Countries with the Oldest Populations 2025
About This Dataset
Countries with the Oldest Populations 2025
Countries ranked by population aged 65 and over (%) in 2025, using World Bank figures for the 217 countries that reported that year. Monaco leads on 36.01, ahead of Japan (29.99) and Puerto Rico (US) (25.27). The share of residents aged 65 and over. A country can age either because people live longer or because younger people emigrate, and the measure does not separate the two.
Analysis
Monaco (36.01), Japan (29.99) and Puerto Rico (US) (25.27) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 36.01 down to 22.20, a spread of 13.81. Monaco is 1.20 times Japan, the country in second place. The chart shows the twenty highest of 217 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Monaco leads in Population Aged 65 and Over (%) with 36.01 in 2025.
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Average Population Aged 65 and Over (%) in 2025: 24 · median: 24.
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Gap in 2025: Monaco is 1.6× larger than Latvia.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2025 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Population Aged 65 and Over (%)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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