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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
DEFINITION
This entry provides 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 > From total (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Monaco :
22.8%
2008
Monegasque People
# 2
Japan :
21.6%
2008
Japanese People
= 3
Italy :
20%
2008
Italian People
= 3
Germany :
20%
2008
German People
# 5
Greece :
19.1%
2008
Greek People
# 6
Sweden :
18.3%
2008
Swedish People
= 7
Spain :
17.9%
2008
Spanish People
= 7
Guernsey :
17.9%
2008
Channel Islander People
# 9
Austria :
17.7%
2008
Austrian People
= 10
Estonia :
17.6%
2008
Estonian People
= 10
Bulgaria :
17.6%
2008
Bulgarian People
# 12
Belgium :
17.5%
2008
Belgian People
# 13
Portugal :
17.4%
2008
Portuguese People
# 14
San Marino :
17.2%
2008
Sammarinese People
= 15
Man, Isle of :
17.1%
2008
Manx People
# 16
Croatia :
17%
2008
Croatian People
# 17
Latvia :
16.9%
2008
Latvian People
= 18
Georgia :
16.6%
2008
Georgian People
= 18
Finland :
16.6%
2008
Finnish People
# 20
Gibraltar :
16.5%
2008
Gibraltar People
= 21
Slovenia :
16.3%
2008
Slovenian People
= 21
France :
16.3%
2008
French People
# 23
Ukraine :
16.1%
2008
Ukrainian People
= 24
Lithuania :
16%
2008
Lithuanian People
= 24
Jersey :
16%
2008
Channel Islander People
= 24
Switzerland :
16%
2008
Swiss People
= 24
United Kingdom :
16%
2008
British People
# 28
Norfolk Island :
15.9%
2007
Norfolk Islander People
# 29
Denmark :
15.7%
2008
Danish People
# 30
Hungary :
15.6%
2008
Hungarian People
# 31
Czech Republic :
15.1%
2008
Czech People
= 32
Norway :
15%
2008
Norwegian People
= 32
Serbia and Montenegro :
15%
2005
Serbian People
# 34
Canada :
14.9%
2008
Canadian People
= 35
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
14.7%
2008
Herzegovinian People
= 35
Luxembourg :
14.7%
2008
Luxembourg People
= 35
Romania :
14.7%
2008
Romanian People
= 35
Belarus :
14.7%
2008
Belarusian People
# 39
Netherlands :
14.6%
2008
Dutch People
= 40
Russia :
14.1%
2008
Russian People
= 40
Faroe Islands :
14.1%
2008
Faroese People
# 42
Malta :
13.9%
2008
Maltese People
# 43
Puerto Rico :
13.5%
2008
Puerto Rican People
# 44
Poland :
13.4%
2008
Polish People
= 45
Liechtenstein :
13.3%
2008
Liechtenstein People
= 45
Australia :
13.3%
2008
Australian People
= 45
Uruguay :
13.3%
2008
Uruguayan People
# 48
Hong Kong :
13%
2008
Hong Kong People
= 49
Bermuda :
12.8%
2008
Bermudian People
= 49
Virgin Islands :
12.8%
2008
Virgin Islander People
# 51
United States :
12.7%
2008
American People
# 52
New Zealand :
12.6%
2008
New Zealand People
# 53
Slovakia :
12.3%
2008
Slovak People
= 54
Iceland :
12%
2008
Icelandic People
= 54
Cyprus :
12%
2008
Cypriot People
= 54
Andorra :
12%
2008
Andorran People
# 57
Ireland :
11.8%
2008
Irish People
= 58
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
11.3%
2008
French People
= 58
Macedonia, Republic of :
11.3%
2008
Macedonian People
# 60
Armenia :
11%
2008
Armenian People
= 61
Moldova :
10.9%
2008
Moldovan People
= 61
Cuba :
10.9%
2008
Cuban People
= 63
Argentina :
10.8%
2008
Argentine People
= 63
Saint Helena :
10.8%
2008
Saint Helenian People
# 65
Martinique :
10.6%
2006
People
= 66
Korea, South :
10.5%
2008
Korean People
= 66
Taiwan :
10.5%
2008
Taiwan People
# 68
Aruba :
10.4%
2008
Aruban People
# 69
Dominica :
10.2%
2008
Dominican People
# 70
Israel :
9.8%
2008
Israeli People
# 71
Albania :
9.5%
2008
Albanian People
# 72
Netherlands Antilles :
9.3%
2008
Dutch Antillean People
= 73
Trinidad and Tobago :
9.2%
2008
Tobagonian People
= 73
Guadeloupe :
9.2%
2006
People
= 75
Cayman Islands :
9%
2008
Caymanian People
= 75
Barbados :
9%
2008
Barbadian People
= 75
