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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	Japan	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	18.6%	17.3%
Dec 31, 2003	19.1%	17.7%
Dec 31, 2004	19.6%	18.3%
Dec 31, 2005	20.3%	18.9%
Dec 31, 2006	21.0%	19.5%
Dec 31, 2007	21.6%	20.0%
Dec 31, 2008	22.3%	20.3%
Dec 31, 2009	22.8%	20.5%
Dec 31, 2010	23.1%	20.6%
Dec 31, 2011	23.7%	20.5%
Dec 31, 2012	24.5%	20.6%
Dec 31, 2013	25.4%	20.8%
Dec 31, 2014	26.2%	21.0%
Dec 31, 2015	26.9%	21.1%
Dec 31, 2016	27.5%	21.1%
Dec 31, 2017	28.0%	21.3%
Dec 31, 2018	28.3%	21.4%
Dec 31, 2019	28.6%	21.6%
Dec 31, 2020	28.9%	21.8%
Dec 31, 2021	29.2%	22.1%
Dec 31, 2022	29.4%	22.5%
Dec 31, 2023	29.6%	22.8%
Dec 31, 2024	29.8%	23.2%
Dec 31, 2025	30.0%	23.7%