Mapped: Countries With the Most Seniors
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Key Takeaways:
- Monaco has the world’s oldest population, with more than 36% of residents aged 65 or older.
- Japan ranks second and is the oldest major economy, with nearly 30% of its population over 65.
- Europe dominates the rankings, highlighting the growing demographic pressure on pensions, healthcare, and shrinking workforces.
The world is getting older, and in some countries, seniors already make up more than one-quarter of the population.
This visualization, created by Iswardi Ishak, ranks countries by the share of their population aged 65 and above, using World Bank data.
Some Countries Are Aging Faster
The table below shows the countries with the highest share of residents aged 65 and older.
| Rank | Country | % of seniors in population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 36.17 |
| 2 | Japan | 29.78 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (US) | 24.72 |
| 4 | Italy | 24.62 |
| 5 | Portugal | 24.53 |
| 6 | Greece | 23.94 |
| 7 | Finland | 23.90 |
| 8 | Germany | 23.20 |
| 9 | Croatia | 23.19 |
| 10 | Isle of Man (UK) | 23.15 |
| 11 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 22.69 |
| 12 | Serbia | 22.69 |
| 13 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 22.67 |
| 14 | San Marino | 22.41 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22.23 |
| 16 | France | 22.15 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 22.03 |
| 18 | European Union | 22.01 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 21.77 |
| 20 | Bermuda (UK) | 21.74 |
| 21 | Latvia | 21.74 |
| 22 | Estonia | 21.30 |
| 23 | Spain | 21.15 |
| 24 | Hungary | 20.99 |
| 25 | Denmark | 20.87 |
| 26 | Czechia | 20.85 |
| 27 | Sweden | 20.75 |
| 28 | Liechtenstein | 20.73 |
| 29 | Austria | 20.61 |
| 30 | Belgium | 20.56 |
| 31 | Netherlands | 20.50 |
| 32 | Malta | 20.21 |
| 33 | Lithuania | 20.17 |
| 34 | Poland | 20.14 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 20.02 |
| 36 | Romania | 19.98 |
| 37 | Canada | 19.80 |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 19.5 |
| 39 | South Korea | 19.27 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 18.96 |
| 41 | Norway | 18.79 |
| 42 | Slovak Republic | 18.54 |
| 43 | St. Martin (French part) | 18.41 |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 18.02 |
| 45 | United States | 17.93 |
| 46 | Montenegro | 17.83 |
| 47 | Faroe Islands (UK) | 17.74 |
| 48 | Australia | 17.73 |
| 49 | Belarus | 17.67 |
| 50 | Gibraltar | 17.62 |
| 51 | New Zealand | 17.20 |
| 52 | Russian Federation | 17.18 |
| 53 | Aruba | 17.06 |
| 54 | Albania | 16.92 |
| 55 | Curacao | 16.78 |
| 56 | Cuba | 16.57 |
| 57 | Barbados | 16.55 |
| 58 | Moldova | 16.21 |
| 59 | Uruguay | 16.05 |
| 60 | Andorra | 15.95 |
| 61 | Ireland | 15.89 |
| 62 | Iceland | 15.64 |
| 63 | Georgia | 15.64 |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 15.48 |
| 65 | Thailand | 15.36 |
| 66 | China | 14.67 |
| 67 | Cyprus | 14.62 |
| 68 | Macao SAR, China | 14.27 |
| 69 | Chile | 14.14 |
| 70 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 13.94 |
| 71 | Armenia | 13.70 |
| 72 | Singapore | 13.66 |
| 73 | Mauritius | 13.53 |
| 74 | Dominica | 12.96 |
| 75 | Guam | 12.60 |
| 76 | Israel | 12.55 |
| 77 | Argentina | 12.42 |
| 78 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 12.40 |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.38 |
| 80 | Grenada | 12.24 |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 12.23 |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 12.10 |
| 83 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.89 |
| 84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.78 |
| 85 | Bahamas, The | 11.78 |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 11.43 |
| 87 | Palau | 11.34 |
| 88 | French Polynesia | 11.32 |
| 89 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.25 |
| 90 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 11.23 |
| 91 | Brazil | 11.05 |
| 92 | Greenland | 10.81 |
| 93 | Turkiye | 10.28 |
| 94 | Lebanon | 10.14 |
| 95 | Kosovo | 10.07 |
| 96 | Colombia | 9.78 |
| 97 | Northern Mariana Islands | 9.75 |
| 98 | Venezuela | 9.68 |
| 99 | British Virgin Islands | 9.62 |
| 100 | St. Lucia | 9.62 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 9.53 |
| 102 | Panama | 9.35 |
| 103 | Peru | 9.23 |
| 104 | Vietnam | 9.05 |
| 105 | Cayman Islands (UK) | 9.00 |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 8.65 |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 8.56 |
| 108 | Seychelles | 8.54 |
| 109 | Ecuador | 8.34 |
| 110 | Mexico | 8.25 |
| 111 | Iran | 8.24 |
| 112 | Jamaica | 8.21 |
| 113 | El Salvador | 8.15 |
| 114 | Morocco | 8.14 |