Saint Lucia :
9%
2008
Saint Lucian People
= 78
Korea, North :
8.8%
2008
Korean People
= 78
Chile :
8.8%
2008
Chilean People
# 80
Singapore :
8.7%
2008
Singapore People
# 81
Thailand :
8.5%
2008
Thai People
# 82
Kazakhstan :
8.2%
2008
Kazakhstani People
# 83
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
8.1%
2008
Nevisian People
# 84
China :
8%
2008
Chinese People
# 85
Sri Lanka :
7.9%
2008
Sri Lankan People
# 86
Macau :
7.7%
2008
Chinese People
# 87
Anguilla :
7.6%
2008
Anguillan People
= 88
Montserrat :
7.4%
2008
Montserratian People
= 88
Jamaica :
7.4%
2008
Jamaican People
= 90
Tunisia :
7.1%
2008
Tunisian People
= 90
New Caledonia :
7.1%
2008
New Caledonian People
= 90
Lebanon :
7.1%
2008
Lebanese People
= 93
Turkey :
7%
2008
Turkish People
= 93
Guam :
7%
2008
Guamanian People
# 95
Mauritius :
6.9%
2008
Mauritian People
# 96
Azerbaijan :
6.8%
2008
Azerbaijani People
= 97
Bahamas, The :
6.7%
2008
Bahamian People
= 97
Panama :
6.7%
2008
Panamanian People
= 99
Antigua and Barbuda :
6.6%
2008
Barbudan People
= 99
French Polynesia :
6.6%
2008
French Polynesian People
= 99
Greenland :
6.6%
2008
Greenlandic People
= 102
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
6.5%
2008
Saint Vincentian People
= 102
Cape Verde :
6.5%
2008
Cape Verdean People
= 104
French Guiana :
6.3%
2006
People
= 104
Suriname :
6.3%
2008
Surinamese People
= 104
Brazil :
6.3%
2008
Brazilian People
# 107
Réunion :
6.2%
2006
People
= 108
Seychelles :
6.1%
2008
Seychellois People
= 108
Mexico :
6.1%
2008
Mexican People
= 108
Kyrgyzstan :
6.1%
2008
Kyrgyzstani People
# 111
Costa Rica :
6%
2008
Costa Rican People
= 112
Indonesia :
5.8%
2008
Indonesian People
= 112
Vietnam :
5.8%
2008
Vietnamese People
= 112
Dominican Republic :
5.8%
2008
Dominican People
= 115
Peru :
5.6%
2008
Peruvian People
= 115
British Virgin Islands :
5.6%
2008
British Virgin Islander People
= 115
Samoa :
5.6%
2008
Samoan People
# 118
Colombia :
5.5%
2008
Colombian People
= 119
Iran :
5.4%
2008
Iranian People
= 119
Guyana :
5.4%
2008
Guyanese People
= 119
Bhutan :
5.4%
2008
Bhutanese People
= 119
Burma :
5.4%
2008
Burmese People
# 123
South Africa :
5.3%
2008
South African People
= 124
Morocco :
5.2%
2008
Moroccan People
= 124
Tuvalu :
5.2%
2008
Tuvaluan People
= 124
India :
5.2%
2008
Indian People
= 124
Ecuador :
5.2%
2008
Ecuadorian People
= 124
El Salvador :
5.2%
2008
Salvadoran People
= 129
Venezuela :
5.1%
2008
Venezuelan People
= 129
Paraguay :
5.1%
2008
Paraguayan People
= 131
Tokelau :
5%
2006
Tokelauan People
= 131
Algeria :
5%
2008
Algerian People
= 131
Uzbekistan :
5%
2008
Uzbekistani People
= 131
Lesotho :
5%
2008
Basotho People
# 135
Malaysia :
4.9%
2008
Malaysian People
# 136
Palau :
4.8%
2008
Palauan People
= 137
Bolivia :
4.7%
2008
Bolivian People
= 137
Egypt :
4.7%
2008
Egyptian People
# 139
Fiji :
4.6%
2008
Fijian People
= 140
Tonga :
4.3%
2008
Tongan People
= 140
Turkmenistan :
4.3%
2008
Turkmen People
= 142
Pakistan :
4.2%
2008
Pakistani People
= 142
Equatorial Guinea :
4.2%
2008
Equatorial Guinean People
= 142
Libya :
4.2%
2008
Libyan People
= 145
Central African Republic :
4.1%
2008
Central African People
= 145
Philippines :
4.1%
2008
Philippine People
= 145
Jordan :
4.1%
2008
Jordanian People
= 145
Turks and Caicos Islands :
4.1%
2008
Turks and Caicos Islands People
# 149
Papua New Guinea :
4%
2008
Papua New Guinean People
= 150
Gabon :
3.9%
2008
Gabonese People
= 150
Zimbabwe :
3.9%
2008
Zimbabwean People
= 150
Vanuatu :
3.9%
2008
- People
= 150
Mongolia :
3.9%
2008
Mongolian People
= 150
Botswana :
3.9%
2008
Motswana -Batswana People
= 150
Maldives :
3.9%
2008
Maldivian People
= 156
Nepal :
3.8%
2008
Nepalese People
= 156
