Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 70-74, total by country

Population in thousands, age 70-74, total is the total population of 70-74 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

141

Highest

31,542

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

193

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 70-74, total is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 31,542 in China; the lowest is 2 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 193, and the mean is 975.59.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,771.

Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 162.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 16.1%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 70-74, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	31,542	2010	up 25.9%	rising
2	India	18,770	2010	up 32.5%	rising
3	United States	9,101	2010	up 2.1%	rising
4	Japan	6,831	2010	up 16.4%	rising
5	Russia	6,013	2010	down 0.9%	rising
6	Germany	4,727	2010	up 31.8%	rising
7	Indonesia	4,235	2010	up 40.7%	volatile
8	Brazil	3,596	2010	up 33.9%	rising
9	Italy	3,055	2010	up 9.3%	rising
10	United Kingdom	2,359	2010	up 0.3%	rising
11	Ukraine	2,345	2010	up 1.9%	rising
12	France	2,334	2010	down 6.6%	rising
13	Pakistan	1,975	2010	up 26.7%	rising
14	Mexico	1,804	2010	up 40.8%	rising
15	Bangladesh	1,742	2010	up 36.5%	rising
16	South Korea	1,608	2010	up 71.2%	volatile
17	Spain	1,592	2010	down 16.1%	rising
18	Thailand	1,576	2010	up 45.5%	volatile
19	Poland	1,335	2010	down 2.3%	rising
20	Vietnam	1,300	2010	up 12.0%	rising
21	Turkey	1,283	2010	up 17.5%	rising
22	Egypt	1,192	2010	up 32.0%	rising
23	Philippines	1,126	2010	up 56.4%	rising
24	Canada	1,104	2010	up 9.9%	rising
25	Argentina	1,071	2010	up 5.8%	rising
26	Romania	931	2010	up 4.5%	rising
27	Iran	928	2010	unchanged	rising
28	Myanmar	762	2010	up 17.2%	rising
29	Colombia	710	2010	up 32.0%	rising
30	South Africa	684	2010	up 47.7%	rising
31	Australia	677	2010	up 9.7%	rising
32	Netherlands	613	2010	up 10.6%	rising
33	Greece	549	2010	up 0.7%	rising
34	Democratic Republic of Congo	516	2010	up 31.0%	rising
35	Morocco	511	2010	up 19.4%	rising
36	Portugal	491	2010	up 8.6%	rising
37	Algeria	488	2010	up 38.6%	rising
38	Sri Lanka	475	2010	up 17.0%	rising
39	Peru	473	2010	up 39.5%	rising
40	Sudan	451	2010	up 40.1%	rising
41	Belgium	448	2010	down 3.4%	rising
41	Kazakhstan	448	2010	up 14.0%	rising
43	Venezuela	437	2010	up 34.5%	volatile
44	Tanzania	424	2010	up 35.0%	volatile
45	Malaysia	417	2010	up 52.2%	volatile
46	Serbia	410	2010	down 3.1%	rising
47	Hungary	401	2010	down 6.3%	rising
48	Chile	389	2010	up 27.5%	rising
49	Sweden	382	2010	up 4.7%	rising
50	Austria	375	2010	up 13.3%	rising
50	Cuba	375	2010	up 33.0%	rising
52	Czechia	372	2010	down 9.3%	rising
53	Nepal	337	2010	up 35.9%	rising
54	Bulgaria	336	2010	down 13.6%	rising
55	Switzerland	300	2010	up 14.1%	rising
56	Kenya	299	2010	up 20.1%	rising
57	Afghanistan	285	2010	up 46.2%	rising
58	Ghana	275	2010	up 40.3%	volatile
59	Iraq	274	2010	up 25.7%	rising
60	Saudi Arabia	272	2010	up 63.9%	volatile
61	Ecuador	240	2010	up 42.0%	rising
62	Hong Kong	226	2010	up 11.3%	volatile
