Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 75+, female by country

Population in thousands, age 75+, female is the female population over age 75 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

141

Highest

23,860

China

Lowest

Qatar

Median

141

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 75+, female is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 23,860 in China; the lowest is 1 in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 141, and the mean is 855.33.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23,860.

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Brunei (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 9.1%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 75+, female: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	23,860	2010	up 46.3%	volatile
2	India	12,425	2010	up 50.8%	volatile
3	United States	11,519	2010	up 11.5%	rising
4	Japan	8,668	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
5	Russia	5,528	2010	up 16.6%	rising
6	Germany	4,761	2010	up 14.3%	rising
7	Italy	3,825	2010	up 30.7%	rising
8	France	3,448	2010	up 20.2%	rising
9	Brazil	3,083	2010	up 60.8%	volatile
10	United Kingdom	2,890	2010	up 4.4%	rising
11	Indonesia	2,514	2010	up 60.3%	volatile
12	Spain	2,434	2010	up 39.6%	rising
13	Ukraine	2,033	2010	up 11.3%	rising
14	Poland	1,553	2010	up 35.6%	rising
15	Mexico	1,522	2010	up 51.7%	rising
16	Canada	1,338	2010	up 24.2%	volatile
17	South Korea	1,295	2010	up 83.2%	volatile
18	Argentina	1,229	2010	up 33.2%	volatile
19	Pakistan	1,170	2010	up 55.6%	volatile
20	Vietnam	1,109	2010	up 34.9%	rising
21	Thailand	1,054	2010	up 81.4%	volatile
22	Bangladesh	926	2010	up 51.6%	rising
23	Turkey	839	2010	up 72.6%	rising
24	Romania	827	2010	up 32.3%	rising
25	Australia	790	2010	up 24.4%	rising
26	Egypt	762	2010	up 56.5%	volatile
27	Netherlands	707	2010	up 11.9%	rising
28	Philippines	682	2010	up 40.0%	rising
29	Iran	626	2010	up 49.4%	volatile
30	Colombia	620	2010	up 39.3%	volatile
31	Belgium	603	2010	up 22.3%	rising
32	Greece	583	2010	up 47.2%	rising
33	Myanmar	559	2010	up 30.6%	rising
34	Portugal	552	2010	up 32.1%	rising
35	South Africa	492	2010	up 53.3%	rising
36	Hungary	482	2010	up 22.0%	rising
37	Sweden	477	2010	down 1.0%	rising
38	Czechia	446	2010	up 19.3%	rising
39	Austria	436	2010	up 9.3%	rising
40	Chile	403	2010	up 52.7%	volatile
41	Serbia	388	2010	up 51.0%	rising
42	Switzerland	372	2010	up 15.2%	rising
42	Sri Lanka	372	2010	up 64.6%	volatile
44	Peru	363	2010	up 56.5%	volatile
45	Bulgaria	346	2010	up 25.4%	rising
46	Algeria	342	2010	up 47.4%	rising
47	Venezuela	340	2010	up 62.7%	volatile
48	Morocco	324	2010	up 68.8%	volatile
49	Cuba	315	2010	up 32.9%	volatile
50	Kazakhstan	297	2010	up 26.4%	rising
51	Democratic Republic of Congo	289	2010	up 33.8%	rising
52	Finland	271	2010	up 16.8%	rising
53	Hong Kong	266	2010	up 57.4%	volatile
54	Sudan	260	2010	up 49.4%	volatile
55	Malaysia	250	2010	up 59.2%	volatile
56	Denmark	244	2010	up 2.1%	rising
57	Croatia	237	2010	up 50.0%	rising
57	Tanzania	237	2010	up 44.5%	volatile
59	Norway	218	2010	down 2.2%	rising
60	Israel	216	2010	up 41.2%	volatile
61	Ecuador	206	2010	up 58.5%	volatile
62	Kenya	202	2010	up 44.3%	rising
63	Nepal	198	2010	up 42.4%	rising
64	Slovakia	197	2010	up 27.9%	rising
65	Lithuania	177	2010	up 39.4%	rising