Bahrain :
3.8%
2008
Bahraini People
= 156
Namibia :
3.8%
2008
Namibian People
= 156
American Samoa :
3.8%
2008
American Samoan People
= 160
Tajikistan :
3.7%
2008
Tajikistani People
= 160
Guatemala :
3.7%
2008
Guatemalan People
= 162
Swaziland :
3.6%
2008
Swazi People
= 162
Ghana :
3.6%
2008
Ghanaian People
= 162
Cambodia :
3.6%
2008
Cambodian People
= 162
Djibouti :
3.6%
2008
Djiboutian People
= 162
West Bank :
3.6%
2008
People
= 162
São Tomé and Príncipe :
3.6%
2008
Sao Tomean People
= 168
Eritrea :
3.5%
2008
Eritrean People
= 168
Honduras :
3.5%
2008
Honduran People
= 168
Haiti :
3.5%
2008
Haitian People
= 168
Bangladesh :
3.5%
2008
Bangladeshi People
= 168
Belize :
3.5%
2008
Belizean People
= 173
Guinea :
3.4%
2008
Guinean People
= 173
Solomon Islands :
3.4%
2008
Solomon Islander People
= 173
Kiribati :
3.4%
2008
- People
= 176
East Timor :
3.3%
2008
Timorese People
= 176
Syria :
3.3%
2008
Syrian People
= 176
Nicaragua :
3.3%
2008
Nicaraguan People
= 179
Sierra Leone :
3.2%
2008
Sierra Leonean People
= 179
Cameroon :
3.2%
2008
Cameroonian People
= 179
Brunei :
3.2%
2008
Bruneian People
= 182
Guinea-Bissau :
3.1%
2008
Guinean People
= 182
Mali :
3.1%
2008
Malian People
= 182
Madagascar :
3.1%
2008
Malagasy People
= 182
Laos :
3.1%
2008
Lao People
= 186
Iraq :
3%
2008
Iraqi People
= 186
Comoros :
3%
2008
Comoran People
= 186
Nigeria :
3%
2008
Nigerian People
= 186
Grenada :
3%
2008
Grenadian People
= 186
Senegal :
3%
2008
Senegalese People
= 191
Micronesia, Federated States of :
2.9%
2008
Micronesian People
= 191
Chad :
2.9%
2008
Chadian People
= 191
Kuwait :
2.9%
2008
Kuwaiti People
= 194
Liberia :
2.8%
2008
Liberian People
= 194
Gambia, The :
2.8%
2008
Gambian People
= 194
Oman :
2.8%
2008
Omani People
= 194
Marshall Islands :
2.8%
2008
Marshallese People
= 194
Côte d'Ivoire :
2.8%
2008
Ivoirian People
= 194
Mozambique :
2.8%
2008
Mozambican People
= 194
Tanzania :
2.8%
2008
Tanzanian People
= 194
Congo, Republic of the :
2.8%
2008
Congolese People
= 202
Ethiopia :
2.7%
2008
Ethiopian People
= 202
Gaza Strip :
2.7%
2008
People
= 202
Angola :
2.7%
2008
Angolan People
= 202
Togo :
2.7%
2008
Togolese People
= 202
Malawi :
2.7%
2008
Malawian People
= 207
Yemen :
2.6%
2008
Yemeni People
= 207
Benin :
2.6%
2008
Beninese People
= 207
Kenya :
2.6%
2008
Kenyan People
= 210
Somalia :
2.5%
2008
Somali People
= 210
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2.5%
2008
Congolese People
= 210
Burundi :
2.5%
2008
Burundian People
= 210
Sudan :
2.5%
2008
Sudanese People
= 210
Burkina Faso :
2.5%
2008
Burkinabe People
= 215
Niger :
2.4%
2008
Nigerien People
= 215
Rwanda :
2.4%
2008
Rwandan People
= 215
Afghanistan :
2.4%
2008
Afghan People
= 215
Zambia :
2.4%
2008
Zambian People
= 215
Saudi Arabia :
2.4%
2008
Saudi People
# 220
Western Sahara :
2.3%
2008
Sahrawi-Sahrawian-Sahraouian People
= 221
Uganda :
2.2%
2008
Ugandan People
= 221
Mauritania :
2.2%
2008
Mauritanian People
# 223
Nauru :
2.1%
2008
Nauruan People
# 224
Mayotte :
1.8%
2008
Mahoran People
# 225
Northern Mariana Islands :
1.7%
2008
NA People
# 226
Qatar :
1.4%
2008
Qatari People
# 227
United Arab Emirates :
0.9%
2008
Emirati People
Weighted average:
7.7%
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
17.1%
DEFINITION: This entry provides 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: All
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
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"Age structure > 65 years and over > From total by country", All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_age_str_65_yea_and_ove_fro_tot-structure-65-years-over-total
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