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

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

Countries reporting

141

Highest

40,880

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

249

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 75+, total is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 40,880 in China; the lowest is 2 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 249, and the mean is 1,417.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,440.

Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 157.1%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 7.7%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	40,880	2010	up 50.7%	volatile
2	India	22,588	2010	up 47.3%	volatile
3	United States	18,618	2010	up 12.1%	rising
4	Japan	13,901	2010	up 56.1%	volatile
5	Russia	7,509	2010	up 23.2%	rising
6	Germany	7,322	2010	up 24.5%	rising
7	Italy	6,087	2010	up 32.5%	rising
8	France	5,467	2010	up 22.5%	rising
9	Brazil	5,248	2010	up 56.9%	volatile
10	United Kingdom	4,717	2010	up 8.1%	rising
11	Indonesia	4,344	2010	up 58.0%	volatile
12	Spain	3,916	2010	up 40.8%	rising
13	Ukraine	2,846	2010	up 16.7%	rising
14	Mexico	2,694	2010	up 53.2%	rising
15	Poland	2,309	2010	up 35.8%	rising
16	Pakistan	2,263	2010	up 48.8%	rising
17	Canada	2,223	2010	up 29.0%	rising
18	Vietnam	2,010	2010	up 35.3%	volatile
19	South Korea	1,965	2010	up 82.5%	volatile
20	Argentina	1,893	2010	up 31.2%	volatile
21	Thailand	1,770	2010	up 74.6%	volatile
22	Bangladesh	1,738	2010	up 45.0%	rising
23	Turkey	1,486	2010	up 71.4%	volatile
24	Australia	1,332	2010	up 28.4%	rising
24	Romania	1,332	2010	up 33.3%	rising
26	Egypt	1,300	2010	up 53.5%	volatile
27	Iran	1,235	2010	up 45.3%	volatile
28	Philippines	1,166	2010	up 44.8%	volatile
29	Netherlands	1,116	2010	up 15.5%	rising
30	Colombia	1,036	2010	up 36.3%	volatile
31	Greece	997	2010	up 46.6%	rising
32	Myanmar	990	2010	up 28.6%	rising
33	Belgium	954	2010	up 25.4%	rising
34	Portugal	878	2010	up 30.3%	rising
35	Sweden	792	2010	up 0.6%	rising
36	South Africa	734	2010	up 54.5%	rising
37	Hungary	699	2010	up 19.1%	rising
38	Austria	677	2010	up 17.1%	rising
38	Czechia	677	2010	up 21.1%	rising
40	Chile	653	2010	up 54.0%	volatile
41	Serbia	649	2010	up 52.7%	rising
42	Peru	641	2010	up 55.6%	volatile
43	Sri Lanka	630	2010	up 46.5%	volatile
44	Venezuela	610	2010	up 65.3%	volatile
45	Switzerland	599	2010	up 18.6%	rising
46	Algeria	589	2010	up 50.6%	rising
47	Cuba	573	2010	up 29.6%	rising
48	Morocco	555	2010	up 52.9%	rising
49	Bulgaria	552	2010	up 21.3%	rising
50	Democratic Republic of Congo	484	2010	up 35.2%	rising
51	Sudan	466	2010	up 49.8%	volatile
52	Hong Kong	460	2010	up 62.0%	volatile
53	Malaysia	437	2010	up 54.4%	rising
54	Kazakhstan	424	2010	up 34.6%	rising
55	Finland	418	2010	up 24.4%	rising
56	Tanzania	398	2010	up 44.2%	volatile
57	Denmark	388	2010	up 2.4%	rising
58	Ecuador	376	2010	up 60.0%	volatile
59	Kenya	365	2010	up 38.3%	rising
60	Croatia	359	2010	up 56.1%	rising
61	Norway	358	2010	up 0.6%	rising
62	Israel	356	2010	up 35.9%	volatile
63	Nepal	334	2010	up 40.9%	rising
