Countries by Elderly Population (%)
Complete ranking of 215 countries • % • Updated 2026
About Population 65+ % Rankings
Monaco leads all 215 countries in Population 65+ % with a value of 36.167, while Qatar ranks last at 1.68. This represents a 22-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Population 65+ % Measures
Population 65+ % is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Population 65+ % across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 1.68 (Qatar) to 36.167 (Monaco) — a 22-fold difference across 215 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries dominate this ranking, holding 15 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 4.04 to 16.782. The overall spread from 1.68 to 36.167 reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
Monaco holds a significant lead over Japan, with a 21% gap between first and second place. While several countries cluster near the top, the leader's margin is notable.
Continental Leaders
Highest Ranked
The top five countries for Population 65+ % are Monaco (36.167), Japan (29.781), Puerto Rico (24.719), Italy (24.625), and Portugal (24.531). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.
Lowest Ranked
At the other end of the spectrum, Qatar (1.68), United Arab Emirates (1.77), Zambia (1.95), Chad (2.10), and Central African Republic (2.15) have the lowest values globally.
Data Source & Methodology
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 215 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Full Rankings
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Monaco | 36.2% | Europe | 100% |
| 2nd |  Japan | 29.8% | Asia | 100% |
| 3rd |  Puerto Rico | 24.7% | North America | 99% |
| 4th |  Italy | 24.6% | Europe | 99% |
| 5th |  Portugal | 24.5% | Europe | 98% |
| 6th |  Greece | 23.9% | Europe | 98% |
| 7th |  Finland | 23.9% | Europe | 97% |
| 8th |  Germany | 23.2% | Europe | 97% |
| 9th |  Croatia | 23.2% | Europe | 96% |
| 10th |  Isle of Man | 23.2% | Europe | 96% |
| 11th |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 22.7% | North America | 95% |
| 12th |  Serbia | 22.7% | Europe | 95% |
| 13th |  Hong Kong | 22.7% | Asia | 94% |
| 14th |  San Marino | 22.4% | Europe | 94% |
| 15th |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.2% | Europe | 93% |
| 16th |  France | 22.1% | Europe | 93% |
| 17th |  Bulgaria | 22.0% | Europe | 93% |
| 18th |  Slovenia | 21.8% | Europe | 92% |
| 19th |  Bermuda | 21.7% | North America | 92% |
| 20th |  Latvia | 21.7% | Europe | 91% |
| 21st |  Estonia | 21.3% | Europe | 91% |
| 22nd |  Spain | 21.1% | Europe | 90% |
| 23rd |  Hungary | 21.0% | Europe | 90% |
| 24th |  Denmark | 20.9% | Europe | 89% |
| 25th |  Czechia | 20.8% | Europe | 89% |
| 26th |  Sweden | 20.7% | Europe | 88% |
| 27th |  Liechtenstein | 20.7% | Europe | 88% |
| 28th |  Austria | 20.6% | Europe | 87% |
