European Countries With Over 20% Of The Population Aged 65+

The map above highlights the European (and surrounding) countries where more than 20% of the population is aged 65 or older. By far the oldest is Monaco, where 35% of its population are over 65.

And even in countries in Dark blue the numbers are usually much close to 20% than 10% (e.g. Switzerland – 19.67%, UK – 19.46%, Poland 18.53%, etc.)

Below is a list of all countries in the world where 20% of its population is over 65:

1. Monaco – 35.79%
2. Japan – 30.07%
3. Italy – 24.46%
4. Finland – 23.62%
5. Puerto Rico – 23.37%
6. Portugal – 23.30%
7. Greece – 23.15%
8. Croatia – 22.75%
9. Germany – 22.75%
10. Isle of Man – 22.69%
11. Bulgaria – 22.30%
12. Latvia – 22.24%
13. Euro area – 22.12%
14. France – 22.00%
15. European Union – 21.53%
16. Slovenia – 21.42%
17. Hong Kong SAR, China – 21.37%
18. Gibraltar – 21.28%
19. Bermuda – 21.22%
20. Lithuania – 21.22%
21. San Marino – 20.92%
22. Estonia – 20.91%
23. Virgin Islands (U.S.) – 20.88%
24. Czechia – 20.79%
25. Spain – 20.74%
26. Netherlands – 20.73%
27. Denmark – 20.72%
28. Serbia – 20.48%
29. Sweden – 20.43%
30. Austria – 20.21%
31. Ukraine – 20.18%
32. Belgium – 20.09%
33. Liechtenstein – 20.03%

The data comes from the World Bank and is for 2023.

Which country surprises you the most?