66	Ghana	159	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
67	Uruguay	148	2010	up 28.7%	rising
68	New Zealand	147	2010	up 15.7%	rising
69	Uganda	144	2010	up 42.6%	volatile
70	Iraq	141	2010	up 20.5%	rising
70	Tunisia	141	2010	up 64.0%	volatile
72	Guatemala	136	2010	up 78.9%	volatile
72	Latvia	136	2010	up 28.3%	rising
72	Syria	136	2010	up 58.1%	volatile
75	Mozambique	133	2010	up 43.0%	volatile
77	Dominican Republic	128	2010	up 66.2%	volatile
78	Saudi Arabia	125	2010	up 35.9%	volatile
79	Afghanistan	119	2010	up 46.9%	volatile
80	Cameroon	115	2010	up 27.8%	rising
81	Cambodia	114	2010	up 72.7%	volatile
82	Moldova	104	2010	up 20.9%	rising
83	El Salvador	102	2010	up 52.2%	volatile
83	Zimbabwe	102	2010	up 36.0%	volatile
85	Singapore	100	2010	up 78.6%	volatile
86	Slovenia	99	2010	up 37.5%	rising
87	Armenia	94	2010	up 62.1%	rising
87	Bolivia	94	2010	up 59.3%	volatile
89	Cote d'Ivoire	92	2010	up 48.4%	volatile
90	Kyrgyzstan	88	2010	up 46.7%	rising
90	Yemen	88	2010	up 22.2%	volatile
92	Haiti	75	2010	up 36.4%	rising
93	Senegal	73	2010	up 52.1%	rising
94	Honduras	72	2010	up 71.4%	volatile
95	Estonia	71	2010	up 26.8%	rising
96	Malawi	70	2010	up 32.1%	volatile
97	Costa Rica	69	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
97	Zambia	69	2010	up 38.0%	volatile
99	Mali	64	2010	up 42.2%	volatile
100	Albania	63	2010	up 37.0%	rising
101	Paraguay	57	2010	up 42.5%	rising
102	Jamaica	56	2010	up 24.4%	rising
102	Tajikistan	56	2010	up 40.0%	rising
104	Libya	50	2010	up 72.4%	volatile
105	Panama	49	2010	up 53.1%	volatile
106	Nicaragua	46	2010	up 58.6%	volatile
107	Benin	45	2010	up 45.2%	rising
108	Burundi	44	2010	up 18.9%	rising
109	Niger	42	2010	up 44.8%	rising
109	Rwanda	42	2010	up 35.5%	volatile
111	Laos	39	2010	up 30.0%	volatile
111	Togo	39	2010	up 44.4%	volatile
113	Jordan	36	2010	up 63.6%	volatile
114	Central African Republic	34	2010	up 21.4%	rising
115	Cyprus	29	2010	up 38.1%	rising
116	Sierra Leone	27	2010	up 42.1%	rising
117	Trinidad and Tobago	24	2010	up 20.0%	rising
118	Congo	23	2010	up 27.8%	rising
118	Mongolia	23	2010	up 27.8%	volatile
120	Mauritius	22	2010	up 29.4%	volatile
122	Lesotho	21	2010	up 23.5%	rising
123	Mauritania	20	2010	up 53.8%	volatile
124	Papua New Guinea	19	2010	up 46.2%	rising
126	Namibia	15	2010	up 50.0%	rising
127	Botswana	14	2010	up 40.0%	rising
127	Gabon	14	2010	up 16.7%	rising
129	Liberia	12	2010	up 20.0%	rising
130	United Arab Emirates	11	2010	up 83.3%	volatile
130	Macao	11	2010	up 37.5%	volatile
132	Gambia	10	2010	up 42.9%	volatile
132	Guyana	10	2010	up 42.9%	rising
132	Iceland	10	2010	up 25.0%	rising
135	Barbados	9	2010	unchanged	rising
136	Kuwait	8	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
137	Fiji	7	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
137	Eswatini	7	2010	up 40.0%	volatile
139	Bahrain	4	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
140	Brunei	3	2010	up 200.0%	volatile
141	Belize	2	2010	unchanged	rising
141	Maldives	2	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
143	Tonga	1.1	2010	unchanged	volatile
144	Qatar	1	2010	down 9.1%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 75+, 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 75+, female is the female population over age 75 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.