| 29th |  Belgium | 20.6% | Europe | 87% |
| 30th |  Netherlands | 20.5% | Europe | 87% |
| 31st |  Malta | 20.2% | Europe | 86% |
| 32nd |  Lithuania | 20.2% | Europe | 86% |
| 33rd |  Poland | 20.1% | Europe | 85% |
| 34th |  Switzerland | 20.0% | Europe | 85% |
| 35th |  Romania | 20.0% | Europe | 84% |
| 36th |  Canada | 19.8% | North America | 84% |
| 37th |  United Kingdom | 19.5% | Europe | 83% |
| 38th |  South Korea | 19.3% | Asia | 83% |
| 39th |  Ukraine | 19.0% | Europe | 82% |
| 40th |  Norway | 18.8% | Europe | 82% |
| 41st |  Slovakia | 18.5% | Europe | 81% |
| 42nd |  Saint Martin | 18.4% | North America | 81% |
| 43rd |  North Macedonia | 18.0% | Europe | 80% |
| 44th |  United States | 17.9% | North America | 80% |
| 45th |  Montenegro | 17.8% | Europe | 80% |
| 46th |  Faroe Islands | 17.7% | Europe | 79% |
| 47th |  Australia | 17.7% | Oceania | 79% |
| 48th |  Belarus | 17.7% | Europe | 78% |
| 49th |  Gibraltar | 17.6% | Europe | 78% |
| 50th |  New Zealand | 17.2% | Oceania | 77% |
| 51st |  Russia | 17.2% | Europe | 77% |
| 52nd |  Aruba | 17.1% | North America | 76% |
| 53rd |  Albania | 16.9% | Europe | 76% |
| 54th |  Curaçao | 16.8% | North America | 75% |
| 55th |  Cuba | 16.6% | North America | 75% |
| 56th |  Barbados | 16.6% | North America | 74% |
| 57th |  Moldova | 16.2% | Europe | 74% |
| 58th |  Uruguay | 16.0% | South America | 73% |
| 59th |  Andorra | 15.9% | Europe | 73% |
| 60th |  Ireland | 15.9% | Europe | 73% |
| 61st |  Iceland | 15.6% | Europe | 72% |
| 62nd |  Georgia | 15.6% | Europe | 72% |
| 63rd |  Luxembourg | 15.5% | Europe | 71% |
| 64th |  Thailand | 15.4% | Asia | 71% |
| 65th |  China | 14.7% | Asia | 70% |
| 66th |  Cyprus | 14.6% | Europe | 70% |
| 67th |  Macao | 14.3% | Asia | 69% |
| 68th |  Chile | 14.1% | South America | 69% |
| 69th |  Sint Maarten | 13.9% | North America | 68% |
| 70th |  Armenia | 13.7% | Europe | 68% |
| 71st |  Singapore | 13.7% | Asia | 67% |
| 72nd |  Mauritius | 13.5% | Africa | 67% |
| 73rd |  Dominica | 13.0% | North America | 67% |
| 74th |  Guam | 12.6% | Oceania | 66% |
| 75th |  Israel | 12.6% | Asia | 66% |
| 76th |  Argentina | 12.4% | South America | 65% |
| 77th |  North Korea | 12.4% | Asia | 65% |
| 78th |  Trinidad and Tobago | 12.4% | North America | 64% |
| 79th |  Grenada | 12.2% | North America | 64% |
| 80th |  Costa Rica | 12.2% | North America | 63% |
| 81st |  Sri Lanka | 12.1% | Asia | 63% |
| 82nd |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.9% | North America | 62% |
| 83rd |  Antigua and Barbuda | 11.8% | North America | 62% |
| 84th |  Bahamas | 11.8% | North America | 61% |
| 85th |  New Caledonia | 11.4% | Oceania | 61% |
| 86th |  Palau | 11.3% | Oceania | 60% |
| 87th |  French Polynesia | 11.3% | Oceania | 60% |
| 88th |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.3% | North America | 60% |
