Population ages 65 and above, total by country
Total 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
209.74 million
China
Lowest
362
Nauru
Median
524,418
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,394
What the numbers show
Population ages 65 and above, total is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 209.74 million in China; the lowest is 362 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 524,418, and the mean is 3.95 million.
Population ages 65 and above, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 209.74 million | 2025 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 107.98 million | 2025 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 62.84 million | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 37.00 million | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 25.53 million | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 24.43 million | 2025 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 21.55 million | 2025 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 19.79 million | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 9 | France | 15.49 million | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 14.79 million | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 13.69 million | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 11.72 million | 2025 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 11.47 million | 2025 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 11.24 million | 2025 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Pakistan | 11.13 million | 2025 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 10.68 million | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 17 | South Korea | 10.51 million | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Vietnam | 9.65 million | 2025 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 19 | Turkey | 9.08 million | 2025 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Canada | 8.44 million | 2025 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Iran | 7.93 million | 2025 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 7.56 million | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 7.40 million | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 24 | Nigeria | 7.29 million | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 6.68 million | 2025 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Egypt | 6.24 million | 2025 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Argentina | 5.79 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 5.45 million | 2025 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Australia | 5.00 million | 2025 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 4.46 million | 2025 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 31 | South Africa | 4.46 million | 2025 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Myanmar | 4.13 million | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 33 | Romania | 3.83 million | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 3.77 million | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.48 million | 2025 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 36 | North Korea | 3.38 million | 2025 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Peru | 3.27 million | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Morocco | 3.25 million | 2025 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Algeria | 3.23 million | 2025 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Chile | 2.90 million | 2025 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Malaysia | 2.89 million | 2025 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Venezuela | 2.86 million | 2025 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 2.71 million | 2025 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 2.70 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 2.54 million | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 2.50 million | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 47 | Czechia | 2.31 million | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 2.25 million | 2025 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 49 | Sweden | 2.22 million | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 50 | Tanzania | 2.15 million | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Hungary | 2.01 million | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 1.96 million | 2025 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Austria | 1.94 million | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 1.88 million | 2025 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 1.86 million | 2025 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 56 | Switzerland | 1.86 million | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 57 | Hong Kong | 1.77 million | 2025 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan | 1.75 million | 2025 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Kenya | 1.74 million | 2025 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Belarus | 1.66 million | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 61 | Iraq | 1.62 million | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 62 | Ecuador | 1.57 million | 2025 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Serbia | 1.51 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 1.43 million | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 65 | Finland | 1.37 million | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 66 | Ghana | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 1.28 million | 2025 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Denmark | 1.27 million | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 69 | Syria | 1.24 million | 2025 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Tunisia | 1.23 million | 2025 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Uganda | 1.15 million | 2025 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 72 | Cambodia | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Madagascar | 1.14 million | 2025 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Angola | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Norway | 1.07 million | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 77 | Afghanistan | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Yemen | 1.06 million | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Slovakia | 1.03 million | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 80 | Mozambique | 974,127 | 2025 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 943,281 | 2025 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 939,483 | 2025 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 83 | New Zealand | 937,643 | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 927,531 | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Croatia | 915,154 | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 86 | Ireland | 888,912 | 2025 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 87 | Singapore | 868,461 | 2025 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Cote d'Ivoire | 867,987 | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Cameroon | 841,877 | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 90 | Puerto Rico | 804,899 | 2025 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Niger | 730,889 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Bolivia | 722,204 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 717,822 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Senegal | 690,291 | 2025 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 657,103 | 2025 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 646,212 | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 97 | Georgia | 629,382 | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 98 | Lebanon | 610,855 | 2025 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 603,698 | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 100 | Lithuania | 598,610 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 101 | Mali | 595,468 | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 102 | Rwanda | 586,295 | 2025 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Malawi | 575,082 | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 104 | Haiti | 570,507 | 2025 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 551,091 | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 106 | Jordan | 547,646 | 2025 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 528,918 | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea | 524,418 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 109 | Somalia | 514,457 | 2025 