Total population aged 60 years and over

(thousand persons)

China is the top country by population aged 60+ years in the world. As of 2020, population aged 60+ years in China was 249,776.31 thousand persons that accounts for 23.83% of the world's population aged 60+ years. The top 5 countries (others are India, the United States of America, Japan, and Russian Federation) account for 51.64% of it. The world's total population aged 60+ years was estimated at 1.05 million thousand persons in 2020.

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What is population aged 60+ years?

Both sexes combined