| 89th |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.2% | North America | 59% |
| 90th |  Brazil | 11.0% | South America | 59% |
| 91st |  Greenland | 10.8% | North America | 58% |
| 92nd |  Turkey | 10.3% | Europe | 58% |
| 93rd |  Lebanon | 10.1% | Asia | 57% |
| 94th |  Colombia | 9.8% | North America | 57% |
| 95th |  Northern Mariana Islands | 9.8% | Oceania | 56% |
| 96th |  Venezuela | 9.7% | North America | 56% |
| 97th |  British Virgin Islands | 9.6% | North America | 55% |
| 98th |  Saint Lucia | 9.6% | North America | 55% |
| 99th |  Tunisia | 9.5% | Africa | 54% |
| 100th |  Panama | 9.4% | North America | 54% |
| 101st |  Peru | 9.2% | South America | 53% |
| 102nd |  Vietnam | 9.0% | Asia | 53% |
| 103rd |  Cayman Islands | 9.0% | North America | 53% |
| 104th |  Kazakhstan | 8.7% | Asia | 52% |
| 105th |  Azerbaijan | 8.6% | Europe | 52% |
| 106th |  Seychelles | 8.5% | Africa | 51% |
| 107th |  Ecuador | 8.3% | South America | 51% |
| 108th |  Mexico | 8.2% | North America | 50% |
| 109th |  Iran | 8.2% | Asia | 50% |
| 110th |  Jamaica | 8.2% | North America | 49% |
| 111st |  El Salvador | 8.1% | North America | 49% |
| 112nd |  Morocco | 8.1% | Africa | 48% |
| 113rd |  American Samoa | 8.0% | Oceania | 48% |
| 114th |  Suriname | 7.9% | North America | 47% |
| 115th |  Dominican Republic | 7.9% | North America | 47% |
| 116th |  Malaysia | 7.7% | Asia | 47% |
| 117th |  Myanmar | 7.3% | Asia | 46% |
| 118th |  Indonesia | 7.3% | Asia | 46% |
| 119th |  India | 7.1% | Asia | 45% |
| 120th |  Brunei | 6.9% | Asia | 45% |
| 121st |  Cabo Verde | 6.9% | Africa | 44% |
| 122nd |  Guyana | 6.7% | North America | 44% |
| 123rd |  Tonga | 6.7% | Oceania | 43% |
| 124th |  South Africa | 6.7% | Africa | 43% |
| 125th |  Tuvalu | 6.7% | Oceania | 42% |
| 126th |  Algeria | 6.6% | Africa | 42% |
| 127th |  Paraguay | 6.5% | South America | 41% |
| 128th |  Nepal | 6.5% | Asia | 41% |
| 129th |  Bangladesh | 6.5% | Asia | 40% |
| 130th |  Bhutan | 6.5% | Asia | 40% |
| 131st |  Fiji | 6.5% | Oceania | 40% |
| 132nd |  Cambodia | 6.2% | Asia | 39% |
| 133rd |  Micronesia | 5.9% | Oceania | 39% |
| 134th |  Samoa | 5.9% | Oceania | 38% |
| 135th |  Uzbekistan | 5.9% | Asia | 38% |
| 136th |  Kyrgyzstan | 5.7% | Asia | 37% |
| 137th |  Bolivia | 5.6% | South America | 37% |
| 138th |  Nicaragua | 5.5% | North America | 36% |
| 139th |  Philippines | 5.5% | Asia | 36% |
| 140th |  Timor-Leste | 5.3% | Asia | 35% |
| 141st |  Mongolia | 5.1% | Asia | 35% |
| 142nd |  Egypt | 5.1% | Africa | 34% |
| 143rd |  Belize | 5.0% | North America | 34% |
| 144th |  Libya | 5.0% | Africa | 33% |
| 145th |  Djibouti | 4.9% | Africa | 33% |
| 146th |  Guatemala | 4.8% | North America | 33% |
| 147th |  Syria | 4.7% | Asia | 32% |
| 148th |  Haiti | 4.7% | North America | 32% |
| 149th |  Laos | 4.7% | Asia | 31% |
| 150th |  Marshall Islands | 4.6% | Oceania | 31% |
