World ranking · 2026
Elderly population by country, 2026
10.6% of the world’s people are 65 or older in 2026; the UN projects 16.3% by 2050. The oldest countries already have more than one person in four over 65.
Highest
- 1. Japan30.2
- 2. Puerto Rico25.8
- 3. Italy25.6
- 4. Portugal25.4
- 5. Greece24.7
Lowest
- 1. Qatar1.7
- 2. United Arab Emirates1.8
- 3. Chad2.1
- 4. Zambia2.1
- 5. Central African Republic2.2
- 31 countries of a million people or more are “super-aged”, with 20% or more aged 65+.
- 19 have fewer than 3% aged 65+, the youngest populations on Earth.
Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.
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Darker = older population. 14% is often called an “aged” society, 20% “super-aged”.
Share aged 65 and over, %
3%5%7%10%14%20%
All 237 countries and areas
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 41.0 | 506 |
| 2 | Monaco | 35.9 | 38,087 |
| 3 | Japan | 30.2 | 122,427,731 |
| 4 | Saint Helena | 28.3 | 5,148 |
| 5 | Martinique | 27.4 | 337,711 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 25.8 | 3,222,688 |
| 7 | Italy | 25.6 | 58,926,166 |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 25.5 | 372,453 |
| 9 | Portugal | 25.4 | 10,395,362 |
| 10 | Greece | 24.7 | 9,897,116 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 24.7 | 7,378,602 |
| 12 | Finland | 24.5 | 5,621,739 |
| 13 | Germany | 24.2 | 83,644,258 |
| 14 | Isle of Man | 24.1 | 84,054 |
| 15 | Croatia | 24.0 | 3,822,345 |
| 16 | San Marino | 23.8 | 33,605 |
| 17 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 23.6 | 83,400 |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 23.5 | 3,114,242 |
| 19 | Bermuda | 23.5 | 64,459 |
| 20 | Serbia | 23.4 | 6,641,964 |
| 21 | France | 22.9 | 66,746,401 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 22.7 | 2,114,574 |
| 23 | Latvia | 22.7 | 1,835,935 |
| 24 | Guernsey | 22.7 | 64,610 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 22.5 | 6,667,660 |
| 26 | Estonia | 22.3 | 1,331,062 |
| 27 | Spain | 22.2 | 47,850,793 |
| 28 | Liechtenstein | 22.0 | 40,368 |
| 29 | Austria | 21.6 | 9,107,266 |
| 30 | South Korea | 21.4 | 51,600,388 |
| 31 | Belgium | 21.4 | 11,774,642 |
| 32 | Czechia | 21.4 | 10,527,780 |
| 33 | Denmark | 21.4 | 6,023,520 |
| 34 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 21.4 | 5,513 |
| 35 | Poland | 21.3 | 37,843,188 |
| 36 | Netherlands | 21.3 | 18,448,775 |
| 37 | Hungary | 21.3 | 9,585,818 |
| 38 | Lithuania | 21.3 | 2,797,338 |
| 39 | Sweden | 21.1 | 10,701,046 |
| 40 | Saint Martin | 21.0 | 23,898 |
| 41 | Taiwan | 20.9 | 23,011,292 |
| 42 | Switzerland | 20.9 | 9,007,798 |
| 43 | Malta | 20.9 | 549,011 |
| 44 | Canada | 20.7 | 40,467,728 |
| 45 | Romania | 20.2 | 18,800,605 |
| 46 | Montserrat | 20.1 | 4,328 |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 19.9 | 69,931,528 |
| 48 | Jersey | 19.7 | 104,106 |
| 49 | Slovakia | 19.5 | 5,451,342 |
| 50 | Norway | 19.4 | 5,652,989 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 19.1 | 39,535,848 |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 19.0 | 1,804,062 |
| 53 | Belarus | 18.9 | 8,937,018 |
| 54 | United States | 18.8 | 349,035,494 |
| 55 | Montenegro | 18.8 | 626,233 |
| 56 | Saint Barthelemy | 18.6 | 11,550 |
| 57 | Australia | 18.5 | 27,227,096 |
| 58 | Aruba | 18.5 | 108,164 |
| 59 | Russia | 18.4 | 143,394,458 |
| 60 | Albania | 18.3 | 2,751,025 |
| 61 | Gibraltar | 18.1 | 40,867 |
| 62 | New Zealand | 18.0 | 5,287,479 |
| 63 | Curacao | 17.8 | 185,440 |
| 64 | Faroe Islands | 17.8 | 56,526 |
| 65 | Cuba | 17.6 | 10,892,659 |
| 66 | Barbados | 17.6 | 282,724 |
| 67 | Moldova | 17.4 | 2,961,253 |
| 68 | Andorra | 17.2 | 83,753 |
| 69 | Niue | 17.2 | 1,822 |
| 70 | Reunion | 16.9 | 886,298 |
| 71 | Thailand | 16.7 | 71,559,614 |
