International Data
Percent of Population Ages 65 and Older
The current estimated percentage of the total population ages 65 and older, which is often considered a “dependent age.”
Percent of Population Ages 65 and Older
Geography | Percent of Population Ages 65 and Older |
---|---|
WORLD | 10 |
AFRICA | 3 |
NORTHERN AFRICA | 5 |
Algeria | 6 |
Egypt | 4 |
Libya | 5 |
Morocco | 8 |
Sudan | 3 |
Tunisia | 10 |
Western Sahara | 6 |
WESTERN AFRICA | 3 |
Benin | 3 |
Burkina Faso | 3 |
Cape Verde | 6 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 0 |
Gambia | 2 |
Ghana | 4 |
Guinea | 3 |
GuineaBissau | 3 |
Liberia | 3 |
Mali | 2 |
Mauritania | 3 |
Niger | 2 |
Nigeria | 3 |
Senegal | 3 |
Sierra Leone | 3 |
Togo | 3 |
EASTERN AFRICA | 3 |
Burundi | 2 |
Comoros | 4 |
Djibouti | 5 |
Eritrea | 4 |
Ethiopia | 3 |
Kenya | 3 |
Madagascar | 3 |
Malawi | 4 |
Mauritius | 13 |
Mayotte | 3 |
Mozambique | 3 |
Reunion | 15 |
Rwanda | 4 |
Seychelles | 9 |
Somalia | 3 |
South Sudan | 3 |
Tanzania | 4 |
Uganda | 2 |
Zambia | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 5 |
MIDDLE AFRICA | 3 |
Angola | 3 |
Cameroon | 3 |
Central African Republic | 3 |
Chad | 2 |
Congo | 3 |
Congo DR | 3 |
Equatorial Guinea | 3 |
Gabon | 4 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 4 |
SOUTHERN AFRICA | 6 |
Botswana | 4 |
eSwatini | 4 |
Lesotho | 4 |
Namibia | 4 |
South Africa | 6 |
NORTHERN AMERICA | 17 |
Canada | 19 |
United States | 17 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 9 |
CENTRAL AMERICA | 8 |
Belize | 4 |
Costa Rica | 10 |
El Salvador | 8 |
Guatemala | 6 |
Honduras | 6 |
Mexico | 8 |
Nicaragua | 6 |
Panama | 9 |
CARIBBEAN | 10 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 10 |
Bahamas | 9 |
Barbados | 17 |
Cuba | 16 |
Curacao | 21 |
Dominica | 10 |
Dominican Republic | 8 |
Grenada | 10 |
Guadeloupe | 21 |
Haiti | 4 |
Jamaica | 8 |
Martinique | 23 |
Puerto Rico | 23 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 10 |
St. Lucia | 10 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 9 |
SOUTH AMERICA | 10 |
Argentina | 12 |
Bolivia | 8 |
Brazil | 10 |
Chile | 13 |
Colombia | 9 |
Ecuador | 8 |
French Guiana | 6 |
Guyana | 6 |
Paraguay | 9 |
Peru | 9 |
Suriname | 8 |
Uruguay | 15 |
Venezuela | 9 |
ASIA | 10 |
WESTERN ASIA | 6 |
Armenia | 13 |
Azerbaijan | 8 |
Bahrain | 4 |
Cyprus | 15 |
Georgia | 16 |
Iraq | 3 |
Israel | 12 |
Jordan | 4 |
Kuwait | 3 |
Lebanon | 10 |
Oman | 3 |
Palestinian Territory | 4 |
Qatar | 2 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 |
Syria | 5 |
Turkey | 10 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 |
Yemen | 3 |
CENTRAL ASIA | 6 |
