Population aged 65 and over (projected, 2050) by country

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United States: 23.1% in 2050, 34th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 77th of all 216 with data.

Highest: Hong Kong (46.4%, 2050) · Lowest: Central African Republic (2.0%, 2050) · 216 countries and territories with data.

Share of the population aged 65 and over. UN estimates up to 2023 and UN projections (medium variant) from 2024. Countries are ranked by the projection for 2050.

World ranking (highest first)

Rank	Country	Value	Year
1	Hong Kong	46.4%	2050
2	South Korea	39.7%	2050
3	Japan	37.5%	2050
4	Puerto Rico	37.0%	2050
5	San Marino	36.9%	2050
6	Italy	36.8%	2050
7	Andorra	36.6%	2050
8	Spain	36.1%	2050
9	Bermuda	36.0%	2050
10	Greece	34.6%	2050
11	Macao	34.1%	2050
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.0%	2050
13	Portugal	33.0%	2050
14	St. Martin (French part)	32.6%	2050
15	Isle of Man	31.8%	2050
16	Poland	31.8%	2050
17	Slovenia	31.8%	2050
18	China	30.9%	2050
19	Austria	30.8%	2050
20	Croatia	30.7%	2050
21	Malta	30.6%	2050
22	Germany	30.3%	2050
23	Switzerland	30.2%	2050
24	Cuba	30.2%	2050
25	Slovakia	30.1%	2050
26	Liechtenstein	29.9%	2050
27	Estonia	29.8%	2050
28	Czechia	29.6%	2050
29	Thailand	29.6%	2050
30	Bulgaria	29.4%	2050
31	Serbia	29.1%	2050
32	Ukraine	29.0%	2050
33	Latvia	28.9%	2050
34	Monaco	28.8%	2050
35	Lithuania	28.6%	2050
36	French Polynesia	28.5%	2050
37	Finland	28.2%	2050
38	British Virgin Islands	28.1%	2050
39	Albania	27.9%	2050
40	Romania	27.8%	2050
41	Belgium	27.8%	2050
42	North Macedonia	27.6%	2050
43	France	27.6%	2050
44	Belarus	27.5%	2050
45	Hungary	27.4%	2050
46	Norway	26.8%	2050
47	Singapore	26.8%	2050
48	Northern Mariana Islands	26.7%	2050
49	Turks and Caicos Islands	26.7%	2050
50	Chile	26.7%	2050
51	Montenegro	26.6%	2050
52	Cyprus	26.5%	2050
53	Netherlands	26.3%	2050
54	Ireland	26.1%	2050
55	Mauritius	26.1%	2050
56	U.S. Virgin Islands	26.1%	2050
57	Luxembourg	26.0%	2050
58	Sweden	25.7%	2050
59	Canada	25.7%	2050
60	Denmark	25.6%	2050
61	Costa Rica	25.3%	2050
62	Cayman Islands	25.3%	2050
63	Aruba	25.2%	2050
64	United Kingdom	24.7%	2050
65	Barbados	24.4%	2050
66	Antigua and Barbuda	24.4%	2050
67	Gibraltar	24.2%	2050
68	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	24.1%	2050
69	New Zealand	24.0%	2050
70	Armenia	23.9%	2050
71	Iceland	23.9%	2050
72	Curaçao	23.9%	2050
73	Australia	23.9%	2050
74	Trinidad and Tobago	23.9%	2050
75	Russia	23.8%	2050
76	Uruguay	23.5%	2050
77	United States	23.1%	2050
78	Brazil	22.5%	2050
79	Iran	22.4%	2050
80	Türkiye	22.1%	2050
81	Kosovo	21.9%	2050
82	Moldova	21.6%	2050
83	New Caledonia	21.6%	2050
84	Maldives	21.5%	2050
85	Faroe Islands	21.4%	2050
86	North Korea	21.4%	2050
87	Bahamas	21.2%	2050
88	Georgia	20.8%	2050
89	Colombia	20.6%	2050
90	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.6%	2050
91	Tunisia	20.5%	2050
92	St. Lucia	20.4%	2050
93	Palau	20.3%	2050
94	Sri Lanka	20.3%	2050
95	Grenada	20.2%	2050
96	Vietnam	20.0%	2050
