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Current Countries with the Oldest Population in the World

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This map shows current countries with the oldest population in the world. Oldest population means the distribution of the population in age group 65 years and over.

Current Oldest Population in the World: 65 years and over: 7.9% (male 227,164,176/female 289,048,221) (2011 est.)

The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector.

Last updated: 13 years ago

Category: Population

Country	65 years and over %	65 years and over - male	65 years and over - female	Year / Note
Afghanistan	2.4	349,349	380,051	2011 est.
Albania	10.5	148,151	165,345	2011 est.
Algeria	5.2	845,116	987,681	2011 est.
American Samoa	4.2	1,322	1,500	2011 est.
Andorra	13	5,502	5,502	2011 est.
Angola	2.7	157,778	199,959	2011 est.
Anguilla	7.9	577	610	2011 est.
Antigua and Barbuda	6.8	2,592	3,397	2011 est.
Argentina	11	1,897,144	2,706,807	2011 est.
Armenia	10.1	112,947	185,361	2011 est.
Aruba	11.2	4,698	7,214	2011 est.
Australia	14	1,398,576	1,654,508	2011 est.
Austria	18.2	627,456	872,104	2011 est.
Azerbaijan	6.4	195,853	344,073	2011 est.
Bahamas, The	6.3	7,578	12,222	2011 est.
Bahrain	2.6	14,791	16,363	2011 est.
Bangladesh	4.7	3,616,225	3,778,119	2011 est.
Barbados	9.8	10,982	17,124	2011 est.
Belarus	14.1	427,086	920,381	2011 est.
Belgium	18	783,895	1,096,926	2011 est.
Belize	3.5	5,404	5,960	2011 est.
Benin	2.7	101,640	149,288	2011 est.
Bermuda	15.1	4,304	6,040	2011 est.
Bhutan	5.7	21,347	19,157	2011 est.
Bolivia	4.6	207,792	261,904	2011 est.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15	283,233	410,288	2011 est.
Botswana	3.9	32,542	48,129	2011 est.
Brazil	6.7	5,796,433	7,899,650	2011 est.
British Virgin Islands	6.3	827	768	2011 est.
Brunei	3.5	6,881	7,238	2011 est.
Bulgaria	18.2	522,343	769,475	2011 est.
Burkina Faso	2.5	162,157	256,489	2011 est.
Burma	5	1,184,291	1,533,599	2011 est.
Burundi	2.5	101,207	151,841	2011 est.
Cambodia	3.8	208,473	344,993	2011 est.
Cameroon	3.3	300,929	356,335	2011 est.
Canada	15.9	2,372,356	3,024,571	2011 est.
Cape Verde	5.5	10,648	17,575	2011 est.
Cayman Islands	9.9	2,401	2,692	2011 est.
Central African Republic	3.7	73,977	111,196	2011 est.
Chad	2.9	131,805	182,402	2011 est.
Chile	9.6	680,450	944,156	2011 est.
China	8.9	56,823,028	61,517,001	2011 est.
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia	6.1	1,159,691	1,587,277	2011 est.
Comoros	3.1	11,053	13,562	2011 est.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.6	767,119	1,066,437	2011 est.
Congo, Republic of the	2.8	48,383	69,526	2011 est.
Cook Islands	9.9	538	563	2011 est.
Costa Rica	6.4	135,017	156,492	2011 est.
Cote d'Ivoire	3	320,396	328,873	2011 est.
Croatia	16.9	296,268	459,357	2011 est.
Cuba	11.7	583,757	708,624	2011 est.
Curacao	12.2	6,972	10,388	2010
Cyprus	10.4	50,761	66,096	2011 est.
Czech Republic	16.3	663,982	1,001,613	2011 est.
Denmark	17.1	417,957	527,132	2011 est.
Djibouti	3.3	11,349	13,924	2011 est.
Dominica	10.3	3,246	4,247	2011 est.
Dominican Republic	6.5	300,245	349,458	2011 est.
Ecuador	6.4	463,481	500,982	2011 est.
Egypt	4.5	1,669,313	2,031,016	2011 est.
El Salvador	6.4	173,363	215,577	2011 est.
Equatorial Guinea	4.1	11,880	15,606	2011 est.
Eritrea	3.6	96,627	119,458	2011 est.
Estonia	17.7	74,803	152,307	2011 est.
Ethiopia	2.7	1,037,488	1,388,301	2011 est.