| 115 | American Samoa | 8.04 |
| 116 | Suriname | 7.90 |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 7.88 |
| 118 | Malaysia | 7.74 |
| 119 | Myanmar | 7.30 |
| 120 | Indonesia | 7.29 |
| 121 | India | 7.15 |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.87 |
| 123 | Cabo Verde | 6.86 |
| 124 | Guyana | 6.73 |
| 125 | Tonga | 6.72 |
| 126 | South Africa | 6.69 |
| 127 | Tuvalu | 6.67 |
| 128 | Algeria | 6.58 |
| 129 | Paraguay | 6.54 |
| 130 | Nepal | 6.50 |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 6.50 |
| 132 | Bhutan | 6.49 |
| 133 | Fiji | 6.49 |
| 134 | Cambodia | 6.16 |
| 135 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 5.95 |
| 136 | Samoa | 5.88 |
| 137 | Uzbekistan | 5.86 |
| 138 | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.68 |
| 139 | Bolivia | 5.64 |
| 140 | Nicaragua | 5.53 |
| 141 | Philippines | 5.49 |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 5.28 |
| 143 | Mongolia | 5.14 |
| 144 | Egypt | 5.12 |
| 145 | Belize | 5.02 |
| 146 | Libya | 5.02 |
| 147 | Djibouti | 4.85 |
| 148 | Guatemala | 4.85 |
| 149 | Syria | 4.74 |
| 150 | Haiti | 4.71 |
| 151 | Laos | 4.67 |
| 152 | Marshall Islands | 4.64 |
| 153 | Maldives | 4.64 |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 4.53 |
| 155 | Jordan | 4.52 |
| 156 | Comoros | 4.47 |
| 157 | Honduras | 4.42 |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 4.30 |
| 159 | Pakistan | 4.28 |
| 160 | Eswatini | 4.26 |
| 161 | Kiribati | 4.24 |
| 162 | Eritrea | 4.2 |
| 163 | Gabon | 4.08 |
| 164 | Botswana | 4.04 |
| 165 | Rwanda | 3.93 |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.90 |
| 167 | Lesotho | 3.86 |
| 168 | Bahrain | 3.85 |
| 169 | Tajikistan | 3.85 |
| 170 | West Bank and Gaza | 3.84 |
| 171 | Ghana | 3.71 |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.69 |
| 173 | Namibia | 3.67 |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 3.64 |
| 175 | Senegal | 3.62 |
| 176 | Zimbabwe | 3.60 |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 3.46 |
| 178 | Guinea | 3.46 |
| 179 | Iraq | 3.41 |
| 180 | Madagascar | 3.41 |
| 181 | Liberia | 3.30 |
| 182 | Sudan | 3.30 |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 3.24 |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 3.23 |
| 185 | Mauritania | 3.23 |
| 186 | Togo | 3.21 |
| 187 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.19 |
| 188 | Benin | 3.12 |
| 189 | Kuwait | 3.10 |
| 190 | Gambia, The | 3.08 |
| 191 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.08 |
| 192 | Nigeria | 3.05 |
| 193 | Tanzania | 3.05 |
| 194 | South Sudan | 2.99 |
| 195 | Congo, Rep. | 2.99 |
| 196 | Kenya | 2.97 |
| 197 | Saudi Arabia | 2.95 |
| 198 | Angola | 2.85 |
| 199 | Nauru | 2.85 |
| 200 | Cameroon | 2.79 |
| 201 | Mozambique | 2.75 |
| 202 | Burkina Faso | 2.65 |
| 203 | Oman | 2.64 |
| 204 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.61 |
| 205 | Niger | 2.59 |
| 206 | Somalia | 2.59 |
| 207 | Malawi | 2.59 |
| 208 | Burundi | 2.53 |
| 209 | Yemen | 2.52 |
| 210 | Afghanistan | 2.40 |
| 211 | Mali | 2.38 |
| 212 | Uganda | 2.19 |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 2.15 |
| 214 | Chad | 2.10 |
| 215 | Zambia | 1.95 |
| 216 | United Arab Emirates | 1.77 |
| 217 | Qatar | 1.68 |
Monaco is a clear outlier, with more than one in three residents aged 65 or older.
Japan follows at nearly 30%, while Southern and Eastern Europe account for much of the rest of the top 15. Together, these rankings show how population aging has become concentrated in advanced economies with decades of low fertility and long life expectancy.
Europe Dominates the Aging Rankings
Europe’s high senior shares reflect decades of below-replacement fertility and rising life expectancy. Countries such as Italy, Portugal, Greece, and Germany now have more than one in five residents aged 65 or older, making Europe the world’s oldest region by this measure.
Outside Europe, smaller territories and economies including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, and San Marino also rank near the top.
The Workforce Impact
As populations age, the balance between workers and retirees shifts. A smaller working-age population can slow economic growth while increasing demand for pensions, healthcare, and long-term care.
These demographic changes are already reshaping labor markets in many countries, encouraging employers to retain older workers, automate routine tasks, and find new ways to address labor shortages.
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To see how aging trends could evolve over the rest of the century, check out Ranked: Top 25 Countries With the Most Seniors in 2025, 2050, 2075, & 2100 on Voronoi.
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