65+ outnumber under-18s
Population aged 65 and older is greater than population aged 0 through 17. This is an observed age-structure comparison, separate from current population direction, fertility, and migration.
46countries and areas
9.1%of summed 2023 population
734.69mpeople in the cohort
| Andorra | Europe | 12,436 | 12,464 | +28 | 1.00× | 80,854 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Europe | 1,566,702 | 1,841,059 | +274,357 | 1.18× | 9,130,417 |
| Belgium | Europe | 2,315,117 | 2,359,588 | +44,471 | 1.02× | 11,712,891 |
| Bermuda | Northern America | 10,996 | 13,531 | +2,535 | 1.23× | 64,703 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 518,652 | 689,330 | +170,678 | 1.33× | 3,185,078 |
| Bulgaria | Europe | 1,191,140 | 1,483,688 | +292,548 | 1.25× | 6,795,799 |
| Canada | Northern America | 7,293,190 | 7,607,566 | +314,376 | 1.04× | 39,299,105 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | Asia | 970,795 | 1,610,995 | +640,200 | 1.66× | 7,442,727 |
| China, Taiwan Province of China | Asia | 3,391,160 | 4,273,511 | +882,351 | 1.26× | 23,317,154 |
| Croatia | Europe | 673,555 | 888,898 | +215,343 | 1.32× | 3,896,036 |
| Czechia | Europe | 2,043,092 | 2,220,951 | +177,859 | 1.09× | 10,809,715 |
| Denmark | Europe | 1,153,013 | 1,225,327 | +72,314 | 1.06× | 5,948,138 |
| Estonia | Europe | 264,402 | 285,937 | +21,535 | 1.08× | 1,367,194 |
| Finland | Europe | 1,024,870 | 1,320,641 | +295,771 | 1.29× | 5,601,190 |
| France | Europe | 13,624,728 | 14,449,874 | +825,146 | 1.06× | 66,438,822 |
| Germany | Europe | 14,058,695 | 19,268,580 | +5,209,885 | 1.37× | 84,548,229 |
| Greece | Europe | 1,711,157 | 2,405,342 | +694,185 | 1.41× | 10,242,906 |
| Guadeloupe | Latin America and the Caribbean | 76,965 | 87,056 | +10,091 | 1.13× | 376,515 |
| Guernsey | Europe | 11,046 | 13,637 | +2,591 | 1.23× | 64,025 |
| Holy See | Europe | 37 | 221 | +184 | 5.97× | 495 |
| Hungary | Europe | 1,705,822 | 2,016,635 | +310,813 | 1.18× | 9,686,464 |
| Isle of Man | Europe | 14,966 | 19,115 | +4,149 | 1.28× | 84,166 |
| Italy | Europe | 8,955,208 | 14,410,041 | +5,454,833 | 1.61× | 59,499,452 |
| Japan | Asia | 17,857,722 | 36,766,302 | +18,908,580 | 2.06× | 124,370,948 |
| Jersey | Europe | 18,284 | 19,341 | +1,057 | 1.06× | 103,672 |
| Latvia | Europe | 357,774 | 401,554 | +43,780 | 1.12× | 1,882,395 |
| Liechtenstein | Europe | 6,848 | 7,979 | +1,131 | 1.17× | 39,596 |
| Lithuania | Europe | 507,070 | 566,717 | +59,647 | 1.12× | 2,854,095 |
| Malta | Europe | 83,400 | 105,522 | +22,122 | 1.27× | 532,959 |
| Martinique | Latin America and the Caribbean | 64,531 | 84,346 | +19,815 | 1.31× | 346,006 |
| Monaco | Europe | 6,056 | 14,162 | +8,106 | 2.34× | 38,955 |
| Netherlands | Europe | 3,340,102 | 3,646,866 | +306,764 | 1.09× | 18,092,527 |
| Poland | Europe | 7,063,049 | 7,582,367 | +519,318 | 1.07× | 38,762,846 |
| Portugal | Europe | 1,653,030 | 2,515,011 | +861,981 | 1.52× | 10,430,739 |
| Puerto Rico | Latin America and the Caribbean | 500,053 | 785,987 | +285,934 | 1.57× | 3,242,019 |
| Republic of Korea | Asia | 7,043,357 | 9,488,139 | +2,444,782 | 1.35× | 51,748,740 |
| Romania | Europe | 3,692,074 | 3,776,496 | +84,422 | 1.02× | 19,118,479 |
| Saint Helena | Africa | 876 | 1,392 | +516 | 1.59× | 5,285 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Northern America | 1,054 | 1,123 | +69 | 1.07× | 5,679 |
| San Marino | Europe | 5,310 | 7,309 | +1,999 | 1.38× | 33,728 |
| Serbia | Europe | 1,173,714 | 1,513,022 | +339,308 | 1.29× | 6,773,199 |
| Slovenia | Europe | 379,114 | 451,904 | +72,790 | 1.19× | 2,118,401 |
| Spain | Europe | 7,881,821 | 9,895,523 | +2,013,702 | 1.26× | 47,911,585 |
| Switzerland | Europe | 1,590,177 | 1,739,635 | +149,458 | 1.09× | 8,870,559 |
| Ukraine | Europe | 6,609,604 | 7,002,289 | +392,685 | 1.06× | 37,732,841 |
| United States Virgin Islands | Latin America and the Caribbean | 17,239 | 19,062 | +1,823 | 1.11× | 85,698 |
All values are people at the 2023 observed anchor. Equality does not count as reached. No annual first-crossover year is available from the three canonical age anchors, so this table does not use “since” or describe a 2024 status.
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 · SINGLE-AGE POPULATION CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulasingle-age-sex-pyramid-anchor-v1 · age-crossover-65-plus-vs-under-18-v1
Transformsite/src/lib/age-crossover.ts
Raw file SHA-256wpp2024_population_single_age_male: 6de949eb0d6bf3277959da88c7591c608ad5fd995a17b4f120c11245a351dfb1; wpp2024_population_single_age_female: d9c962d7e0beb731d3450cfabba8499a1449411e3c8aec3aeced06a7a2955b6e
Measurement universeAll 237 WPP countries and areas; the public table contains the 46 records where 65+ is strictly greater than ages 0–17.
Reference time2023 observed age-structure anchor.
UnitPeople by single year of age · people difference · 65+ to under-18 ratio.
Evidence statusObserved 2023 cohort membership; 2050 and 2100 context remains projected.