European Union	17.33	35,376,333	49,853,361	2009 est.
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Faroe Islands	14.8	3,487	3,818	2011 est.
Fiji	5.2	21,187	24,945	2011 est.
Finland	17.8	385,671	551,327	2011 est.
France	16.8	4,578,089	6,328,834	2011 est.
French Polynesia	7.2	10,742	10,557	2011 est.
Gabon	3.9	25,687	35,403	2011 est.
Gambia, The	3.1	26,645	29,271	2011 est.
Gaza Strip	2.6	17,326	25,523	2011 est.
Georgia	16	293,143	442,687	2011 est.
Germany	20.6	7,217,163	9,557,634	2011 est.
Ghana	3.6	399,737	482,471	2011 est.
Gibraltar	13.8	1,934	2,062	2011 est.
Greece	19.6	923,177	1,185,630	2011 est.
Greenland	7.6	2,269	2,097	2011 est.
Grenada	8.9	4,372	5,300	2011 est.
Guam	7.5	6,287	7,458	2011 est.
Guatemala	3.9	252,108	291,272	2011 est.
Guernsey	17.1	4,952	6,166	2011 est.
Guinea	3.5	164,051	208,459	2011 est.
Guinea-Bissau	3.2	19,975	30,508	2011 est.
Guyana	4.8	14,801	21,049	2011 est.
Haiti	3.9	170,584	212,949	2011 est.
Honduras	3.8	136,035	170,272	2011 est.
Hong Kong	13.5	452,278	512,580	2011 est.
Hungary	16.9	622,426	1,058,582	2011 est.
Iceland	12.7	17,974	21,378	2011 est.
India	5.5	30,831,190	33,998,613	2011 est.
Indonesia	6.1	6,654,695	8,446,603	2011 est.
Iran	5	1,844,967	2,055,846	2011 est.
Iraq	3.1	435,908	499,138	2011 est.
Ireland	11.6	246,212	295,192	2011 est.
Isle of Man	18.2	7,003	8,408	2011 est.
Israel	10.1	331,034	424,788	2011 est.
Italy	20.3	5,248,418	7,109,074	2011 est.
Jamaica	7.6	97,717	120,602	2011 est.
Japan	22.9	12,275,829	16,658,016	2011 est.
Jersey	14.8	5,953	7,962	2011 est.
Jordan	4.8	153,918	160,646	2011 est.
Kazakhstan	7.4	392,689	754,407	2011 est.
Kenya	2.7	497,389	605,031	2011 est.
Kiribati	3.7	1,461	2,290	2011 est.
Korea, North	9.1	738,693	1,483,196	2011 est.
Korea, South	11.4	2,259,621	3,312,032	2011 est.
Kosovo	6.7	51,668	70,603	2011 est.
Kuwait	2	25,443	25,979	2011 est.
Kyrgyzstan	5.3	114,200	181,414	2011 est.
Laos	3.7	107,876	131,513	2011 est.
Latvia	16.9	121,570	252,111	2011 est.
Lebanon	9	173,073	200,619	2011 est.
Lesotho	5.4	50,956	52,053	2011 est.
Liberia	2.9	56,189	55,271	2011 est.
Libya	4.6	146,956	153,776	2011 est.
Liechtenstein	15	2,304	2,971	2011 est.
Lithuania	16.5	201,358	381,157	2011 est.
Luxembourg	14.9	31,086	44,022	2011 est.
Macau	8.2	22,043	24,984	2011 est.
Macedonia	11.6	103,620	136,586	2011 est.
Madagascar	3	295,409	372,415	2011 est.
Malawi	2.7	182,304	243,065	2011 est.
Malaysia	5	672,581	755,976	2011 est.
Maldives	4.1	7,888	8,220	2011 est.
Mali	3	199,862	218,307	2011 est.
Malta	15.8	28,305	36,192	2011 est.
Marshall Islands	3	988	1,045	2011 est.
Mauritania	3.5	48,075	65,213	2011 est.
Mauritius	7.5	38,944	58,391	2011 est.
Mexico	6.6	3,348,495	4,113,552	2011 est.
Micronesia, Federated States of	3	1,375	1,818	2011 est.
Moldova	10.4	164,512	286,275	2011 est.
Monaco	26.9	3,640	4,562	2011 est.
Mongolia	4	54,415	70,565	2011 est.
Montenegro	13.5	35,551	53,696	2011 est.
Montserrat	6.5	208	125	2011 est.
Morocco	6.1	881,622	1,068,318	2011 est.
Mozambique	3	313,892	368,536	2011 est.
Namibia	4.1	38,851	49,157	2011 est.
Nauru	1.6	68	85	2011 est.
Nepal	4.4	597,628	681,252	2011 est.
Netherlands	15.6	1,141,507	1,484,369	2011 est.
New Caledonia	7.8	8,954	10,989	2011 est.
New Zealand	13.3	260,454	308,201	2011 est.
Nicaragua	4.5	116,153	138,809	2011 est.
Niger	2.3	170,741	214,734	2011 est.
Nigeria	3.1	2,341,228	2,502,355	2011 est.
Niue
Norfolk Island	15.9			2009 est.
Northern Mariana Islands	3.6	790	875	2011 est.
