Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) - Country Ranking
Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 31.29 | 2020 |
| 2 | Latvia | 25.68 | 2020 |
| 3 | Italy | 25.62 | 2020 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 25.39 | 2020 |
| 5 | Estonia | 25.29 | 2020 |
| 6 | Portugal | 25.08 | 2020 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 25.01 | 2020 |
| 8 | Finland | 24.88 | 2020 |
| 9 | Croatia | 24.48 | 2020 |
| 10 | Greece | 24.39 | 2020 |
| 11 | Germany | 24.07 | 2020 |
| 12 | Hungary | 23.87 | 2020 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 23.45 | 2020 |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 23.27 | 2020 |
| 15 | Malta | 23.21 | 2020 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 22.87 | 2020 |
| 17 | France | 22.84 | 2020 |
| 18 | Romania | 22.45 | 2020 |
| 19 | Spain | 22.19 | 2020 |
| 20 | Poland | 21.93 | 2020 |
| 21 | Sweden | 21.77 | 2020 |
| 22 | Denmark | 21.60 | 2020 |
| 23 | Austria | 21.39 | 2020 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 21.39 | 2020 |
| 25 | Belgium | 21.36 | 2020 |
| 26 | Serbia | 21.33 | 2020 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 21.04 | 2020 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 20.74 | 2020 |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.12 | 2020 |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 19.92 | 2020 |
| 31 | Slovak Republic | 19.62 | 2020 |
| 32 | Belarus | 19.61 | 2020 |
| 33 | Canada | 19.39 | 2020 |
| 34 | Russia | 19.34 | 2020 |
| 35 | Norway | 18.96 | 2020 |
| 36 | Georgia | 18.32 | 2020 |
| 37 | United States | 18.16 | 2020 |
| 38 | Barbados | 18.03 | 2020 |
| 39 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 17.97 | 2020 |
| 40 | Korea | 17.96 | 2020 |
| 41 | Montenegro | 17.88 | 2020 |
| 42 | Uruguay | 17.79 | 2020 |
| 43 | New Zealand | 17.20 | 2020 |
| 44 | Cuba | 17.19 | 2020 |
| 45 | Australia | 17.12 | 2020 |
| 46 | Iceland | 16.37 | 2020 |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 16.03 | 2020 |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 15.84 | 2020 |
| 49 | Cyprus | 15.67 | 2020 |
| 50 | Albania | 15.60 | 2020 |
| 51 | Ireland | 15.31 | 2020 |
| 52 | Moldova | 15.11 | 2020 |
| 53 | Singapore | 14.52 | 2020 |
| 54 | Thailand | 14.24 | 2020 |
| 55 | Mauritius | 14.02 | 2020 |
| 56 | Chile | 13.72 | 2020 |
| 57 | Israel | 13.67 | 2020 |
| 58 | Armenia | 13.59 | 2020 |
| 59 | Argentina | 13.13 | 2020 |
| 60 | China | 13.05 | 2020 |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.52 | 2020 |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 12.46 | 2020 |
| 63 | Macao SAR, China | 12.01 | 2020 |
| 64 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 11.92 | 2020 |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 10.99 | 2020 |
| 66 | Brazil | 10.74 | 2020 |
| 67 | Grenada | 10.74 | 2020 |
| 68 | St. Lucia | 10.41 | 2020 |
| 69 | New Caledonia | 10.29 | 2020 |
| 70 | Turkey | 10.24 | 2020 |
| 71 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.23 | 2020 |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 9.91 | 2020 |
| 73 | Colombia | 9.91 | 2020 |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.71 | 2020 |
| 75 | Tunisia | 9.69 | 2020 |
| 76 | El Salvador | 9.52 | 2020 |
| 77 | Vietnam | 9.49 | 2020 |
| 78 | Seychelles | 9.39 | 2020 |
| 79 | Jamaica | 9.28 | 2020 |
| 80 | Panama | 9.17 | 2020 |
| 81 | Peru | 9.17 | 2020 |
| 82 | Venezuela | 8.77 | 2020 |
| 83 | The Bahamas | 8.51 | 2020 |
| 84 | Suriname | 8.33 | 2020 |
| 85 | Lebanon | 8.25 | 2020 |
| 86 | Mexico | 8.22 | 2020 |
| 87 | Ecuador | 8.16 | 2020 |
| 88 | Bolivia | 8.08 | 2020 |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 8.03 | 2020 |
| 90 | Morocco | 8.00 | 2020 |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 7.82 | 2020 |