64	Ghana	294	2010	up 49.2%	volatile
65	Slovakia	291	2010	up 22.8%	rising
66	Tunisia	257	2010	up 51.2%	volatile
66	Uganda	257	2010	up 43.6%	volatile
68	Iraq	253	2010	up 22.2%	rising
69	Saudi Arabia	252	2010	up 49.1%	volatile
70	Guatemala	250	2010	up 74.8%	volatile
71	Lithuania	249	2010	up 39.1%	rising
71	New Zealand	249	2010	up 20.3%	rising
73	Dominican Republic	246	2010	up 59.7%	volatile
74	Syria	235	2010	up 56.7%	volatile
75	Uruguay	230	2010	up 28.5%	rising
76	Afghanistan	228	2010	up 50.0%	rising
77	Mozambique	226	2010	up 45.8%	volatile
79	Cameroon	205	2010	up 31.4%	rising
80	Zimbabwe	181	2010	up 34.1%	volatile
81	Cote d'Ivoire	177	2010	up 46.3%	volatile
82	Latvia	176	2010	up 30.4%	rising
83	Singapore	175	2010	up 78.6%	volatile
84	El Salvador	170	2010	up 54.5%	volatile
85	Cambodia	165	2010	up 60.2%	volatile
86	Bolivia	161	2010	up 54.8%	volatile
86	Yemen	161	2010	up 22.9%	volatile
88	Moldova	155	2010	up 23.0%	rising
89	Armenia	150	2010	up 74.4%	rising
90	Slovenia	147	2010	up 42.7%	rising
91	Kyrgyzstan	131	2010	up 56.0%	rising
92	Haiti	130	2010	up 30.0%	rising
93	Senegal	127	2010	up 39.6%	rising
94	Honduras	126	2010	up 68.0%	volatile
95	Malawi	125	2010	up 31.6%	volatile
96	Costa Rica	122	2010	up 47.0%	volatile
97	Zambia	119	2010	up 40.0%	volatile
98	Mali	108	2010	up 38.5%	volatile
99	Albania	99	2010	up 35.6%	rising
99	Jamaica	99	2010	up 20.7%	rising
101	Estonia	97	2010	up 27.6%	rising
102	Libya	95	2010	up 86.3%	volatile
103	Tajikistan	94	2010	up 46.9%	rising
104	Paraguay	92	2010	up 41.5%	rising
105	Panama	90	2010	up 47.5%	volatile
106	Nicaragua	78	2010	up 59.2%	volatile
107	Benin	74	2010	up 39.6%	rising
108	Niger	73	2010	up 40.4%	rising
109	Burundi	72	2010	up 26.3%	rising
110	Jordan	69	2010	up 68.3%	volatile
110	Laos	69	2010	up 30.2%	volatile
110	Rwanda	69	2010	up 46.8%	rising
113	Togo	65	2010	up 44.4%	volatile
114	Central African Republic	56	2010	up 24.4%	rising
115	Cyprus	48	2010	up 29.7%	rising
116	Sierra Leone	47	2010	up 42.4%	rising
117	Trinidad and Tobago	41	2010	up 17.1%	rising
118	Papua New Guinea	40	2010	up 21.2%	rising
119	Congo	39	2010	up 25.8%	rising
120	Mongolia	37	2010	up 19.4%	volatile
121	Lesotho	35	2010	up 34.6%	rising
121	Mauritania	35	2010	up 45.8%	volatile
121	Mauritius	35	2010	up 34.6%	volatile
125	Namibia	27	2010	up 42.1%	volatile
127	Gabon	24	2010	up 9.1%	rising
128	Liberia	22	2010	up 29.4%	rising
129	Botswana	20	2010	up 33.3%	rising
130	United Arab Emirates	19	2010	up 72.7%	volatile
130	Gambia	19	2010	up 72.7%	volatile
132	Iceland	18	2010	up 28.6%	rising
132	Kuwait	18	2010	up 157.1%	volatile
132	Macao	18	2010	up 28.6%	volatile
135	Guyana	16	2010	up 23.1%	rising
136	Barbados	12	2010	down 7.7%	rising
136	Eswatini	12	2010	up 33.3%	volatile
138	Fiji	10	2010	up 25.0%	rising
139	Bahrain	9	2010	up 80.0%	volatile
140	Belize	5	2010	up 25.0%	volatile
140	Brunei	5	2010	up 66.7%	volatile
142	Maldives	3	2010	unchanged	rising
142	Qatar	3	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
144	Tonga	2	2010	unchanged	volatile

About this data

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