Age Structure 65 years and over (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."

People Statistics > Age structure > 65 years and over (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Monaco:

22.6 %

# 2

Japan:

20 %

# 3

Italy:

19.7 %

# 4

Germany:

19.4 %

# 5

Greece:

19 %

# 6

Guernsey:

17.8 %

# 7

Spain:

17.7 %

# 8

Sweden:

17.6 %

# 9

Belgium:

17.4 %

# 10

Bulgaria:

17.3 %

= 11

Portugal:

17.2 %

= 11

Estonia:

17.2 %

# 13

Austria:

17.1 %

= 14

San Marino:

17 %

= 14

Man, Isle of:

17 %

# 16

Croatia:

16.8 %

# 17

Ukraine:

16.6 %

= 18

Gibraltar:

16.5 %

= 18

Georgia:

16.5 %

= 20

France:

16.4 %

= 20

Latvia:

16.4 %

# 22

Finland:

16.2 %

# 23

Norfolk Island:

15.9 %

# 24

United Kingdom:

15.8 %

= 25

Jersey:

15.7 %

= 25

Slovenia:

15.7 %

# 27

Switzerland:

15.6 %

# 28

Lithuania:

15.5 %

= 29

Denmark:

15.2 %

= 29

Hungary:

15.2 %

# 31

Norway:

14.8 %

# 32

Romania:

14.7 %

= 33

Belarus:

14.6 %

= 33

Luxembourg:

14.6 %

# 35

Czech Republic:

14.5 %

= 36

Russia:

14.4 %

= 36

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

14.4 %

# 38

Netherlands:

14.2 %

# 39

Andorra:

14 %

# 40

Faroe Islands:

13.9 %

# 41

Malta:

13.7 %

= 42

Uruguay:

13.3 %

= 42

Poland:

13.3 %

= 42

Canada:

13.3 %

# 45

Australia:

13.1 %

= 46

Hong Kong:

12.8 %

= 46

Puerto Rico:

12.8 %

# 48

United States:

12.5 %

# 49

Liechtenstein:

12.4 %

# 50

Aruba:

12.3 %

# 51

Bermuda:

12.2 %

# 52

Slovakia:

12 %

# 53

New Zealand:

11.8 %

# 54

Iceland:

11.7 %

= 55

Cyprus:

11.6 %

= 55

Ireland:

11.6 %

# 57

Virgin Islands:

11.2 %

# 58

Armenia:

11.1 %

# 59

Macedonia, Republic of:

11 %

# 60

Montserrat:

10.9 %

# 61

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

10.8 %

= 62

Argentina:

10.6 %

= 62

Cuba:

10.6 %

= 62

Martinique:

10.6 %

# 65

Moldova:

10.3 %

# 66

Saint Helena:

10 %

= 67

Israel:

9.8 %

= 67

Taiwan:

9.8 %

= 69

Guadeloupe:

9.2 %

= 69

Korea, South:

9.2 %

# 71

Albania:

8.9 %

# 72

Barbados:

8.8 %

# 73

Netherlands Antilles:

8.7 %

# 74

Trinidad and Tobago:

8.6 %

# 75

Cayman Islands:

8.4 %

# 76

Singapore:

8.3 %

= 77

Chile:

8.2 %

= 77

Korea, North:

8.2 %

= 77

Kazakhstan:

8.2 %

# 80

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

8.1 %

# 81

Thailand:

8 %

= 82

Dominica:

7.9 %

= 82

Macau:

7.9 %

# 84

Azerbaijan:

7.8 %

# 85

China:

7.7 %

= 86

Jamaica:

7.3 %

= 86

Sri Lanka:

7.3 %

# 88

Lebanon:

7 %

# 89

Anguilla:

6.9 %

# 90

Turkey:

6.8 %

= 91

Cape Verde:

6.7 %

= 91

Guam:

6.7 %

= 91

Tunisia:

6.7 %

= 94

Mauritius:

6.6 %

= 94

Samoa:

6.6 %

= 94

New Caledonia:

6.6 %

= 94

Greenland:

6.6 %

= 98

Bahamas, The:

6.4 %

= 98

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

6.4 %

= 100

French Guiana:

6.3 %

= 100

Panama:

6.3 %

= 100

Suriname:

6.3 %

= 103

Réunion:

6.2 %

= 103

Kyrgyzstan:

6.2 %

= 105

French Polynesia:

6.1 %

= 105

Brazil:

6.1 %

= 105

Seychelles:

6.1 %

= 108

Vietnam:

5.8 %

= 108

Mexico:

5.8 %

# 110

Costa Rica:

5.7 %

# 111

Dominican Republic:

5.5 %

# 112

Indonesia:

5.4 %

= 113

British Virgin Islands:

5.3 %

= 113

South Africa:

5.3 %

= 113

Peru:

5.3 %

= 116

Saint Lucia:

5.2 %

= 116

El Salvador:

5.2 %

= 116

Guyana:

5.2 %

= 116

Venezuela:

5.2 %

= 116

Colombia:

5.2 %

= 121

Burma:

5.1 %

= 121

Tuvalu:

5.1 %

= 123

Tokelau:

5 %

= 123

Morocco:

5 %

= 123

Ecuador:

5 %

= 126

India:

4.9 %

= 126

Iran:

4.9 %

= 126

Lesotho:

4.9 %

= 129

Uzbekistan:

4.8 %

= 129

Paraguay:

4.8 %

= 129

Tajikistan:

4.8 %

= 129

Algeria:

4.8 %

# 133

Malaysia:

4.7 %

= 134

Palau:

4.6 %

= 134

Bolivia:

4.6 %

# 136

Egypt:

4.5 %

# 137

Fiji:

4.3 %

= 138

Central African Republic:

4.2 %

= 138

Libya:

4.2 %

= 138

Tonga:

4.2 %

= 141

Pakistan:

4.1 %

= 141

Philippines:

4.1 %

= 141

Turkmenistan:

4.1 %

= 144

Bhutan:

4 %

= 144

Gabon:

4 %

= 146

Antigua and Barbuda:

3.9 %

= 146

Jordan:

3.9 %

= 146

Papua New Guinea:

3.9 %

= 146

United Arab Emirates:

3.9 %

= 150

Equatorial Guinea:

3.8 %

= 150

São Tomé and Príncipe:

3.8 %

= 150

Turks and Caicos Islands:

3.8 %

= 150

Botswana:

3.8 %

= 154

Nepal:

3.7 %

= 154

Mongolia:

3.7 %

= 154

Vanuatu:

3.7 %

= 154

Namibia:

3.7 %

= 154

Qatar:

3.7 %

# 159

Swaziland:

3.6 %

= 160

Belize:

3.5 %

= 160

Bahrain:

3.5 %

= 160

Zimbabwe:

3.5 %

= 160

Eritrea:

3.5 %

= 160

Bangladesh:

3.5 %

= 160

Ghana:

3.5 %

= 166

Honduras:

3.4 %

= 166

Guatemala:

3.4 %

= 166

Cambodia:

3.4 %

= 166

Haiti:

3.4 %

= 166

West Bank:

3.4 %

= 166

Kiribati:

3.4 %

= 172

Syria:

3.3 %

= 172

Djibouti:

3.3 %

= 172

Solomon Islands:

3.3 %

= 172

Grenada:

3.3 %

= 176

Cameroon:

3.2 %

= 176

Guinea:

3.2 %

= 176

Sierra Leone:

3.2 %

= 179

Brunei:

3.1 %

= 179

Nicaragua:

3.1 %

= 179

Laos:

3.1 %

= 179

Nigeria:

3.1 %

= 179

Maldives:

3.1 %

= 179

East Timor:

3.1 %

= 179

Senegal:

3.1 %

= 186

Madagascar:

3 %

= 186

Micronesia, Federated States of:

3 %

= 186

Comoros:

3 %

= 186

Iraq:

3 %

= 186

Mali:

3 %

= 186

Guinea-Bissau:

3 %

= 192

Congo, Republic of the:

2.9 %

= 192

American Samoa:

2.9 %

= 194

Kuwait:

2.8 %

= 194

Côte d'Ivoire:

2.8 %

= 194

Angola:

2.8 %

= 194

Liberia:

2.8 %

= 194

Mozambique:

2.8 %

= 199

Malawi:

2.7 %

= 199

Ethiopia:

2.7 %

= 199

Gambia, The:

2.7 %

= 199

Marshall Islands:

2.7 %

= 199

Chad:

2.7 %

= 204

Oman:

2.6 %

= 204

Yemen:

2.6 %

= 204

Togo:

2.6 %

= 204

Somalia:

2.6 %

= 204

Burundi:

2.6 %

= 204

Tanzania:

2.6 %

= 204

Gaza Strip:

2.6 %

= 211

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

2.5 %

= 211

Burkina Faso:

2.5 %

= 211

Rwanda:

2.5 %

= 214

Saudi Arabia:

2.4 %

= 214

Benin:

2.4 %

= 214

Afghanistan:

2.4 %

= 214

Niger:

2.4 %

= 214

Sudan:

2.4 %

= 214

Zambia:

2.4 %

# 220

Kenya:

2.3 %

= 221

Mauritania:

2.2 %

= 221

Uganda:

2.2 %

# 223

Nauru:

2 %

# 224

Mayotte:

1.7 %

# 225

Northern Mariana Islands:

1.6 %

Weighted average:

7.5 %

DEFINITION: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006

People Statistics > Age structure > 65 years and over (most recent) by country

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