China vs India: Population ages 80 and above, female

China

22.47 million

in 2025

India

9.19 million

in 2025

China rank

1st

India rank

2nd

Population ages 80 and above, female over time

China currently reports 22.47 million against 9.19 million in India, a difference of 13.27 million.

That makes China's figure about 2.4 times India's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Globally, China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 215 countries.

Indicator: Population ages 80 and above, female
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 17,130 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Female population between the ages 80 and above.