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Population aged 65 and above, total (% of total population) by country

Countries reporting
110
Highest
0.3%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Benin
Median
0.1%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,653

What the numbers show

Population aged 65 and above, total (% of total population) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 0.3% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 983.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 35.5%).

Population aged 65 and above, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 0.3% 2018 up 983.6% volatile
1 Djibouti 0.0% 2017 up 32.4% rising
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% 2019 up 55.5% rising
3 Italy 0.2% 2016 up 12.7% rising
4 Greece 0.2% 2016 up 15.2% rising
5 Bulgaria 0.2% 2016 up 19.8% rising
6 Portugal 0.2% 2016 up 21.5% rising
7 Finland 0.2% 2016 up 27.6% rising
8 Germany 0.2% 2011 up 17.1% rising
9 Latvia 0.2% 2016 up 23.8% rising
10 Sweden 0.2% 2016 up 26.2% rising
11 Denmark 0.2% 2016 up 26.1% rising
12 France 0.2% 2016 up 16.9% rising
13 Croatia 0.2% 2016 down 0.2% flat
14 Estonia 0.2% 2016 up 12.7% rising
15 Lithuania 0.2% 2016 up 21.9% rising
16 Serbia 0.2% 2018 down 2.0% rising
17 Czechia 0.2% 2016 up 32.2% rising
18 Spain 0.2% 2016 up 12.6% rising
19 Belgium 0.2% 2016 up 15.0% rising
20 Austria 0.2% 2016 up 10.5% rising
21 Norway 0.2% 2016 up 16.1% rising
22 Netherlands 0.2% 2016 up 30.3% rising
23 Malta 0.2% 2016 up 29.3% rising
24 Slovenia 0.2% 2016 up 10.8% rising
25 Hungary 0.2% 2016 up 15.5% rising
26 Romania 0.2% 2018 up 17.5% rising
27 United Kingdom 0.2% 2016 up 14.4% rising
28 Australia 0.2% 2015 up 48.9% rising
29 Georgia 0.2% 2020 up 16.4% rising
30 Poland 0.2% 2019 up 23.6% rising
31 United States 0.2% 2018 up 25.9% rising
32 South Korea 0.2% 2017 up 29.8% rising
33 Belarus 0.2% 2020 up 21.4% rising
34 Slovakia 0.2% 2016 up 13.8% rising
35 Moldova 0.2% 2021 up 18.5% rising
36 Cyprus 0.2% 2016 up 20.6% rising
37 Armenia 0.1% 2020 up 29.9% rising
38 Uruguay 0.1% 2021 up 6.2% falling
39 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 up 26.3% rising
40 Iceland 0.1% 2015 up 24.1% rising
41 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 up 233.0% rising
42 Albania 0.1% 2019 up 16.5% rising
43 Montenegro 0.1% 2013 up 84.3% rising
44 Senegal 0.1% 2018 up 272.1% volatile
45 Ireland 0.1% 2016 up 20.1% rising
46 Chile 0.1% 2017 up 49.7% rising
47 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 down 6.7% rising
48 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 down 22.2% falling
49 Russia 0.1% 2019 up 65.5% rising
50 Thailand 0.1% 2021 up 57.3% rising
51 Costa Rica 0.1% 2021 up 61.4% rising
52 Turkey 0.1% 2019 up 71.0% rising
53 Mauritius 0.1% 2017 up 62.1% rising
54 Panama 0.1% 2021 up 36.0% rising
55 Argentina 0.1% 2021 up 9.2% rising
56 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2019 up 44.3% rising
57 Peru 0.1% 2021 up 20.1% rising
58 Brazil 0.1% 2021 up 23.1% rising
59 El Salvador 0.1% 2019 up 32.9% rising
60 China 0.1% 2013 up 62.6% rising
61 Colombia 0.1% 2021 up 32.7% rising
62 Jamaica 0.1% 2002 up 21.2% rising
63 Tunisia 0.1% 2015 up 5.3% rising
64 Mexico 0.1% 2020 up 33.1% rising
65 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2011 up 28.4% rising
66 Indonesia 0.1% 2019 up 39.7% rising
67 Ecuador 0.1% 2021 down 13.7% rising
68 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2015 down 10.8% falling
69 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 down 4.0% falling
70 Honduras 0.1% 2019 up 34.2% rising
71 Bolivia 0.1% 2021 up 30.0% rising
72 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2013 up 27.4% rising
73 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 up 26.3% flat
74 Guatemala 0.1% 2019 up 40.3% rising
75 Paraguay 0.1% 2021 up 2.3% falling
76 India 0.1% 2019 up 34.1% rising
77 Morocco 0.1% 2013 down 7.5% rising
79 Nicaragua 0.1% 2014 up 11.7% rising
80 Philippines 0.1% 2019 up 26.6% rising
81 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 up 23.9% rising
82 Nepal 0.1% 2014 up 9.9% rising
83 Venezuela 0.1% 2006 up 27.1% rising
84 Belize 0.1% 1999 up 8.4% rising
85 Namibia 0.1% 2015 up 141.2% rising
86 Laos 0.1% 2018 up 23.0% rising
87 Cambodia 0.0% 2012 up 37.0% rising
88 Nigeria 0.0% 2018 up 13.5% rising
89 Ghana 0.0% 2016 up 6.6% rising
90 Bangladesh 0.0% 2016 up 35.1% rising
91 Kenya 0.0% 2019 up 27.3% rising
92 Jordan 0.0% 2016 up 22.9% rising
93 Tanzania 0.0% 2020 down 7.0% rising
94 Malawi 0.0% 2019 up 12.9% rising
95 Rwanda 0.0% 2021 up 25.7% rising
96 Ethiopia 0.0% 2021 up 14.9% rising
97 Mozambique 0.0% 2014 up 23.0% rising
98 Egypt 0.0% 2019 down 18.6% flat
99 Guinea 0.0% 2018 down 18.7% falling
100 Tajikistan 0.0% 2013 down 13.2% falling
101 Togo 0.0% 2018 down 7.2% rising
102 Palestine 0.0% 2017 down 35.5% falling
103 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2009 down 8.6% flat
104 Pakistan 0.0% 2020 up 3.2% falling
105 Mali 0.0% 2018 down 13.6% falling
106 Gambia 0.0% 2020 up 0.1% falling
107 Uganda 0.0% 2016 up 1.5% flat
108 Zambia 0.0% 2015 up 6.7% flat
109 Madagascar 0.0% 2012 down 14.7% falling
110 Benin 0.0% 2018 down 17.9% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Population aged 65 and above, total (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
112 places, 1,653 data points, 1970–2021
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