Kazakhstan | 8 |
Kyrgyzstan | 5 |
Tajikistan | 4 |
Turkmenistan | 5 |
Uzbekistan | 5 |
SOUTH ASIA | 7 |
Afghanistan | 3 |
Bangladesh | 6 |
Bhutan | 7 |
India | 7 |
Iran | 8 |
Maldives | 4 |
Nepal | 6 |
Pakistan | 4 |
Sri Lanka | 12 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA | 8 |
Brunei | 6 |
Cambodia | 6 |
Indonesia | 7 |
Laos | 5 |
Malaysia | 7 |
Myanmar | 7 |
Philippines | 6 |
Singapore | 17 |
Thailand | 14 |
Timor Leste | 10 |
Vietnam | 10 |
EAST ASIA | 16 |
China | 15 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 21 |
China, Macao SAR | 13 |
Japan | 29 |
Korea, North | 12 |
Korea, South | 16 |
Mongolia | 5 |
Taiwan | 18 |
EUROPE | 19 |
NORTHERN EUROPE | 19 |
Denmark | 20 |
Estonia | 20 |
Finland | 23 |
Iceland | 15 |
Ireland | 15 |
Latvia | 21 |
Lithuania | 20 |
Norway | 18 |
Sweden | 20 |
United Kingdom | 19 |
WESTERN EUROPE | 21 |
Austria | 20 |
Belgium | 20 |
France | 21 |
Germany | 22 |
Liechtenstein | 18 |
Luxembourg | 15 |
Monaco | 36 |
Netherlands | 20 |
Switzerland | 19 |
EASTERN EUROPE | 18 |
Belarus | 16 |
Bulgaria | 24 |
Czechia | 20 |
Hungary | 21 |
Moldova | 13 |
Poland | 19 |
Romania | 20 |
Russia | 16 |
Slovakia | 18 |
Ukraine | 19 |
SOUTHERN EUROPE | 21 |
Albania | 16 |
Andorra | 15 |
Bosnia Herzegovina | 20 |
Croatia | 23 |
Greece | 23 |
Italy | 21 |
Kosovo | 9 |
Malta | 19 |
Montenegro | 16 |
North Macedonia | 18 |
Portugal | 24 |
San Marino | 19 |
Serbia | 22 |
Slovenia | 21 |
Spain | 20 |
OCEANIA | 13 |
Australia | 17 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 6 |
Fiji | 7 |
French Polynesia | 9 |
Guam | 11 |
Kiribati | 4 |
Marshall Islands | 4 |
Nauru | 2 |
New Caledonia | 12 |
New Zealand | 17 |
Palau | 11 |
Papua New Guinea | 3 |
Samoa | 6 |
Solomon Islands | 4 |
Tonga | 7 |
Tuvalu | 7 |
Vanuatu | 4 |
Geography | Percent of Population Ages 65 and Older |
---|---|
WORLD | 10 |
AFRICA | 3 |
NORTHERN AFRICA | 5 |
Algeria | 6 |
Egypt | 4 |
Libya | 5 |
Morocco | 8 |
Sudan | 3 |
Tunisia | 10 |
Western Sahara | 6 |
WESTERN AFRICA | 3 |
Benin | 3 |
Burkina Faso | 3 |
Cape Verde | 6 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 0 |
Gambia | 2 |
Ghana | 4 |
Guinea | 3 |
GuineaBissau | 3 |
Liberia | 3 |
Mali | 2 |
Mauritania | 3 |
Niger | 2 |
Nigeria | 3 |
Senegal | 3 |
Sierra Leone | 3 |
Togo | 3 |
EASTERN AFRICA | 3 |
Burundi | 2 |
Comoros | 4 |
Djibouti | 5 |
Eritrea | 4 |
Ethiopia | 3 |
Kenya | 3 |
Madagascar | 3 |
Malawi | 4 |
Mauritius | 13 |
Mayotte | 3 |
Mozambique | 3 |
Reunion | 15 |
Rwanda | 4 |
Seychelles | 9 |
Somalia | 3 |
South Sudan | 3 |
Tanzania | 4 |
Uganda | 2 |
Zambia | 2 |
Zimbabwe | 5 |
MIDDLE AFRICA | 3 |
Angola | 3 |
