Population ages 65 and above, female (% of total) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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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.
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of total) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Japan24.68
2Italy23
3Germany22.98
4Latvia21.67
5Estonia21.09
6Euro area20.65
7Croatia20.35
8Greece20.13
9Lithuania20.10
10Bulgaria20.08
11Portugal20.04
12Sweden20.02
13Austria19.84
14European Union19.72
15Belgium19.69
16Hungary19.62
17Slovenia19.54
18Finland19.44
19Ukraine19.40
20Spain19.36
21France19.12
22Switzerland19.02
23United Kingdom18.25
24Denmark18.18
25High income: OECD18.12
26Czech Republic17.67
27High income17.57
28Belarus17.34
29Romania17.18
30Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)16.86
31Netherlands16.82
32Norway16.75
33Channel Islands16.63
34Russia16.57
35Georgia16.53
36Malta16.43
37OECD members16.33
38Serbia16.28
39Uruguay16.26
40Poland16.14
41Luxembourg16.10
42Canada15.36
43Bosnia and Herzegovina15.23
44Puerto Rico15.15
45Australia14.79
46Slovakia14.78
47North America14.49
48Montenegro14.45
49United States14.39
50Virgin Islands (U.S.)14.25
51Cyprus14.01
52New Zealand13.83
53Europe & Central Asia (developing only)13.42
54Macedonia13.41
55Moldova13.40
56Iceland13.01
57Armenia12.97
58Hong Kong12.90
59South Korea12.62
60North Korea12.62
61Cuba12.62
62Barbados12.58
63Argentina12.55
64Ireland12.46
65Israel11.48
66Netherlands Antilles11.12
67Singapore10.68
68Albania10.48
69Aruba10.25
70Chile10.24
71East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)9.27
72Kazakhstan9.27
73Upper middle income9.03
74China8.73
75Mauritius8.61
76High income: nonOECD8.49
77Grenada8.40
78Jamaica8.36
79Thailand8.26
80Sri Lanka8.19
81New Caledonia8.18
82Trinidad and Tobago8.18
83East Asia & Pacific (developing only)8.03
84Azerbaijan7.73
85Bahamas7.72
86El Salvador7.63
87Lebanon7.59
88Guam7.55
89St. Vincent and the Grenadines7.52
90Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)7.49
91Brazil7.48
92Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)7.43
93Macau7.41
94St. Lucia7.39
95Vietnam7.37
96Suriname7.31
97Tunisia7.20
98Middle income7.17
99Ecuador6.97
100Mexico6.88
101Costa Rica6.88
102Panama6.85
103Indonesia6.67
104Low & middle income6.67
105Lower middle income6.66
106Guyana6.56
107Turkey6.56
108Tonga6.42
109Peru6.37
110French Polynesia6.26
111Kyrgyzstan6.25
112Dominican Republic6.16
113Colombia6.09
114Venezuela5.92
115Burma5.90
116Western Samoa5.84
117Morocco5.77
118Fiji5.49
119Paraguay5.42
120South Africa5.42
121Cape Verde5.35
122India5.33
123Bolivia5.23
124Lesotho5.21
125Algeria5.15
126Uzbekistan5.15
127Malaysia5.11
128Bhutan5.06
129South Asia5.02
130Turkmenistan4.98
131Egypt4.97
132Iran4.84
133Nicaragua4.80
134Middle East & North Africa (developing only)4.74
135Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)4.73
136Haiti4.71
137Gabon4.68
138Philippines4.66
139Honduras4.54
140Guatemala4.52
141Mongolia4.51
142Botswana4.47
143Zimbabwe4.47
144Sao Tome and Principe4.42
145Belize4.42
146Nepal4.41
147Libya4.41
148Arab World4.39
149Cambodia4.38
150Maldives4.30
151Central African Republic4.26
152Micronesia4.18
153Republic of the Congo4.16
154Namibia4.10
155Bangladesh4.07
156Iraq4.07
157Laos4.06
158Tajikistan4.04
159Pakistan4.04
160Togo3.92
161Sudan3.92
162Benin3.89
163Low income3.87
164Cameroon3.87
165Ghana3.84
166Swaziland3.81
167Guinea-Bissau3.75
168Ivory Coast3.75
169Guinea3.70
170Jordan3.69
171Mozambique3.66
172Djibouti3.59
173Least developed countries: UN classification3.58
174Syria3.52
175West Bank and Gaza3.47
176Mayotte3.47
177Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)3.44
178Comoros3.44
179Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)3.44
180Liberia3.43
181Ethiopia3.43
182Tanzania3.42
183Nigeria3.38
184Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)3.36
185Burundi3.35
186Malawi3.32
187Zambia3.30
188Brunei Darussalam3.27
189Oman3.27
190Vanuatu3.25
191Madagascar3.23
192Solomon Islands3.22
193Equatorial Guinea3.18
194Mauritania3.17
195Saudi Arabia3.16
196Timor-Leste3.15
197Chad3.14
198Gambia3.05
199Eritrea2.99
200Democratic Republic of the Congo2.97
201Somalia2.96
202Rwanda2.90
203Kenya2.85
204Uganda2.81
205Angola2.72
206Bahrain2.68
207Papua New Guinea2.61
208Yemen2.60
209Senegal2.54
210Mali2.44
211Burkina Faso2.40
212Afghanistan2.37
213Kuwait2.28
214Niger2.16
215Sierra Leone1.84
216Qatar1.58
217United Arab Emirates1.24
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