Which Countries Have the Oldest Populations? | 1960–2025

Which countries have the largest share of older people? Watch the Top 20 rankings change from 1960 to 2025 in this animated bar chart. The chart ranks countries and territories by the percentage of their population aged 65 and over—not life expectancy or the total number of older people. Explore how population aging has reshaped the rankings over more than six decades. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Indicator: Population ages 65 and above (% of total population), SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS. Data include demographic estimates. #PopulationAging #Demographics #WorldPopulation #BarChartRace #DataVisualization ───────────── Our Widening Horizons Exploring the world through data, science, history, and visualization. Data Stories · Astronomy · Science · History See farther. Understand more.