| 72 | Ireland | 16.5 | 5,356,950 |
| 73 | Uruguay | 16.5 | 3,382,537 |
| 74 | Georgia | 16.4 | 3,804,642 |
| 75 | Iceland | 16.3 | 402,329 |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 16.2 | 687,448 |
| 77 | Macao | 15.9 | 723,188 |
| 78 | Wallis and Futuna | 15.8 | 11,113 |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 15.6 | 12,826 |
| 80 | Cyprus | 15.3 | 1,382,334 |
| 81 | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 15.3 | 31,913 |
| 82 | Armenia | 15.2 | 2,930,915 |
| 83 | China | 15.1 | 1,412,914,089 |
| 84 | Chile | 15.1 | 19,945,850 |
| 85 | Sint Maarten | 15.1 | 44,447 |
| 86 | Singapore | 14.8 | 5,905,748 |
| 87 | Mauritius | 14.7 | 1,265,059 |
| 88 | Falkland Islands | 13.9 | 3,465 |
| 89 | Guam | 13.6 | 170,185 |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.5 | 1,513,268 |
| 91 | Dominica | 13.5 | 65,511 |
| 92 | Anguilla | 13.5 | 14,817 |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 13.3 | 5,174,789 |
| 94 | North Korea | 13.0 | 26,633,691 |
| 95 | Grenada | 13.0 | 117,362 |
| 96 | Argentina | 12.9 | 46,003,734 |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.9 | 94,626 |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 12.8 | 23,348,315 |
| 99 | Israel | 12.8 | 9,647,689 |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 12.6 | 283,076 |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.6 | 99,244 |
| 102 | Bahamas | 12.5 | 404,628 |
| 103 | Palau | 12.4 | 17,614 |
| 104 | Greenland | 12.3 | 55,629 |
| 105 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 12.2 | 47,148 |
| 106 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.2 | 46,992 |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 12.1 | 297,892 |
| 108 | Brazil | 11.9 | 213,562,666 |
| 109 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.9 | 42,914 |
| 110 | Turkey | 10.9 | 87,926,082 |
| 111 | Kosovo | 10.9 | 1,666,992 |
| 112 | Lebanon | 10.7 | 5,897,467 |
| 113 | Colombia | 10.6 | 53,936,226 |
| 114 | British Virgin Islands | 10.6 | 39,936 |
| 115 | Venezuela | 10.4 | 28,633,711 |
| 116 | Tunisia | 10.3 | 12,415,138 |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 10.3 | 180,488 |
| 118 | Cayman Islands | 10.1 | 77,196 |
| 119 | Panama | 10.0 | 4,625,718 |
| 120 | Vietnam | 9.9 | 102,177,431 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 9.8 | 10,454,855 |
| 122 | Peru | 9.7 | 34,922,148 |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 9.3 | 21,083,626 |
| 124 | American Samoa | 9.1 | 45,318 |
| 125 | Jamaica | 9.0 | 2,833,404 |
| 126 | Seychelles | 9.0 | 134,959 |
| 127 | Iran | 8.9 | 93,168,497 |
| 128 | Ecuador | 8.9 | 18,444,506 |
| 129 | Mexico | 8.8 | 132,997,658 |
| 130 | Morocco | 8.8 | 38,762,441 |
| 131 | Tokelau | 8.7 | 2,691 |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 8.5 | 11,609,500 |
| 133 | El Salvador | 8.5 | 6,391,254 |
| 134 | Suriname | 8.5 | 645,256 |
| 135 | Malaysia | 8.3 | 36,385,115 |
| 136 | Indonesia | 7.8 | 287,886,782 |
| 137 | Myanmar | 7.7 | 55,184,819 |
| 138 | India | 7.6 | 1,476,625,576 |
| 139 | Brunei | 7.6 | 469,775 |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 7.5 | 529,630 |
| 141 | French Guiana | 7.5 | 318,872 |
| 142 | Tuvalu | 7.5 | 9,362 |
| 143 | Guyana | 7.2 | 840,890 |
| 144 | South Africa | 7.1 | 65,453,084 |
| 145 | Algeria | 7.0 | 48,028,334 |
| 146 | Western Sahara | 7.0 | 610,813 |
| 147 | Tonga | 7.0 | 103,291 |
| 148 | Paraguay | 6.9 | 7,095,279 |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 6.8 | 177,818,044 |
| 150 | Fiji | 6.8 | 937,282 |
| 151 | Bhutan | 6.8 | 802,214 |
| 152 | Nepal | 6.7 | 29,629,410 |
| 153 | Cambodia | 6.6 | 18,051,219 |
| 154 | Micronesia | 6.4 | 114,182 |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 6.3 | 37,724,223 |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.3 | 7,400,464 |
