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Top 10 Countries with the Oldest Populations

Where the largest share of people are 65 or older.

  • Updated 1 h ago
  • 📏 Ranked by population aged 65+ (% of total)
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. Monaco

    Data year 2020

    36.0%

    No change

  2. Japan

    Data year 2024

    30.0%

    No change

  3. Puerto Rico (US)

    Data year 2025

    25.3%

    No change
  1. 4ItalyData year 202425.1%No change
  2. 5PortugalData year 202224.9%No change
  3. 6GreeceData year 202224.4%No change
  4. 7FinlandData year 202224.2%No change
  5. 8GermanyData year 202423.7%No change
  6. 9Hong Kong SAR, ChinaData year 202423.7%No change
  7. 10CroatiaData year 202223.6%No change
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  1. 11Isle of ManData year 202523.6%No change
  2. 12San MarinoData year 202323.1%No change
  3. 13Virgin Islands (U.S.)Data year 202423.1%No change
  4. 14SerbiaData year 202423.1%No change
  5. 15Bosnia and HerzegovinaData year 202522.9%No change
  6. 16BermudaData year 202422.6%No change
  7. 17FranceData year 202422.5%No change
  8. 18BulgariaData year 202422.2%No change
  9. 19SloveniaData year 202222.2%No change
  10. 20LatviaData year 202422.2%No change
  11. 21EstoniaData year 202421.8%No change
  12. 22SpainData year 202421.6%No change
  13. 23LiechtensteinData year 202321.4%No change
  14. 24CzechiaData year 202421.2%No change
  15. 25HungaryData year 202421.2%No change
  16. 26DenmarkData year 202221.1%No change
  17. 27AustriaData year 202221.1%No change
  18. 28BelgiumData year 202221.0%No change
  19. 29SwedenData year 202220.9%No change
  20. 30NetherlandsData year 202420.9%No change
  21. 31PolandData year 202420.8%No change
  22. 32LithuaniaData year 202420.7%No change
  23. 33MaltaData year 202220.5%No change
  24. 34SwitzerlandData year 202420.4%No change
  25. 35Channel IslandsData year 202520.4%No change
  26. 36Korea, Rep.Data year 202220.3%No change
  27. 37CanadaData year 202420.3%No change
  28. 38RomaniaData year 202420.1%No change
  29. 39United KingdomData year 202419.7%No change
  30. 40St. Martin (French part)Data year 202519.7%No change
  31. 41NorwayData year 202219.1%No change
  32. 42Slovak RepublicData year 202419.0%No change
  33. 43UkraineData year 202419.0%No change
  34. 44North MacedoniaData year 202518.5%No change
  35. 45United StatesData year 202418.4%No change
  36. 46MontenegroData year 202418.3%No change
  37. 47BelarusData year 202418.3%No change
  38. 48AustraliaData year 202418.1%No change
  39. 49GibraltarData year 202417.8%No change
  40. 50Russian FederationData year 202417.8%No change

How this list is ranked

Population aged 65+ (% of total) (World Bank indicator SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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