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Population ages 65 and above, total - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Total population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.

Population ages 65 and above, total - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009) Rank Country Value 1 Low & middle income 338,813,780 2 Middle income 309,124,081 3 Lower middle income 231,695,335 4 East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) 181,429,694 5 OECD members 176,536,917 6 High income 168,503,627 7 High income: OECD 163,740,751 8 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 143,209,599 9 Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) 127,634,984 10 China 107,478,454 11 European Union 86,127,241 12 Upper middle income 77,428,746 13 South Asia 72,606,120 14 Euro area 59,434,282 15 India 56,032,810 16 North America 43,897,920 17 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 43,770,336 18 United States 39,225,180 19 Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) 39,169,762 20 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 38,443,048 21 Low income 29,689,700 22 Japan 28,004,838 23 Least developed countries: UN classification 27,535,374 24 Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) 26,245,845 25 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 26,226,161 26 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 19,154,753 27 Russia 18,514,256 28 Germany 16,569,578 29 Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) 16,333,082 30 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 14,558,516 31 Arab World 13,872,510 32 Indonesia 13,750,334 33 Brazil 13,036,116 34 Italy 12,192,901 35 France 10,485,449 36 United Kingdom 10,154,358 37 Spain 7,834,746 38 Ukraine 7,225,788 39 Mexico 6,864,447 40 Pakistan 6,846,541 41 Bangladesh 6,309,740 42 Vietnam 5,520,165 43 North Korea 5,208,630 44 South Korea 5,208,630 45 Thailand 5,126,254 46 Poland 5,101,969 47 Nigeria 4,832,204 48 High income: nonOECD 4,762,875 49 Canada 4,672,741 50 Turkey 4,405,597 51 Argentina 4,262,263 52 Philippines 3,869,323 53 Egypt 3,783,525 54 Iran 3,535,866 55 Romania 3,188,118 56 Australia 2,983,188 57 Burma 2,734,620 58 Ethiopia 2,631,842 59 Colombia 2,499,026 60 Netherlands 2,480,513 61 South Africa 2,212,815 62 Greece 2,056,170 63 Portugal 1,877,977 64 Belgium 1,865,120 65 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,748,446 66 Morocco 1,713,218 67 Peru 1,706,527 68 Sweden 1,674,872 69 Hungary 1,624,944 70 Algeria 1,614,928 71 Czech Republic 1,566,072 72 Venezuela 1,552,597 73 Sudan 1,528,347 74 Chile 1,526,122 75 Sri Lanka 1,516,855 76 Austria 1,446,468 77 Tanzania 1,356,247 78 Cuba 1,335,963 79 Bulgaria 1,322,223 80 Belarus 1,311,394 81 Switzerland 1,310,822 82 Malaysia 1,297,070 83 Uzbekistan 1,244,548 84 Nepal 1,187,266 85 Kazakhstan 1,132,170 86 Serbia 1,054,412 87 Kenya 1,050,078 88 Iraq 1,029,233 89 Denmark 900,934 90 Finland 897,121 91 Ecuador 887,858 92 Hong Kong 887,263 93 Ghana 864,749 94 Uganda 833,952 95 Ivory Coast 812,744 96 Croatia 763,119 97 Israel 749,547 98 Mozambique 748,016 99 Saudi Arabia 739,788 100 Norway 713,974 101 Tunisia 700,671 102 Cameroon 693,973 103 Syria 674,349 104 Afghanistan 665,877 105 Slovakia 655,868 106 Guatemala 615,330 107 Georgia 611,277 108 Dominican Republic 606,499 109 Madagascar 598,290 110 Azerbaijan 586,148 111 Yemen 562,502 112 New Zealand 549,717 113 Puerto Rico 541,524 114 Lithuania 540,637 115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 520,715 116 Cambodia 516,664 117 Zimbabwe 512,799 118 Ireland 499,013 119 Singapore 487,451 120 Malawi 473,269 121 Bolivia 465,260 122 Uruguay 461,943 123 Angola 457,289 124 El Salvador 442,674 125 Haiti 437,119 126 Moldova 400,360 127 Zambia 392,030 128 Latvia 391,045 129 Armenia 347,678 130 Slovenia 330,832 131 Guinea 327,317 132 Paraguay 322,404 133 Honduras 319,050 134 Chad 318,977 135 Burkina Faso 317,759 136 Lebanon 308,870 137 Niger 302,847 138 Senegal 300,612 139 Albania 300,598 140 Mali 299,778 141 Benin 290,059 142 Costa Rica 289,467 143 Kyrgyzstan 275,902 144 Libya 272,443 145 Nicaragua 259,328 146 Tajikistan 253,633 147 Rwanda 249,269 148 Somalia 248,553 149 Macedonia 239,925 150 Togo 233,507 151 Burundi 232,660 152 Laos 230,610 153 Estonia 227,787 154 Panama 225,423 155 Jordan 216,902 156 Turkmenistan 215,176 157 Jamaica 208,427 158 Central African Republic 171,539 159 Papua New Guinea 166,085 160 Republic of the Congo 140,488 161 Eritrea 124,999 162 Liberia 122,814 163 West Bank and Gaza 118,035 164 Cyprus 113,014 165 Mongolia 106,972 166 Sierra Leone 104,946 167 Lesotho 98,131 168 Mauritius 92,638 169 Trinidad and Tobago 90,535 170 Mauritania 87,298 171 Oman 85,186 172 Montenegro 79,782 173 Namibia 78,876 174 Botswana 73,991 175 Luxembourg 69,841 176 Gabon 63,892 177 Kuwait 61,791 178 Malta 59,670 179 Guinea-Bissau 55,718 180 Gambia 48,343 181 Guyana 46,032 182 United Arab Emirates 45,848 183 Fiji 40,669 184 Swaziland 39,688 185 Macau 38,721 186 Iceland 37,368 187 Timor-Leste 33,804 188 Bhutan 33,482 189 Suriname 33,161 190 Djibouti 27,975 191 Barbados 26,270 192 Bahamas 23,249 193 Channel Islands 22,773 194 Cape Verde 21,268 195 Comoros 20,314 196 Netherlands Antilles 20,301 197 Equatorial Guinea 19,684 198 New Caledonia 18,682 199 Bahrain 17,943 200 Solomon Islands 16,248 201 French Polynesia 15,832 202 Qatar 14,793 203 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 14,776 204 Belize 13,587 205 Maldives 13,549 206 Brunei Darussalam 13,475 207 Guam 12,296 208 St. Lucia 11,694 209 Aruba 10,060 210 Western Samoa 8,665 211 Vanuatu 7,919 212 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7,403 213 Grenada 7,328 214 Sao Tome and Principe 6,482 215 Mayotte 6,308 216 Tonga 6,075 217 Micronesia 4,064

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