63	Croatia	225	2010	up 8.7%	rising
64	Finland	222	2010	up 5.7%	rising
65	Mozambique	218	2010	up 28.2%	rising
65	Uganda	218	2010	up 16.6%	rising
67	Denmark	212	2010	up 9.3%	rising
68	Cote d'Ivoire	209	2010	up 40.3%	volatile
69	Syria	203	2010	up 40.0%	rising
70	Tunisia	201	2010	up 20.4%	volatile
71	Cameroon	193	2010	up 23.7%	rising
72	Israel	188	2010	up 16.0%	rising
73	Guatemala	169	2010	up 29.0%	volatile
74	Slovakia	168	2010	down 4.5%	rising
75	Cambodia	166	2010	up 35.0%	rising
76	Norway	162	2010	down 3.0%	rising
77	Dominican Republic	161	2010	up 34.2%	volatile
78	Yemen	159	2010	up 29.3%	rising
79	Zimbabwe	148	2010	up 21.3%	rising
80	Lithuania	142	2010	down 0.7%	rising
81	Bolivia	137	2010	up 25.7%	rising
82	New Zealand	132	2010	up 10.0%	rising
83	Malawi	130	2010	up 25.0%	volatile
84	Singapore	125	2010	up 54.3%	volatile
86	Moldova	121	2010	down 5.5%	rising
86	Mali	121	2010	up 21.0%	rising
88	Senegal	118	2010	up 24.2%	rising
89	Armenia	116	2010	up 6.4%	rising
90	Uruguay	115	2010	down 2.5%	rising
90	Zambia	115	2010	up 29.2%	rising
92	El Salvador	111	2010	up 24.7%	volatile
93	Latvia	109	2010	up 2.8%	rising
94	Haiti	107	2010	up 24.4%	rising
95	Kyrgyzstan	101	2010	up 6.3%	rising
96	Niger	95	2010	up 31.9%	rising
97	Honduras	90	2010	up 47.5%	volatile
98	Albania	87	2010	up 33.8%	rising
99	Libya	85	2010	up 66.7%	volatile
99	Tajikistan	85	2010	up 25.0%	rising
101	Slovenia	84	2010	up 2.4%	rising
102	Benin	81	2010	up 39.7%	rising
103	Paraguay	79	2010	up 46.3%	rising
104	Costa Rica	76	2010	up 33.3%	rising
104	Laos	76	2010	up 16.9%	rising
106	Rwanda	75	2010	up 38.9%	rising
107	Jordan	67	2010	up 86.1%	volatile
108	Burundi	66	2010	up 22.2%	rising
108	Togo	66	2010	up 34.7%	rising
110	Estonia	62	2010	up 1.6%	rising
111	Panama	61	2010	up 38.6%	rising
111	Sierra Leone	61	2010	up 32.6%	rising
113	Nicaragua	58	2010	up 31.8%	rising
114	Central African Republic	51	2010	up 15.9%	rising
115	Papua New Guinea	48	2010	up 41.2%	rising
116	Jamaica	47	2010	down 13.0%	rising
117	Congo	38	2010	up 26.7%	rising
118	Mauritania	35	2010	up 34.6%	rising
119	Mongolia	30	2010	up 20.0%	rising
120	Cyprus	29	2010	up 26.1%	rising
120	Trinidad and Tobago	29	2010	up 26.1%	rising
122	Lesotho	28	2010	up 12.0%	rising
123	Liberia	24	2010	up 20.0%	rising
123	Mauritius	24	2010	up 9.1%	volatile
125	Namibia	23	2010	up 21.1%	rising
126	Kuwait	21	2010	up 162.5%	volatile
127	Botswana	20	2010	up 53.8%	rising
127	Gambia	20	2010	up 53.8%	volatile
129	United Arab Emirates	19	2010	up 111.1%	volatile
130	Gabon	17	2010	unchanged	rising
133	Eswatini	12	2010	up 33.3%	rising
134	Fiji	11	2010	up 37.5%	rising
134	Guyana	11	2010	unchanged	rising
136	Macao	9	2010	unchanged	rising
137	Iceland	8	2010	down 11.1%	rising
138	Bahrain	7	2010	up 16.7%	volatile
138	Barbados	7	2010	unchanged	rising
140	Brunei	4	2010	up 33.3%	rising
140	Maldives	4	2010	up 33.3%	rising
140	Qatar	4	2010	up 33.3%	volatile
143	Belize	3	2010	unchanged	rising
144	Tonga	2	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 70-74, 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 70-74, total is the total population of 70-74 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.