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Population aged 65 and over by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Population aged 65 and over: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United States
Dec 31, 2002	12.6%	12.1%
Dec 31, 2003	12.7%	12.1%
Dec 31, 2004	12.8%	12.1%
Dec 31, 2005	12.9%	12.1%
Dec 31, 2006	13.0%	12.2%
Dec 31, 2007	13.1%	12.3%
Dec 31, 2008	13.2%	12.5%
Dec 31, 2009	13.3%	12.7%
Dec 31, 2010	13.5%	12.8%
Dec 31, 2011	13.8%	13.1%
Dec 31, 2012	14.1%	13.4%
Dec 31, 2013	14.4%	13.7%
Dec 31, 2014	14.6%	14.0%
Dec 31, 2015	14.9%	14.3%
Dec 31, 2016	15.2%	14.6%
Dec 31, 2017	15.4%	14.9%
Dec 31, 2018	15.6%	15.3%
Dec 31, 2019	15.9%	15.7%
Dec 31, 2020	16.3%	16.1%
Dec 31, 2021	16.7%	16.5%
Dec 31, 2022	17.1%	16.9%
Dec 31, 2023	17.4%	17.4%
Dec 31, 2024	17.7%	17.9%
Dec 31, 2025	18.1%	18.4%