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 499,897 | 2025 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovenia | 473,316 | 2025 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 112 | Paraguay | 471,180 | 2025 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Benin | 467,108 | 2025 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 114 | Armenia | 445,808 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 115 | Chad | 445,058 | 2025 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 116 | Panama | 441,442 | 2025 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 438,786 | 2025 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 438,288 | 2025 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 438,056 | 2025 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 120 | Albania | 414,045 | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 121 | Latvia | 410,117 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 399,256 | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Moldova | 397,930 | 2025 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 124 | Libya | 387,216 | 2025 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 386,177 | 2025 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Laos | 378,540 | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 127 | South Sudan | 374,840 | 2025 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Burundi | 366,673 | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 366,298 | 2025 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 337,300 | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 131 | Togo | 298,718 | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 297,914 | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 289,611 | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 243,395 | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 135 | Palestine | 208,514 | 2025 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 206,352 | 2025 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Cyprus | 204,686 | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 138 | Congo | 198,513 | 2025 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 139 | Mongolia | 193,834 | 2025 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 140 | Liberia | 191,132 | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 176,790 | 2025 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Mauritius | 175,549 | 2025 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Mauritania | 172,566 | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Kuwait | 154,468 | 2025 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Eritrea | 153,590 | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Oman | 147,645 | 2025 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Central African Republic | 121,181 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 148 | Malta | 119,076 | 2025 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Namibia | 117,312 | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 150 | Montenegro | 113,995 | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 108,626 | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 152 | Gabon | 107,099 | 2025 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 153 | Botswana | 104,610 | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 154 | Macao | 103,535 | 2025 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 91,708 | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 156 | Gambia | 89,883 | 2025 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 157 | East Timor | 74,178 | 2025 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 72,964 | 2025 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 72,822 | 2025 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 160 | Bahrain | 64,270 | 2025 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Iceland | 62,694 | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 162 | Fiji | 61,913 | 2025 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Djibouti | 58,873 | 2025 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Guyana | 58,358 | 2025 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 165 | Eswatini | 54,592 | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 166 | Bhutan | 52,799 | 2025 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Suriname | 52,412 | 2025 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 168 | Qatar | 50,552 | 2025 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | 48,745 | 2025 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Barbados | 48,290 | 2025 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 39,324 | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 172 | Cape Verde | 37,725 | 2025 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 34,783 | 2025 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Brunei | 33,755 | 2025 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 33,751 | 2025 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 30,767 | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Curacao | 27,035 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 26,262 | 2025 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 179 | United States Virgin Islands | 24,001 | 2025 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Guam | 22,131 | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Belize | 22,110 | 2025 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 182 | Isle of Man | 19,860 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 19,321 | 2025 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 17,949 | 2025 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 185 | Grenada | 14,810 | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 14,677 | 2025 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Bermuda | 14,596 | 2025 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Monaco | 13,807 | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 189 | Andorra | 13,731 | 2025 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Samoa | 13,309 | 2025 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,241 | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11,623 | 2025 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 193 | Seychelles | 10,733 | 2025 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 194 | Faroe Islands | 9,762 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 195 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9,477 | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 8,769 | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Dominica | 8,694 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 198 | San Marino | 7,896 | 2025 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Cayman Islands | 7,216 | 2025 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Gibraltar | 7,156 | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 201 | Tonga | 7,107 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 202 | Micronesia (country) | 7,029 | 2025 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 203 | Greenland | 6,553 | 2025 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6,360 | 2025 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Kiribati | 5,971 | 2025 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 206 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,500 | 2025 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 207 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,472 | 2025 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 208 | Saint Martin (French part) | 4,902 | 2025 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4,698 | 2025 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 210 | British Virgin Islands | 4,016 | 2025 | up 69.5% | volatile |
| 211 | American Samoa | 3,930 | 2025 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 212 | Palau | 2,090 | 2025 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 213 | Marshall Islands | 1,769 | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 214 | Tuvalu | 668 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 215 | Nauru | 362 | 2025 | up 120.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 854.60 million
- IDA & IBRD total 608.55 million
- Low & middle income 569.87 million
- Middle income 544.42 million
- IBRD only 529.78 million
- Upper middle income 366.60 million
- East Asia & Pacific 332.81 million
- Late-demographic dividend 328.37 million
- High income 284.74 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 271.80 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 268.43 million
- OECD members 266.77 million
About this data
Total 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.