Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) by country
Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
37.1%
Monaco
Lowest
2.2%
United Arab Emirates
Median
9.7%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424
What the numbers show
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 37.1% in Monaco; the lowest is 2.2% in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.7%, and the mean is 12.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 207 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French part) (up 186.6%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 14.9%).
Population ages 65 and above, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 37.1% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 32.8% | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Italy | 27.4% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 27.4% | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 5 | Portugal | 27.2% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 27.2% | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 7 | Croatia | 26.9% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 26.9% | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26.8% | 2025 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Estonia | 26.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 26.6% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 26.0% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 26.0% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 25.8% | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 15 | United States Virgin Islands | 25.7% | 2025 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Lithuania | 25.6% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 17 | Bermuda | 25.3% | 2025 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 18 | Hungary | 25.0% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 25.0% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 20 | France | 24.7% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 21 | Isle of Man | 24.7% | 2025 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 22 | San Marino | 24.3% | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 24.1% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 24 | Poland | 23.9% | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 23.9% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 26 | Romania | 23.5% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 23.2% | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 23.2% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 23.0% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 22.9% | 2025 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 22.8% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 32 | South Korea | 22.7% | 2025 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Liechtenstein | 22.6% | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 34 | Denmark | 22.6% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 35 | Belarus | 22.5% | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 36 | Sweden | 22.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands | 22.1% | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 38 | Switzerland | 22.1% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 39 | Slovakia | 22.1% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 21.9% | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 21.6% | 2025 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 21.1% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 43 | Montenegro | 20.9% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 44 | Saint Martin (French part) | 20.9% | 2025 | up 186.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Curacao | 20.7% | 2025 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 46 | North Macedonia | 20.5% | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 47 | Norway | 20.3% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 48 | Moldova | 20.2% | 2025 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 49 | United States | 20.0% | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 50 | Aruba | 19.5% | 2025 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 51 | Georgia | 19.4% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 19.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 53 | Australia | 19.2% | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 54 | Gibraltar | 19.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 55 | Faroe Islands | 18.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 56 | Barbados | 18.9% | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 57 | Cuba | 18.7% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 18.6% | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 59 | Albania | 18.6% | 2025 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 60 | Thailand | 17.7% | 2025 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Andorra | 17.3% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 17.1% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 63 | Armenia | 17.1% | 2025 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 64 | Ireland | 17.0% | 2025 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 65 | Iceland | 16.9% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 66 | China | 16.7% | 2025 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 16.2% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 68 | Singapore | 15.8% | 2025 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 15.7% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 70 | Mauritius | 15.4% | 2025 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 71 | Macao | 14.6% | 2025 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.5% | 2025 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 73 | North Korea | 14.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 14.4% | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 75 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.4% | 2025 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Guam | 14.3% | 2025 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 14.2% | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 78 | Israel | 14.0% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.9% | 2025 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 80 | Grenada | 13.8% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 13.8% | 2025 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 82 | Dominica | 13.8% | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 83 | Palau | 13.7% | 2025 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 84 | Bahamas | 13.4% | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.0% | 2025 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 12.8% | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 87 | Brazil | 12.7% | 2025 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 88 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.6% | 2025 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 89 | New Caledonia | 12.4% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 90 | French Polynesia | 12.4% | 2025 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Turkey | 11.8% | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 92 | Lebanon | 11.4% | 2025 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 93 | Vietnam | 11.3% | 2025 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 94 | Venezuela | 11.3% | 2025 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 11.2% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 11.2% | 2025 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 97 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.1% | 2025 | up 150.