Republic of Congo	767	2010	up 28.5%	rising
34	Sudan	654	2010	up 37.7%	rising
35	Sri Lanka	646	2010	up 35.1%	rising
36	Venezuela	628	2010	up 48.5%	volatile
37	Peru	627	2010	up 29.8%	rising
38	Tanzania	612	2010	up 31.6%	volatile
39	Algeria	570	2010	up 6.7%	rising
40	Morocco	568	2010	up 11.8%	rising
41	Czechia	549	2010	up 22.3%	rising
42	Malaysia	544	2010	up 44.7%	volatile
43	Chile	539	2010	up 38.2%	rising
44	Portugal	536	2010	up 2.1%	rising
45	Sweden	528	2010	up 38.6%	rising
46	Greece	510	2010	down 17.5%	rising
46	Hungary	510	2010	up 4.9%	rising
48	Nepal	492	2010	up 34.8%	rising
49	Belgium	476	2010	down 8.5%	rising
50	Cuba	469	2010	up 40.8%	rising
51	Austria	461	2010	up 31.3%	rising
52	Afghanistan	437	2010	up 44.7%	rising
53	Iraq	432	2010	up 52.1%	rising
54	Serbia	415	2010	down 22.1%	rising
55	Switzerland	400	2010	up 30.7%	rising
56	Ghana	394	2010	up 38.2%	rising
57	Bulgaria	389	2010	down 16.3%	rising
58	Kenya	384	2010	up 7.3%	rising
59	Saudi Arabia	375	2010	up 68.9%	volatile
60	Kazakhstan	342	2010	up 1.8%	rising
61	Uganda	340	2010	up 25.5%	rising
62	Mozambique	310	2010	up 24.0%	rising
63	Cote d'Ivoire	307	2010	up 32.3%	volatile
64	Ecuador	304	2010	up 35.1%	rising
65	Denmark	303	2010	up 38.4%	rising
66	Syria	274	2010	up 35.0%	rising
67	Cameroon	272	2010	up 22.5%	rising
67	Finland	272	2010	up 20.4%	rising
69	Cambodia	271	2010	up 49.7%	rising
70	Yemen	245	2010	up 41.6%	rising
71	Hong Kong	233	2010	down 4.1%	rising
72	Norway	221	2010	up 31.5%	rising
73	Tunisia	220	2010	down 0.5%	rising
74	Slovakia	216	2010	up 5.9%	rising
75	Guatemala	213	2010	up 19.7%	rising
76	Dominican Republic	212	2010	up 29.3%	volatile
77	Israel	206	2010	up 15.1%	rising
78	Croatia	204	2010	down 22.1%	rising
78	Zimbabwe	204	2010	up 25.2%	rising
80	Malawi	182	2010	up 24.7%	volatile
81	Bolivia	181	2010	up 25.7%	rising
82	Senegal	176	2010	up 29.4%	rising
83	Mali	174	2010	up 16.8%	rising
84	New Zealand	169	2010	up 33.1%	rising
85	Lithuania	161	2010	down 3.6%	rising
85	Zambia	161	2010	up 22.9%	rising
88	Singapore	160	2010	up 48.1%	volatile
89	Niger	152	2010	up 34.5%	rising
90	Haiti	146	2010	up 18.7%	rising
91	El Salvador	142	2010	up 21.4%	rising
92	Uruguay	134	2010	down 2.2%	rising
93	Libya	127	2010	up 56.8%	volatile
94	Moldova	122	2010	down 17.6%	rising
95	Benin	119	2010	up 43.4%	rising
96	Honduras	115	2010	up 30.7%	volatile
96	Latvia	115	2010	down 3.4%	rising
98	Rwanda	112	2010	up 33.3%	rising
99	Albania	106	2010	up 24.7%	rising
99	Paraguay	106	2010	up 49.3%	rising
101	Costa Rica	101	2010	up 42.3%	rising
102	Burundi	96	2010	up 28.0%	rising
102	Jordan	96	2010	up 52.4%	volatile
102	Sierra Leone	96	2010	up 33.3%	rising
105	Togo	94	2010	up 34.3%	rising
106	Slovenia	89	2010	down 7.3%	rising
107	Laos	84	2010	up 27.3%	rising
107	Panama	84	2010	up 47.4%	rising
109	Nicaragua	78	2010	up 30.0%	rising
110	Papua New Guinea	71	2010	up 26.8%	rising
111	Central African Republic	69	2010	up 13.1%	rising
111	Kyrgyzstan	69	2010	down 31.0%	rising
111	Tajikistan	69	2010	down 12.7%	rising
114	Armenia	65	2010	down 42.5%	rising
115	Jamaica	63	2010	up 3.3%	rising
116	Estonia	60	2010	down 13.0%	rising
117	Congo	54	2010	up 25.6%	rising
118	Mauritania	50	2010	up 28.2%	rising
119	Mongolia	44	2010	up 12.8%	rising
120	Trinidad and Tobago	40	2010	up 42.9%	rising
121	Cyprus	38	2010	up 31.0%	rising
121	Liberia	38	2010	up 18.8%	rising
123	Lesotho	34	2010	down 2.9%	rising
124	Mauritius	33	2010	up 32.0%	rising
125	Kuwait	32	2010	up 113.3%	volatile
125	Namibia	32	2010	up 28.0%	rising
127	Gambia	30	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
128	Botswana	28	2010	up 40.0%	rising
129	Gabon	23	2010	up 15.0%	rising
130	United Arab Emirates	20	2010	up 33.3%	volatile
133	Fiji	18	2010	up 50.0%	rising
134	Eswatini	16	2010	up 23.1%	rising
135	Guyana	15	2010	up 15.4%	rising
136	Macao	13	2010	up 30.0%	rising
137	Iceland	11	2010	up 10.0%	rising
138	Bahrain	10	2010	up 42.9%	volatile
139	Barbados	8	2010	up 14.3%	flat
140	Qatar	7	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
141	Brunei	5	2010	up 25.0%	rising
141	Maldives	5	2010	up 25.0%	rising
143	Belize	4	2010	up 33.3%	rising
144	Tonga	2	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

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