| 157 | Samoa | 6.2 | 220,528 |
| 158 | Philippines | 6.0 | 117,724,472 |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 5.9 | 7,097,329 |
| 160 | Bolivia | 5.8 | 12,749,291 |
| 161 | Mongolia | 5.7 | 3,556,798 |
| 162 | Egypt | 5.4 | 120,101,175 |
| 163 | Libya | 5.4 | 7,539,852 |
| 164 | Belize | 5.4 | 428,644 |
| 165 | Maldives | 5.3 | 531,517 |
| 166 | Timor Leste | 5.2 | 1,436,923 |
| 167 | Guatemala | 5.1 | 18,967,978 |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 5.1 | 7,736,632 |
| 169 | Djibouti | 5.1 | 1,199,459 |
| 170 | Marshall Islands | 5.1 | 35,075 |
| 171 | Syria | 5.0 | 26,472,497 |
| 172 | Jordan | 5.0 | 11,589,532 |
| 173 | Laos | 5.0 | 7,974,018 |
| 174 | Haiti | 4.9 | 12,037,506 |
| 175 | Honduras | 4.7 | 11,184,760 |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 4.5 | 342,564 |
| 177 | Kiribati | 4.5 | 138,445 |
| 178 | Pakistan | 4.4 | 259,299,792 |
| 179 | Eswatini | 4.4 | 1,269,859 |
| 180 | Comoros | 4.4 | 899,010 |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 4.3 | 10,978,598 |
| 182 | Eritrea | 4.3 | 3,682,669 |
| 183 | Gabon | 4.2 | 2,647,400 |
| 184 | Bahrain | 4.2 | 1,675,572 |
| 185 | Rwanda | 4.1 | 14,889,693 |
| 186 | Botswana | 4.1 | 2,603,388 |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.0 | 244,994 |
| 188 | Ghana | 3.9 | 35,697,557 |
| 189 | Palestine | 3.9 | 5,692,790 |
| 190 | Namibia | 3.9 | 3,153,246 |
| 191 | Lesotho | 3.9 | 2,389,336 |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.9 | 1,984,468 |
| 193 | Senegal | 3.7 | 19,366,548 |
| 194 | Papua New Guinea | 3.7 | 10,947,848 |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 3.7 | 858,288 |
| 196 | Sudan | 3.5 | 53,282,719 |
| 197 | Iraq | 3.5 | 48,007,437 |
| 198 | Madagascar | 3.5 | 33,522,052 |
| 199 | Zimbabwe | 3.5 | 17,273,580 |
| 200 | Guinea | 3.5 | 15,441,992 |
| 201 | Ethiopia | 3.4 | 138,902,185 |
| 202 | Liberia | 3.4 | 5,853,949 |
| 203 | Togo | 3.3 | 9,930,918 |
| 204 | Sierra Leone | 3.3 | 8,996,744 |
| 205 | Mauritania | 3.3 | 5,461,319 |
| 206 | Kuwait | 3.3 | 5,102,773 |
| 207 | Gambia | 3.3 | 2,884,079 |
| 208 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.3 | 2,297,808 |
| 209 | Saudi Arabia | 3.2 | 35,165,787 |
| 210 | Benin | 3.2 | 15,170,420 |
| 211 | South Sudan | 3.2 | 12,436,037 |
| 212 | Nauru | 3.2 | 12,101 |
| 213 | Nigeria | 3.1 | 242,431,832 |
| 214 | DR Congo | 3.1 | 116,452,162 |
| 215 | Kenya | 3.1 | 58,636,412 |
| 216 | Congo | 3.1 | 6,637,786 |
| 217 | Tanzania | 3.0 | 72,563,780 |
| 218 | Angola | 2.9 | 40,215,180 |
| 219 | Mayotte | 2.9 | 347,536 |
| 220 | Cameroon | 2.8 | 30,640,817 |
| 221 | Mozambique | 2.7 | 36,639,850 |
| 222 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.7 | 33,494,346 |
| 223 | Burkina Faso | 2.7 | 24,601,700 |
| 224 | Oman | 2.7 | 5,671,458 |
| 225 | Yemen | 2.6 | 42,961,653 |
| 226 | Niger | 2.6 | 28,814,878 |
| 227 | Malawi | 2.6 | 22,785,535 |
| 228 | Somalia | 2.6 | 20,305,907 |
| 229 | Burundi | 2.6 | 14,729,157 |
| 230 | Afghanistan | 2.5 | 45,047,068 |
| 231 | Uganda | 2.3 | 52,761,470 |
| 232 | Mali | 2.3 | 25,932,275 |
| 233 | Central African Republic | 2.2 | 5,698,984 |
| 234 | Zambia | 2.1 | 22,521,915 |
| 235 | Chad | 2.1 | 21,560,380 |
| 236 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8 | 11,574,682 |
| 237 | Qatar | 1.7 | 3,173,559 |
Questions
Which country has the oldest population?
Japan, where 30.2% of people are 65 or older in 2026, then Puerto Rico (25.8%), Italy (25.6%), Portugal (25.4%).
Which country has the youngest population?
Qatar, with 1.7% aged 65 or more, then United Arab Emirates (1.8%), Chad (2.1%), Zambia (2.1%).
What is an aged or super-aged society?
A common definition: “ageing” when 7% of people are 65 or older, “aged” at 14% and “super-aged” at 20%.
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method