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 11.1% | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 99 | Greenland | 11.0% | 2025 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 10.7% | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 101 | Panama | 10.6% | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 10.5% | 2025 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 103 | British Virgin Islands | 10.5% | 2025 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 104 | Seychelles | 10.4% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 105 | Cayman Islands | 10.3% | 2025 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 106 | Peru | 10.1% | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 107 | El Salvador | 9.7% | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 108 | Jamaica | 9.7% | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 109 | Suriname | 9.6% | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 9.4% | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 9.2% | 2025 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 112 | American Samoa | 9.2% | 2025 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 113 | Mexico | 9.2% | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 114 | Morocco | 9.0% | 2025 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 115 | Iran | 9.0% | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 116 | Tuvalu | 8.9% | 2025 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 8.8% | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 118 | Malaysia | 8.8% | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 119 | Indonesia | 8.6% | 2025 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 120 | Myanmar | 8.6% | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 121 | Brunei | 8.2% | 2025 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 122 | South Africa | 8.2% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 123 | India | 8.0% | 2025 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 7.9% | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 125 | Cambodia | 7.6% | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 126 | Tonga | 7.5% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 127 | Fiji | 7.5% | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 128 | Paraguay | 7.5% | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 129 | Micronesia (country) | 7.2% | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 130 | Bhutan | 7.2% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 131 | Algeria | 7.2% | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 7.1% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.0% | 2025 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 134 | Nepal | 6.9% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 6.7% | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 136 | Philippines | 6.7% | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 137 | Mongolia | 6.6% | 2025 | up 46.4% | falling |
| 138 | Samoa | 6.6% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 139 | Nicaragua | 6.6% | 2025 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 140 | Bolivia | 6.4% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 141 | Maldives | 6.2% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 6.1% | 2025 | up 33.2% | flat |
| 143 | Egypt | 6.0% | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 144 | Libya | 5.7% | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 145 | East Timor | 5.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 146 | Belize | 5.5% | 2025 | up 36.1% | flat |
| 147 | Djibouti | 5.5% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 148 | Guatemala | 5.4% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 5.4% | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 150 | Syria | 5.4% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 151 | Laos | 5.2% | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 152 | Kiribati | 5.2% | 2025 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 5.2% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 154 | Honduras | 5.1% | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 155 | Marshall Islands | 5.1% | 2025 | up 83.6% | falling |
| 156 | Jordan | 5.1% | 2025 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 157 | Bahrain | 5.0% | 2025 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 158 | Lesotho | 4.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 159 | Comoros | 4.9% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 160 | Eritrea | 4.9% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 161 | Pakistan | 4.8% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 162 | Rwanda | 4.7% | 2025 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 163 | Namibia | 4.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 4.6% | 2025 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 165 | Botswana | 4.5% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 166 | Gabon | 4.5% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 167 | Tajikistan | 4.5% | 2025 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.4% | 2025 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 169 | Palestine | 4.3% | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 170 | Ghana | 4.2% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.2% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 4.1% | 2025 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 173 | Iraq | 4.1% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 174 | Guinea | 4.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 175 | Togo | 4.0% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.9% | 2025 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 177 | Nauru | 3.9% | 2025 | up 132.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Senegal | 3.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 3.8% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 180 | Kuwait | 3.8% | 2025 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 181 | Madagascar | 3.7% | 2025 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 182 | Oman | 3.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 3.7% | 2025 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 184 | Tanzania | 3.7% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 3.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 3.6% | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 187 | Liberia | 3.6% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 188 | Mozambique | 3.6% | 2025 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 189 | Gambia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 190 | South Sudan | 3.5% | 2025 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 191 | Saudi Arabia | 3.5% | 2025 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 192 | Mauritania | 3.5% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 193 | Benin | 3.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 194 | Kenya | 3.4% | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 195 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.3% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 196 | Congo | 3.3% | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 197 | Sudan | 3.3% | 2025 | up 35.8% | flat |
| 198 | Nigeria | 3.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 199 | Angola | 3.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 200 | Burkina Faso | 3.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 201 | Cameroon | 3.1% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 202 | Malawi | 3.0% | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 203 | Yemen | 2.9% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 204 | Somalia | 2.9% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 205 | Burundi | 2.9% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 206 | Niger | 2.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 207 | Afghanistan | 2.8% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 208 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.7% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 209 | Uganda | 2.6% | 2025 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 210 | Mali | 2.6% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 211 | Central African Republic | 2.5% | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 212 | Zambia | 2.4% | 2025 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 213 | Chad | 2.3% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 214 | Qatar | 2.3% | 2025 | up 53.2% | falling |
| 215 | United Arab Emirates | 2.2% | 2025 | up 21.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 25.2%
- European Union 24.9%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 24.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 23.5%
- High income 22.4%
- Channel Islands 21.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 21.0%
- OECD members 20.8%
- North America 20.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 17.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 16.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 15.6%
About this data
Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.