97	Argentina	19.9%	2050
98	Jamaica	19.4%	2050
99	Brunei	19.3%	2050
100	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.1%	2050
101	Seychelles	19.0%	2050
102	American Samoa	18.8%	2050
103	Dominica	18.6%	2050
104	Panama	18.5%	2050
105	Guam	18.5%	2050
106	Azerbaijan	18.1%	2050
107	Peru	17.7%	2050
108	Greenland	17.7%	2050
109	Ecuador	17.2%	2050
110	Mexico	17.0%	2050
111	Malaysia	16.8%	2050
112	Cabo Verde	16.5%	2050
113	Morocco	16.4%	2050
114	Venezuela	16.4%	2050
115	Lebanon	16.3%	2050
116	Algeria	16.2%	2050
117	Bhutan	15.9%	2050
118	Libya	15.9%	2050
119	Israel	15.7%	2050
120	Indonesia	15.1%	2050
121	Dominican Republic	15.0%	2050
122	Suriname	15.0%	2050
123	India	14.7%	2050
124	El Salvador	14.7%	2050
125	Kazakhstan	13.8%	2050
126	Bangladesh	13.6%	2050
127	Myanmar	13.5%	2050
128	Marshall Islands	12.9%	2050
129	Belize	12.9%	2050
130	Nicaragua	12.8%	2050
131	Mongolia	12.6%	2050
132	Paraguay	12.4%	2050
133	Jordan	12.1%	2050
134	Cambodia	11.6%	2050
135	South Africa	11.3%	2050
136	Guyana	11.2%	2050
137	Philippines	11.2%	2050
138	Nepal	11.1%	2050
139	Turkmenistan	10.8%	2050
140	Tonga	10.7%	2050
141	Fiji	10.6%	2050
142	Uzbekistan	10.4%	2050
143	Honduras	10.2%	2050
144	Kyrgyzstan	10.1%	2050
145	Laos	9.9%	2050
146	Djibouti	9.9%	2050
147	Bolivia	9.8%	2050
148	Egypt	9.7%	2050
149	Guatemala	9.6%	2050
150	Syria	9.3%	2050
151	Tuvalu	8.7%	2050
152	Bahrain	8.5%	2050
153	Haiti	8.4%	2050
154	Saudi Arabia	8.2%	2050
155	Samoa	8.1%	2050
156	West Bank and Gaza	8.0%	2050
157	Tajikistan	7.8%	2050
158	Micronesia	7.7%	2050
159	Botswana	7.7%	2050
160	Kiribati	7.4%	2050
161	Iraq	7.4%	2050
162	Ghana	7.4%	2050
163	Eswatini	7.4%	2050
164	Papua New Guinea	7.4%	2050
165	Gabon	7.2%	2050
166	Solomon Islands	7.1%	2050
167	Timor-Leste	7.0%	2050
168	Namibia	7.0%	2050
169	Vanuatu	6.8%	2050
170	São Tomé and Príncipe	6.7%	2050
171	Kuwait	6.6%	2050
172	Comoros	6.5%	2050
173	Oman	6.5%	2050
174	Pakistan	6.4%	2050
175	Nauru	6.2%	2050
176	Rwanda	6.2%	2050
177	Equatorial Guinea	6.2%	2050
178	Senegal	6.0%	2050
179	Lesotho	5.9%	2050
180	South Sudan	5.9%	2050
181	Eritrea	5.8%	2050
182	Kenya	5.7%	2050
183	Guinea-Bissau	5.7%	2050
184	Sierra Leone	5.5%	2050
185	Republic of the Congo	5.4%	2050
186	Gambia	5.4%	2050
187	Madagascar	5.4%	2050
188	Ethiopia	5.4%	2050
189	Zimbabwe	5.3%	2050
190	Sudan	5.3%	2050
191	Togo	5.2%	2050
192	Yemen	5.2%	2050
193	Liberia	5.0%	2050
194	Malawi	4.9%	2050
195	Zambia	4.8%	2050
196	Benin	4.8%	2050
197	Cameroon	4.7%	2050
198	Côte d'Ivoire	4.7%	2050
199	Burkina Faso	4.7%	2050
200	Mauritania	4.7%	2050
201	Guinea	4.6%	2050
202	Burundi	4.6%	2050
203	Nigeria	4.5%	2050
204	Tanzania	4.5%	2050
205	Uganda	4.3%	2050
206	Angola	4.0%	2050
207	Afghanistan	4.0%	2050
208	Mozambique	3.6%	2050
209	DR Congo	3.5%	2050
210	Somalia	3.5%	2050
211	Niger	3.5%	2050
212	Mali	3.5%	2050
213	Chad	3.2%	2050
214	Qatar	3.0%	2050
215	United Arab Emirates	2.1%	2050
216	Central African Republic	2.0%	2050

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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