Cameroon | 3 |
Central African Republic | 3 |
Chad | 2 |
Congo | 3 |
Congo DR | 3 |
Equatorial Guinea | 3 |
Gabon | 4 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 4 |
SOUTHERN AFRICA | 6 |
Botswana | 4 |
eSwatini | 4 |
Lesotho | 4 |
Namibia | 4 |
South Africa | 6 |
NORTHERN AMERICA | 17 |
Canada | 19 |
United States | 17 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 9 |
CENTRAL AMERICA | 8 |
Belize | 4 |
Costa Rica | 10 |
El Salvador | 8 |
Guatemala | 6 |
Honduras | 6 |
Mexico | 8 |
Nicaragua | 6 |
Panama | 9 |
CARIBBEAN | 10 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 10 |
Bahamas | 9 |
Barbados | 17 |
Cuba | 16 |
Curacao | 21 |
Dominica | 10 |
Dominican Republic | 8 |
Grenada | 10 |
Guadeloupe | 21 |
Haiti | 4 |
Jamaica | 8 |
Martinique | 23 |
Puerto Rico | 23 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 10 |
St. Lucia | 10 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 9 |
SOUTH AMERICA | 10 |
Argentina | 12 |
Bolivia | 8 |
Brazil | 10 |
Chile | 13 |
Colombia | 9 |
Ecuador | 8 |
French Guiana | 6 |
Guyana | 6 |
Paraguay | 9 |
Peru | 9 |
Suriname | 8 |
Uruguay | 15 |
Venezuela | 9 |
ASIA | 10 |
WESTERN ASIA | 6 |
Armenia | 13 |
Azerbaijan | 8 |
Bahrain | 4 |
Cyprus | 15 |
Georgia | 16 |
Iraq | 3 |
Israel | 12 |
Jordan | 4 |
Kuwait | 3 |
Lebanon | 10 |
Oman | 3 |
Palestinian Territory | 4 |
Qatar | 2 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 |
Syria | 5 |
Turkey | 10 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 |
Yemen | 3 |
CENTRAL ASIA | 6 |
Kazakhstan | 8 |
Kyrgyzstan | 5 |
Tajikistan | 4 |
Turkmenistan | 5 |
Uzbekistan | 5 |
SOUTH ASIA | 7 |
Afghanistan | 3 |
Bangladesh | 6 |
Bhutan | 7 |
India | 7 |
Iran | 8 |
Maldives | 4 |
Nepal | 6 |
Pakistan | 4 |
Sri Lanka | 12 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA | 8 |
Brunei | 6 |
Cambodia | 6 |
Indonesia | 7 |
Laos | 5 |
Malaysia | 7 |
Myanmar | 7 |
Philippines | 6 |
Singapore | 17 |
Thailand | 14 |
Timor Leste | 10 |
Vietnam | 10 |
EAST ASIA | 16 |
China | 15 |
China, Hong Kong SAR | 21 |
China, Macao SAR | 13 |
Japan | 29 |
Korea, North | 12 |
Korea, South | 16 |
Mongolia | 5 |
Taiwan | 18 |
EUROPE | 19 |
NORTHERN EUROPE | 19 |
Denmark | 20 |
Estonia | 20 |
Finland | 23 |
Iceland | 15 |
Ireland | 15 |
Latvia | 21 |
Lithuania | 20 |
Norway | 18 |
Sweden | 20 |
United Kingdom | 19 |
WESTERN EUROPE | 21 |
Austria | 20 |
Belgium | 20 |
France | 21 |
Germany | 22 |
Liechtenstein | 18 |
Luxembourg | 15 |
Monaco | 36 |
Netherlands | 20 |
Switzerland | 19 |
EASTERN EUROPE | 18 |
Belarus | 16 |
Bulgaria | 24 |
Czechia | 20 |
Hungary | 21 |
Moldova | 13 |
Poland | 19 |
Romania | 20 |