Population ages 65 and above, female by country
Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
115.59 million
China
Lowest
228
Nauru
Median
284,332
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394
What the numbers show
Population ages 65 and above, female is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 115.59 million in China; the lowest is 228 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 284,332, and the mean is 2.19 million.
Population ages 65 and above, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 115.59 million | 2025 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 56.56 million | 2025 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 33.98 million | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 20.73 million | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 16.85 million | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 13.68 million | 2025 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 12.21 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 10.99 million | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 9 | France | 8.76 million | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 8.25 million | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 7.45 million | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 6.50 million | 2025 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 6.23 million | 2025 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Spain | 6.00 million | 2025 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 6.00 million | 2025 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 5.98 million | 2025 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 17 | South Korea | 5.88 million | 2025 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Vietnam | 5.87 million | 2025 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 19 | Turkey | 5.08 million | 2025 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 4.84 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 21 | Canada | 4.53 million | 2025 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 4.50 million | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 23 | Iran | 4.08 million | 2025 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Philippines | 3.89 million | 2025 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Nigeria | 3.83 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 26 | Egypt | 3.54 million | 2025 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 3.33 million | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 3.03 million | 2025 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 2.73 million | 2025 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Australia | 2.67 million | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 2.48 million | 2025 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Myanmar | 2.36 million | 2025 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 2.01 million | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 35 | North Korea | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.90 million | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 1.76 million | 2025 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Morocco | 1.72 million | 2025 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Algeria | 1.67 million | 2025 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela | 1.63 million | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 1.59 million | 2025 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Chile | 1.57 million | 2025 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Portugal | 1.54 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 1.50 million | 2025 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 1.44 million | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 1.38 million | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 1.31 million | 2025 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 49 | Tanzania | 1.30 million | 2025 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Hungary | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 1.18 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 53 | Belarus | 1.09 million | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 54 | Austria | 1.08 million | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 55 | Nepal | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Cuba | 1.04 million | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Switzerland | 1.01 million | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 58 | Kenya | 982,755 | 2025 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Iraq | 959,251 | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 60 | Hong Kong | 943,475 | 2025 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Serbia | 887,098 | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 865,782 | 2025 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 862,145 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | Sudan | 861,249 | 2025 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Finland | 760,259 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 66 | Ghana | 732,261 | 2025 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 709,929 | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Cambodia | 692,322 | 2025 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Syria | 691,678 | 2025 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Denmark | 682,959 | 2025 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 71 | Uganda | 682,874 | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 670,921 | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Mozambique | 658,929 | 2025 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Angola | 636,823 | 2025 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 613,035 | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Slovakia | 611,405 | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 77 | Madagascar | 608,066 | 2025 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Yemen | 598,335 | 2025 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Norway | 563,863 | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 549,313 | 2025 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 539,065 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 532,467 | 2025 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Guatemala | 512,590 | 2025 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 510,518 | 2025 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 85 | New Zealand | 498,380 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 86 | Ireland | 471,183 | 2025 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 87 | Singapore | 467,111 | 2025 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Cameroon | 465,073 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 89 | Puerto Rico | 461,885 | 2025 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 441,543 | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 438,442 | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Georgia | 407,707 | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia | 399,640 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 94 | Lithuania | 390,439 | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 95 | Niger | 388,366 | 2025 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 383,078 | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 364,453 | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 360,532 | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Senegal | 356,878 | 2025 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 348,320 | 2025 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Lebanon | 343,130 | 2025 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Malawi | 339,440 | 2025 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Uruguay | 334,582 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 104 | Haiti | 326,796 | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 105 | El Salvador | 323,940 | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Mali | 322,380 | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 107 | Guinea | 303,059 | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 108 | Somalia | 284,332 | 2025 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 282,721 | 2025 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 110 | Jordan | 282,206 | 2025 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | 