Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) - Country Ranking - Asia
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
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 31.29 | 2020 |
| 2 | Russia | 19.34 | 2020 |
| 3 | Georgia | 18.32 | 2020 |
| 4 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 17.97 | 2020 |
| 5 | Korea | 17.96 | 2020 |
| 6 | Singapore | 14.52 | 2020 |
| 7 | Thailand | 14.24 | 2020 |
| 8 | Israel | 13.67 | 2020 |
| 9 | Armenia | 13.59 | 2020 |
| 10 | China | 13.05 | 2020 |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 12.46 | 2020 |
| 12 | Macao SAR, China | 12.01 | 2020 |
| 13 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 11.92 | 2020 |
| 14 | Turkey | 10.24 | 2020 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 9.91 | 2020 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 9.49 | 2020 |
| 17 | Lebanon | 8.25 | 2020 |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 7.82 | 2020 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 7.59 | 2020 |
| 20 | Myanmar | 7.20 | 2020 |
| 21 | India | 7.08 | 2020 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 6.85 | 2020 |
| 23 | Iran | 6.50 | 2020 |
| 24 | Philippines | 6.44 | 2020 |
| 25 | Bhutan | 5.98 | 2020 |
| 26 | Brunei | 5.93 | 2020 |
| 27 | Nepal | 5.87 | 2020 |
| 28 | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.85 | 2020 |
| 29 | Cambodia | 5.76 | 2020 |
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 5.56 | 2020 |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 5.39 | 2020 |
| 32 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.34 | 2020 |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 5.24 | 2020 |
| 34 | Mongolia | 5.01 | 2020 |
| 35 | Lao PDR | 4.74 | 2020 |
| 36 | Timor-Leste | 4.63 | 2020 |
| 37 | Pakistan | 4.41 | 2020 |
| 38 | Jordan | 4.27 | 2020 |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 3.89 | 2020 |
| 40 | Iraq | 3.86 | 2020 |
| 41 | Oman | 3.82 | 2020 |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 3.45 | 2020 |
| 43 | Bahrain | 3.40 | 2020 |
| 44 | Yemen | 3.23 | 2020 |
| 45 | Kuwait | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 2.92 | 2020 |
| 47 | Qatar | 1.92 | 2020 |
| 48 | 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.