| 151st |  Maldives | 4.6% | Asia | 30% |
| 152nd |  Turkmenistan | 4.5% | Asia | 30% |
| 153rd |  Jordan | 4.5% | Asia | 29% |
| 154th |  Comoros | 4.5% | Africa | 29% |
| 155th |  Honduras | 4.4% | North America | 28% |
| 156th |  Vanuatu | 4.3% | Oceania | 28% |
| 157th |  Pakistan | 4.3% | Asia | 27% |
| 158th |  Eswatini | 4.3% | Africa | 27% |
| 159th |  Kiribati | 4.2% | Oceania | 27% |
| 160th |  Eritrea | 4.2% | Africa | 26% |
| 161st |  Gabon | 4.1% | Africa | 26% |
| 162nd |  Botswana | 4.0% | Africa | 25% |
| 163rd |  Rwanda | 3.9% | Africa | 25% |
| 164th |  Sao Tome and Principe | 3.9% | Africa | 24% |
| 165th |  Lesotho | 3.9% | Africa | 24% |
| 166th |  Bahrain | 3.9% | Asia | 23% |
| 167th |  Tajikistan | 3.9% | Asia | 23% |
| 168th |  Palestine | 3.8% | Asia | 22% |
| 169th |  Ghana | 3.7% | Africa | 22% |
| 170th |  Equatorial Guinea | 3.7% | Africa | 21% |
| 171st |  Namibia | 3.7% | Africa | 21% |
| 172nd |  Solomon Islands | 3.6% | Oceania | 20% |
| 173rd |  Senegal | 3.6% | Africa | 20% |
| 174th |  Zimbabwe | 3.6% | Africa | 20% |
| 175th |  Papua New Guinea | 3.5% | Oceania | 19% |
| 176th |  Guinea | 3.5% | Africa | 19% |
| 177th |  Iraq | 3.4% | Asia | 18% |
| 178th |  Madagascar | 3.4% | Africa | 18% |
| 179th |  Liberia | 3.3% | Africa | 17% |
| 180th |  Sudan | 3.3% | Africa | 17% |
| 181st |  Sierra Leone | 3.2% | Africa | 16% |
| 182nd |  Ethiopia | 3.2% | Africa | 16% |
| 183rd |  Mauritania | 3.2% | Africa | 15% |
| 184th |  Togo | 3.2% | Africa | 15% |
| 185th |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.2% | Africa | 14% |
| 186th |  Benin | 3.1% | Africa | 14% |
| 187th |  Kuwait | 3.1% | Asia | 13% |
| 188th |  Gambia | 3.1% | Africa | 13% |
| 189th |  Congo, Democratic Republic | 3.1% | Africa | 13% |
| 190th |  Nigeria | 3.0% | Africa | 12% |
| 191st |  Tanzania | 3.0% | Africa | 12% |
| 192nd |  South Sudan | 3.0% | Africa | 11% |
| 193rd |  Congo | 3.0% | Africa | 11% |
| 194th |  Kenya | 3.0% | Africa | 10% |
| 195th |  Saudi Arabia | 3.0% | Asia | 10% |
| 196th |  Angola | 2.9% | Africa | 9% |
| 197th |  Nauru | 2.9% | Oceania | 9% |
| 198th |  Cameroon | 2.8% | Africa | 8% |
| 199th |  Mozambique | 2.8% | Africa | 8% |
| 200th |  Burkina Faso | 2.7% | Africa | 7% |
| 201st |  Oman | 2.6% | Asia | 7% |
| 202nd |  Côte d'Ivoire | 2.6% | Africa | 7% |
| 203rd |  Niger | 2.6% | Africa | 6% |
| 204th |  Somalia | 2.6% | Africa | 6% |
| 205th |  Malawi | 2.6% | Africa | 5% |
| 206th |  Burundi | 2.5% | Africa | 5% |
| 207th |  Yemen | 2.5% | Asia | 4% |
| 208th |  Afghanistan | 2.4% | Asia | 4% |
| 209th |  Mali | 2.4% | Africa | 3% |
| 210th |  Uganda | 2.2% | Africa | 3% |
| 211st |  Central African Republic | 2.2% | Africa | 2% |
| 212nd |  Chad | 2.1% | Africa | 2% |
| 213rd |  Zambia | 1.9% | Africa | 1% |
| 214th |  United Arab Emirates | 1.8% | Asia | 1% |
| 215th |  Qatar | 1.7% | Asia | 0% |