| 92 | Guyana | 7.70 | 2020 |
| 93 | Malaysia | 7.59 | 2020 |
| 94 | Paraguay | 7.22 | 2020 |
| 95 | Myanmar | 7.20 | 2020 |
| 96 | India | 7.08 | 2020 |
| 97 | Algeria | 6.93 | 2020 |
| 98 | Indonesia | 6.85 | 2020 |
| 99 | South Africa | 6.59 | 2020 |
| 100 | Fiji | 6.54 | 2020 |
| 101 | Iran | 6.50 | 2020 |
| 102 | Philippines | 6.44 | 2020 |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 6.43 | 2020 |
| 104 | Tonga | 6.41 | 2020 |
| 105 | Lesotho | 6.27 | 2020 |
| 106 | Cabo Verde | 6.17 | 2020 |
| 107 | Bhutan | 5.98 | 2020 |
| 108 | Egypt | 5.94 | 2020 |
| 109 | Brunei | 5.93 | 2020 |
| 110 | Samoa | 5.88 | 2020 |
| 111 | Nepal | 5.87 | 2020 |
| 112 | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.85 | 2020 |
| 113 | Cambodia | 5.76 | 2020 |
| 114 | Haiti | 5.68 | 2020 |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 5.56 | 2020 |
| 116 | Guatemala | 5.52 | 2020 |
| 117 | Honduras | 5.48 | 2020 |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 5.39 | 2020 |
| 119 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.34 | 2020 |
| 120 | Kiribati | 5.26 | 2020 |
| 121 | Botswana | 5.25 | 2020 |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 5.24 | 2020 |
| 123 | Djibouti | 5.14 | 2020 |
| 124 | Eswatini | 5.02 | 2020 |
| 125 | Libya | 5.01 | 2020 |
| 126 | Mongolia | 5.01 | 2020 |
| 127 | Belize | 4.91 | 2020 |
| 128 | Lao PDR | 4.74 | 2020 |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 4.63 | 2020 |
| 130 | Eritrea | 4.45 | 2011 |
| 131 | Namibia | 4.41 | 2020 |
| 132 | Pakistan | 4.41 | 2020 |
| 133 | Jordan | 4.27 | 2020 |
| 134 | Gabon | 4.00 | 2020 |
| 135 | Sudan | 3.93 | 2020 |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 3.89 | 2020 |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 3.88 | 2020 |
| 138 | Iraq | 3.86 | 2020 |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 3.86 | 2020 |
| 140 | Oman | 3.82 | 2020 |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 3.82 | 2020 |
| 142 | Benin | 3.73 | 2020 |
| 143 | Liberia | 3.70 | 2020 |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 3.70 | 2020 |
| 145 | Mauritania | 3.66 | 2020 |
| 146 | Rwanda | 3.59 | 2020 |
| 147 | Guinea | 3.56 | 2020 |
| 148 | Senegal | 3.54 | 2020 |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 3.54 | 2020 |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.48 | 2020 |
| 151 | Mozambique | 3.47 | 2020 |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 3.45 | 2020 |
| 153 | Ghana | 3.44 | 2020 |
| 154 | São Tomé and Principe | 3.43 | 2020 |
| 155 | Comoros | 3.41 | 2020 |
| 156 | Bahrain | 3.40 | 2020 |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 3.36 | 2020 |
| 158 | Madagascar | 3.36 | 2020 |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 3.36 | 2020 |
| 160 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 3.30 | 2020 |
| 161 | Yemen | 3.23 | 2020 |
| 162 | Congo | 3.15 | 2020 |
| 163 | Togo | 3.14 | 2020 |
| 164 | Malawi | 3.13 | 2020 |
| 165 | Tanzania | 3.04 | 2020 |
| 166 | Cameroon | 3.01 | 2020 |
| 167 | Somalia | 3.00 | 2020 |
| 168 | Nigeria | 2.93 | 2020 |
| 169 | Kuwait | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 171 | Afghanistan | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 172 | Kenya | 2.89 | 2020 |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.80 | 2020 |
| 174 | Mali | 2.78 | 2020 |
| 175 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.75 | 2020 |
| 176 | Chad | 2.72 | 2020 |
| 177 | Niger | 2.67 | 2020 |
| 178 | Burundi | 2.63 | 2020 |
| 179 | The Gambia | 2.58 | 2020 |
| 180 | Zambia | 2.57 | 2020 |
| 181 | Angola | 2.40 | 2020 |
| 182 | Uganda | 2.36 | 2020 |
| 183 | Qatar | 1.92 | 2020 |
| 184 | United Arab Emirates | 1.37 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.