Norway	16	326,711	422,635	2011 est.
Oman	3.1	47,786	45,785	2011 est.
Pakistan	4.2	3,739,647	4,157,870	2011 est.
Palau	6.5	402	959	2011 est.
Panama	7.2	115,425	133,582	2011 est.
Papua New Guinea	3.6	121,207	103,802	2011 est.
Paraguay	6.1	183,440	211,663	2011 est.
Peru	6.4	885,703	978,611	2011 est.
Philippines	4.3	1,876,805	2,471,644	2011 est.
Pitcairn Islands
Poland	13.7	2,004,550	3,245,026	2011 est.
Portugal	18	791,950	1,141,872	2011 est.
Puerto Rico	15.1	258,570	342,357	2011 est.
Qatar	1.5	7,311	5,432	2011 est.
Romania	14.8	1,314,132	1,932,596	2011 est.
Russia	13	5,456,639	12,614,309	2011 est.
Rwanda	2.4	110,218	164,913	2011 est.
Saint Barthelemy	11.7	428	431	2011 est.
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	12.3	468	477	2011 est.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.6	1,681	2,140	2011 est.
Saint Lucia	9.7	7,074	8,581	2011 est.
Saint Martin	6	829	1,017	2011 est.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	15.8	379	551	2011 est.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.1	3,807	4,555	2011 est.
Samoa	5.2	4,472	5,654	2011 est.
San Marino	18	2,537	3,175	2011 est.
Sao Tome and Principe	3.2	2,634	3,086	2011 est.
Saudi Arabia	3	404,269	368,456	2011 est.
Senegal	2.9	166,577	194,903	2011 est.
Serbia	16.5	493,436	712,319	2011 est.
Seychelles	7.2	2,399	3,980	2011 est.
Sierra Leone	3.7	86,614	109,173	2011 est.
Singapore	9.2	196,101	242,084	2011 est.
Sint Maarten	3.6	608	755	2010 est.
Slovakia	12.8	262,363	438,538	2011 est.
Slovenia	16.8	132,069	203,068	2011 est.
Solomon Islands	3.9	10,879	11,356	2011 est.
Somalia	2.4	95,859	142,383	2011 est.
South Africa	5.7	1,125,709	1,660,694	2011 est.
Spain	17.1	3,389,681	4,609,532	2011 est.
Sri Lanka	7.9	720,219	950,916	2011 est.
Sudan	2.7	613,817	596,559	2011 est.
Suriname	6.3	13,300	17,902	2011 est.
Svalbard
Swaziland	3.6	20,472	28,935	2011 est.
Sweden	19.7	800,169	992,665	2011 est.
Switzerland	17	543,074	751,943	2011 est.
Syria	3.8	390,802	456,336	2011 est.
Taiwan	10.9	1,198,591	1,320,225	2011 est.
Tajikistan	3.4	108,896	148,246	2011 est.
Tanzania	2.9	538,290	708,445	2011 est.
Thailand	9.2	2,778,012	3,372,203	2011 est.
Timor-Leste	3.6	20,160	22,706	2011 est.
Togo	3.1	92,689	120,481	2011 est.
Tokelau	5			2009 est.
Tonga	6.1	2,986	3,430	2011 est.
Trinidad and Tobago	8.4	44,439	59,025	2011 est.
Tunisia	7.5	390,055	405,344	2011 est.
Turkey	6.3	2,259,422	2,687,245	2011 est.
Turkmenistan	4.1	88,590	115,324	2011 est.
Turks and Caicos Islands	4	813	1,001	2011 est.
Tuvalu	5.4	238	328	2011 est.
Uganda	2.1	291,602	424,817	2011 est.
Ukraine	15.5	2,294,777	4,682,865	2011 est.
United Arab Emirates	0.9	30,446	17,046	note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2011 est.)
United Kingdom	16.5	4,564,375	5,777,253	2011 est.
United States	13.1	17,745,363	23,377,542	2011 est.
Uruguay	13.7	180,729	272,513	2011 est.
Uzbekistan	4.7	560,574	751,955	2011 est.
Vanuatu	4.3	4,862	4,706	2011 est.
Venezuela	5.4	665,436	840,089	2011 est.
Vietnam	5.5	1,921,652	3,092,589	2011 est.
Virgin Islands	15.3	7,626	9,194	2011 est.
Wallis and Futuna	7.8	563	643	2011 est.
West Bank	3.7	39,546	55,637	2011 est.
Western Sahara	3.6	7,918	10,114	2011 est.
World	7.9	227,164,176	289,048,221	2011 est.
Yemen	2.6	298,175	329,349	2011 est.
Zambia	2.5	148,531	197,852	2011 est.
Zimbabwe	3.8	193,380	266,115	2011 est.

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