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The old population of the World

9.81 % in 2022

Between 1973 and 2022, the population of the old of World grew substantially from 5.46 to 9.81 % rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 2.56% in 2019 and then decreased to 1.95% in 2022.

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Macro Region
Africa 24 timeseries
Asia 24 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 477 timeseries
Europe 24 timeseries
Middle East 400 timeseries
North America 17.33 % in 2022 WB
Oceania 24 timeseries
South America 24 timeseries
Southeast Asia 349 timeseries
Country (% in 2022)

Monaco is the top country by the population of the old in the world. As of 2022, the population of the old in Monaco was 35.92 %. The top 5 countries also includes Japan, Italy, Finland, and Portugal.

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Monaco 35.92 WB
Japan 29.92 WB
Italy 24.05 WB
Finland 23.27 WB
Puerto Rico 22.93 WB
Portugal 22.9 WB
Greece 22.82 WB
Germany 22.41 WB
Bulgaria 22.38 WB
Croatia 22.36 WB
Latvia 21.86 WB
France 21.66 WB
Slovenia 20.96 WB
Lithuania 20.8 WB
Czech Republic 20.64 WB
Estonia 20.58 WB
Serbia 20.56 WB
Denmark 20.49 WB
Hong Kong 20.47 WB
San Marino 20.46 WB
Netherlands 20.31 WB
Spain 20.27 WB
Sweden 20.25 WB
Hungary 20.01 WB
Austria 19.81 WB
Belgium 19.73 WB
Liechtenstein 19.36 WB
Switzerland 19.31 WB
United Kingdom 19.17 WB
Malta 19.13 WB
Canada 19.03 WB
Ukraine 18.81 WB
Romania 18.64 WB
Poland 18.55 WB
Norway 18.44 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.4 WB
Republic of Korea 17.49 WB
Belarus 17.18 WB
United States of America 17.13 WB
Slovakia 16.98 WB
Australia 16.9 WB
Albania 16.66 WB
Montenegro 16.55 WB
New Zealand 16.31 WB
Barbados 16.28 WB
Cuba 15.81 WB
Russian Federation 15.8 WB
Uruguay 15.58 WB
Iceland 15.33 WB
Thailand 15.21 WB
Ireland 15.14 WB
Singapore 15.12 WB
Luxembourg 15.03 WB
Andorra 14.97 WB
North Macedonia 14.91 WB
Cyprus 14.83 WB
Georgia 14.61 WB
China 13.72 WB
Armenia 13.15 WB
Chile 13.03 WB
Macau 13 WB
Republic of Moldova 12.98 WB
Mauritius 12.79 WB
Israel 12.04 WB
Argentina 11.92 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11.71 WB
Sri Lanka 11.54 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 11.52 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.85 WB
Costa Rica 10.83 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 10.62 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.12 WB
Grenada 10.06 WB
Lebanon 9.89 WB
Palau 9.88 WB
Brazil 9.88 WB
Dominica 9.52 WB
Saint Lucia 9.23 WB
Viet Nam 9.12 WB
Tunisia 9.02 WB
Colombia 9 WB
Bahamas 8.89 WB
Panama 8.77 WB
Turkey 8.64 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.61 WB
Peru 8.41 WB
Mexico 8.32 WB
El Salvador 8.22 WB
Seychelles 8.15 WB
Kazakhstan 8.04 WB
Ecuador 7.83 WB
Morocco 7.72 WB
Iran 7.62 WB
Malaysia 7.5 WB
Jamaica 7.45 WB
Dominican Republic 7.4 WB
Suriname 7.39 WB
Azerbaijan 7.11 WB
India 6.9 WB
Indonesia 6.86 WB
Myanmar 6.82 WB
Tuvalu 6.43 WB
Algeria 6.39 WB
Guyana 6.28 WB
Paraguay 6.26 WB
Bhutan 6.25 WB
Tonga 6.21 WB
Brunei Darussalam 6.17 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 6.16 WB
Nepal 6.09 WB
Bangladesh 6.04 WB
Fiji 5.9 WB
South Africa 5.89 WB
Cambodia 5.81 WB
Cabo Verde 5.55 WB
Philippines 5.44 WB
Nicaragua 5.29 WB
Samoa 5.22 WB
Timor-Leste 5.21 WB
Turkmenistan 5.15 WB
Uzbekistan 5.14 WB
Belize 5.09 WB
Kuwait 4.93 WB
Guatemala 4.91 WB
Libya 4.86 WB
Bolivia 4.85 WB
Egypt 4.83 WB
Maldives 4.78 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 4.68 WB
Mongolia 4.61 WB
Marshall Islands 4.55 WB
Haiti 4.54 WB
Kyrgyzstan 4.54 WB
Djibouti 4.54 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 4.45 WB
Comoros 4.28 WB
Pakistan 4.27 WB
Honduras 4.27 WB
Lesotho 4.2 WB
Eritrea 4.01 WB
Eswatini 4 WB
Namibia 3.97 WB
Gabon 3.89 WB
Jordan 3.84 WB
Kiribati 3.81 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 3.76 WB
Bahrain 3.76 WB
Vanuatu 3.74 WB
Botswana 3.65 WB
Ghana 3.55 WB
Palestine 3.53 WB
Sudan 3.5 WB
Tajikistan 3.47 WB
Solomon Islands 3.47 WB
Iraq 3.41 WB
Madagascar 3.35 WB
Guinea 3.32 WB
Zimbabwe 3.32 WB
Liberia 3.31 WB
Mauritania 3.22 WB
Rwanda 3.2 WB
Papua New Guinea 3.19 WB
Ethiopia 3.14 WB
Sierra Leone 3.14 WB
Senegal 3.14 WB
Togo 3.13 WB
Equatorial Guinea 3.12 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 3.1 WB
Benin 3.06 WB
Nigeria 2.97 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.92 WB
South Sudan 2.89 WB
Kenya 2.87 WB
Guinea Bissau 2.82 WB
Saudi Arabia 2.81 WB
Oman 2.76 WB
Congo 2.72 WB
Cameroon 2.67 WB
Yemen 2.66 WB
Malawi 2.61 WB
Angola 2.6 WB
Somalia 2.57 WB
Mozambique 2.57 WB
Burkina Faso 2.53 WB
Central African Republic 2.51 WB
Burundi 2.48 WB
Nauru 2.46 WB
Gambia 2.43 WB
Niger 2.4 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 2.4 WB
Afghanistan 2.39 WB
Mali 2.38 WB
Chad 2.01 WB
United Arab Emirates 1.83 WB
Zambia 1.75 WB
Uganda 1.69 WB
Qatar 1.52 WB
Taiwan Province of China 24 timeseries
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