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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	United States	Laos
Dec 31, 2002	18.6%	12.1%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2003	19.1%	12.1%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2004	19.6%	12.1%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2005	20.3%	12.1%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2006	21.0%	12.2%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2007	21.6%	12.3%	3.5%
Dec 31, 2008	22.3%	12.5%	3.6%
Dec 31, 2009	22.8%	12.7%	3.7%
Dec 31, 2010	23.1%	12.8%	3.8%
Dec 31, 2011	23.7%	13.1%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2012	24.5%	13.4%	3.9%
Dec 31, 2013	25.4%	13.7%	4.0%
Dec 31, 2014	26.2%	14.0%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2015	26.9%	14.3%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2016	27.5%	14.6%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2017	28.0%	14.9%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2018	28.3%	15.3%	4.1%
Dec 31, 2019	28.6%	15.7%	4.2%
Dec 31, 2020	28.9%	16.1%	4.2%
Dec 31, 2021	29.2%	16.5%	4.3%
Dec 31, 2022	29.4%	16.9%	4.4%
Dec 31, 2023	29.6%	17.4%	4.5%
Dec 31, 2024	29.8%	17.9%	4.7%
Dec 31, 2025	30.0%	18.4%	4.8%