278,666 | 2025 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 269,445 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 113 | Slovenia | 264,306 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 262,652 | 2025 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Zambia | 261,122 | 2025 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 258,183 | 2025 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 117 | Moldova | 258,006 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 118 | Benin | 256,275 | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 244,769 | 2025 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 120 | Chad | 242,753 | 2025 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 241,918 | 2025 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 234,832 | 2025 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 233,197 | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Albania | 220,645 | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 125 | South Sudan | 218,518 | 2025 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Libya | 209,060 | 2025 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Burundi | 206,403 | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 128 | Laos | 205,582 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 192,052 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 130 | Estonia | 191,012 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 188,825 | 2025 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Togo | 174,208 | 2025 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 161,312 | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 138,511 | 2025 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 135 | Mongolia | 118,539 | 2025 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 136 | Palestine | 116,943 | 2025 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 137 | Cyprus | 110,066 | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 138 | Congo | 108,007 | 2025 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 139 | Liberia | 103,407 | 2025 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100,368 | 2025 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritius | 96,070 | 2025 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mauritania | 94,245 | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 91,155 | 2025 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Eritrea | 88,559 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Oman | 76,867 | 2025 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 73,734 | 2025 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 147 | Kuwait | 72,255 | 2025 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 70,797 | 2025 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 149 | Montenegro | 67,656 | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 150 | Malta | 64,012 | 2025 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 151 | Lesotho | 59,368 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 58,392 | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 153 | Botswana | 58,303 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 154 | Gabon | 57,543 | 2025 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 155 | Macao | 54,140 | 2025 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 50,078 | 2025 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 44,885 | 2025 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 158 | East Timor | 39,882 | 2025 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 38,236 | 2025 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Fiji | 35,406 | 2025 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Guyana | 33,752 | 2025 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 162 | Eswatini | 33,067 | 2025 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 163 | Djibouti | 32,559 | 2025 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Iceland | 32,292 | 2025 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 165 | Suriname | 30,761 | 2025 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Bahrain | 30,558 | 2025 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahamas | 28,244 | 2025 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Barbados | 27,811 | 2025 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 169 | Bhutan | 26,697 | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 22,717 | 2025 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 21,367 | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 172 | Qatar | 19,850 | 2025 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 18,602 | 2025 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Brunei | 18,000 | 2025 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 17,275 | 2025 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Curacao | 16,953 | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 15,650 | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 13,995 | 2025 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Maldives | 12,575 | 2025 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Guam | 11,936 | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Belize | 11,552 | 2025 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 182 | Aruba | 11,180 | 2025 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 10,499 | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 10,245 | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 185 | Bermuda | 8,348 | 2025 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 186 | Grenada | 8,100 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 187 | Vanuatu | 7,577 | 2025 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Monaco | 7,266 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 189 | Samoa | 7,177 | 2025 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 190 | Andorra | 7,008 | 2025 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,885 | 2025 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,378 | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 193 | Seychelles | 5,718 | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 194 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,278 | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 195 | Faroe Islands | 5,032 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 4,673 | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Dominica | 4,553 | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 198 | San Marino | 4,219 | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 199 | Tonga | 4,132 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 200 | Micronesia (country) | 4,128 | 2025 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 3,889 | 2025 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 202 | Gibraltar | 3,836 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 203 | Kiribati | 3,639 | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3,243 | 2025 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 205 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3,078 | 2025 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,996 | 2025 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 207 | Greenland | 2,976 | 2025 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 208 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2,796 | 2025 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2,286 | 2025 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 2,197 | 2025 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 211 | American Samoa | 2,097 | 2025 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 212 | Palau | 1,114 | 2025 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 213 | Marshall Islands | 897 | 2025 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 412 | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 215 | Nauru | 228 | 2025 | up 156.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 474.56 million
- IDA & IBRD total 338.83 million
- Low & middle income 314.18 million
- Middle income 299.89 million
- IBRD only 295.55 million
- Upper middle income 205.15 million
- Late-demographic dividend 185.73 million
- East Asia & Pacific 185.05 million
- High income 160.38 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 151.18 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 149.24 million
- OECD members 147.72 million
About this data
Female population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.