Population aged 65 and over: compare countries

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Population aged 65 and over: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany	New Caledonia
Dec 31, 2002	18.6%	12.1%	17.3%	5.7%
Dec 31, 2003	19.1%	12.1%	17.7%	5.9%
Dec 31, 2004	19.6%	12.1%	18.3%	6.1%
Dec 31, 2005	20.3%	12.1%	18.9%	6.3%
Dec 31, 2006	21.0%	12.2%	19.5%	6.5%
Dec 31, 2007	21.6%	12.3%	20.0%	6.8%
Dec 31, 2008	22.3%	12.5%	20.3%	7.1%
Dec 31, 2009	22.8%	12.7%	20.5%	7.4%
Dec 31, 2010	23.1%	12.8%	20.6%	7.7%
Dec 31, 2011	23.7%	13.1%	20.5%	7.8%
Dec 31, 2012	24.5%	13.4%	20.6%	8.0%
Dec 31, 2013	25.4%	13.7%	20.8%	8.3%
Dec 31, 2014	26.2%	14.0%	21.0%	8.5%
Dec 31, 2015	26.9%	14.3%	21.1%	8.8%
Dec 31, 2016	27.5%	14.6%	21.1%	9.1%
Dec 31, 2017	28.0%	14.9%	21.3%	9.4%
Dec 31, 2018	28.3%	15.3%	21.4%	9.7%
Dec 31, 2019	28.6%	15.7%	21.6%	10.0%
Dec 31, 2020	28.9%	16.1%	21.8%	10.3%
Dec 31, 2021	29.2%	16.5%	22.1%	10.5%
Dec 31, 2022	29.4%	16.9%	22.5%	10.8%
Dec 31, 2023	29.6%	17.4%	22.8%	11.1%
Dec 31, 2024	29.8%	17.9%	23.2%	11.4%
Dec 31, 2025	30.0%	18.4%	23.7%	11.8%