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Population aged 65 years or older (thousands), per square kilometre by country

Population aged 65 years or older (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
215
Highest
6.35 thousands per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 thousands per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0075 thousands per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,529

What the numbers show

Population aged 65 years or older (thousands), per square kilometre is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 6.35 thousands per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 thousands per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0075 thousands per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0767 thousands per square kilometre.

Population aged 65 years or older (thousands), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 6.35 thousands per square kilometre 2016 up 71.8% rising
2 Macao 2.81 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 89.0% rising
3 Hong Kong 1.5 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 55.3% volatile
4 Singapore 1.03 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 60.8% rising
5 Gibraltar 0.6627 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
6 Malta 0.3234 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% rising
7 Bermuda 0.2459 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.7% rising
8 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1649 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 215.2% rising
9 San Marino 0.1205 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
10 Netherlands 0.107 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% rising
11 Barbados 0.1044 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.1% rising
12 Japan 0.1007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
13 Aruba 0.0961 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 61.7% volatile
14 South Korea 0.0949 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 56.0% volatile
15 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0939 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 104.2% rising
16 Puerto Rico 0.0878 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.7% rising
17 Bangladesh 0.0816 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 49.5% rising
18 Mauritius 0.0807 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 59.3% rising
19 Belgium 0.0765 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.3% rising
20 Maldives 0.0741 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.0% volatile
21 Bahrain 0.0679 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 82.7% volatile
22 Curacao 0.067 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.7% rising
23 Germany 0.0546 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.4% rising
24 Lebanon 0.0544 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 68.0% volatile
25 United States Virgin Islands 0.0542 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.7% volatile
26 United Kingdom 0.054 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.4% rising
27 Israel 0.0524 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 40.9% rising
28 Liechtenstein 0.0491 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.1% rising
29 Italy 0.0484 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
30 Switzerland 0.0434 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% rising
31 Sri Lanka 0.0428 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 55.4% rising
32 Grenada 0.0402 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.3% rising
33 Luxembourg 0.0382 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.2% rising
34 Guam 0.0365 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 58.8% volatile
35 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0339 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 76.7% rising
36 Palestine 0.0334 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 54.6% volatile
37 Isle of Man 0.0332 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
38 India 0.0328 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 47.5% rising
39 Denmark 0.0303 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
40 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0297 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% rising
41 Czechia 0.0286 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% rising
42 Portugal 0.0272 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% rising
43 Vietnam 0.0269 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 52.6% rising
44 Saint Lucia 0.0268 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
45 France 0.0265 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.8% rising
46 Andorra 0.0259 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.7% volatile
47 North Korea 0.0259 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% volatile
48 Cayman Islands 0.0251 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 82.5% volatile
49 Poland 0.0244 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 37.6% rising
50 El Salvador 0.0241 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% volatile
51 British Virgin Islands 0.0232 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 74.8% volatile
52 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0232 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 54.1% rising
53 Seychelles 0.0226 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 46.7% rising
54 Slovenia 0.0222 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% rising
55 Austria 0.0221 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.2% rising
56 Hungary 0.022 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.2% rising
57 China 0.0214 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 58.6% volatile
58 Rwanda 0.0211 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 68.7% volatile
59 Cyprus 0.0205 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.8% rising
60 Slovakia 0.0204 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.8% rising
61 Thailand 0.0202 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 59.1% volatile
62 Comoros 0.0202 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% rising
63 Jamaica 0.0202 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% rising
64 Tuvalu 0.0199 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
65 Philippines 0.0198 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 68.1% volatile
66 Spain 0.0196 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% rising
67 Haiti 0.0192 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.8% rising
68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0187 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 40.5% rising
69 Greece 0.0187 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.2% rising
70 Serbia 0.0179 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.9% rising
71 American Samoa 0.0175 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.0% rising
72 Dominican Republic 0.0174 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 55.1% volatile
73 Cuba 0.017 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
74 Albania 0.0165 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.4% rising
75 Romania 0.0163 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% rising
76 Croatia 0.0158 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
77 Nauru 0.0152 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 125.9% rising
78 Bulgaria 0.0136 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
79 Armenia 0.0135 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0133 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
81 Pakistan 0.0132 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% rising
82 Moldova 0.0132 thousands per square kilometre 2020 up 19.7% rising
83 Burundi 0.0131 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 47.2% rising
84 Nepal 0.013 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% rising
85 North Macedonia 0.0126 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.1% rising
86 Ukraine 0.012 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
87 Ireland 0.0115 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 40.1% rising
88 Costa Rica 0.0114 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 55.6% volatile
89 Dominica 0.0112 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
90 Turkey 0.0112 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 53.6% rising
91 Indonesia 0.0103 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.4% rising
92 Azerbaijan 0.0097 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 49.9% rising
93 Tonga 0.0095 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
94 Marshall Islands 0.0093 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 43.5% rising
95 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0092 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 29.1% rising
96 Micronesia (country) 0.009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 69.0% rising
97 Lithuania 0.009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
98 French Polynesia 0.0084 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 59.5% volatile
99 Cape Verde 0.0083 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
100 Georgia 0.0083 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.0% rising
101 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0082 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 90.2% rising
102 Montenegro 0.0081 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% rising
103 Guatemala 0.0078 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.0% volatile
104 Malaysia 0.0078 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 60.6% volatile
105 Gambia 0.0077 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% rising
106 Kuwait 0.0076 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 97.3% volatile
107 Belarus 0.0076 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% rising
108 Nigeria 0.0075 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.7% rising
109 Tunisia 0.007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 48.4% volatile
110 Faroe Islands 0.007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
111 Estonia 0.0066 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
112 Kiribati 0.0066 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.2% rising
113 Morocco 0.0064 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 57.7% volatile
114 Latvia 0.0064 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
115 United States 0.0062 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 36.2% rising
116 Syria 0.0059 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% rising
117 Myanmar 0.0058 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% rising
118 Cambodia 0.0057 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 61.0% volatile
119 Ecuador 0.0057 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 47.1% volatile
120 Malawi 0.0057 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
121 Egypt 0.0056 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 45.6% rising
122 Brunei 0.0055 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 93.6% volatile
123 Jordan 0.0054 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 74.3% volatile
124 Panama 0.0053 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 55.2% volatile
125 Togo 0.0053 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.2% rising
126 Ghana 0.0053 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.7% rising
127 Sweden 0.0053 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% rising
128 Mexico 0.0052 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.2% volatile
129 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0052 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 103.6% volatile
130 Uganda 0.0051 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 54.5% rising
131 East Timor 0.005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% volatile
132 Bahamas 0.0045 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% volatile
133 Uzbekistan 0.0045 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% rising
134 Samoa 0.0044 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% rising
135 Iran 0.0043 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 59.7% volatile
136 Colombia 0.0043 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 62.0% volatile
137 Finland 0.0043 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.5% rising
138 Palau 0.0041 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% rising
139 Honduras 0.004 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 59.4% rising
140 Benin 0.0038 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% rising
141 Qatar 0.0038 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 107.8% volatile
142 Sierra Leone 0.0037 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% rising
143 Chile 0.0036 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.5% volatile
144 Ethiopia 0.0035 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% rising
145 Iraq 0.0035 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 46.6% rising
146 South Africa 0.0033 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.6% rising
147 Senegal 0.0033 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% rising
148 New Zealand 0.0032 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.9% rising
149 Fiji 0.0032 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 29.9% rising
150 Uruguay 0.003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% rising
151 Nicaragua 0.003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.1% volatile
152 Venezuela 0.0029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.2% volatile
153 Eswatini 0.0029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 39.1% rising
154 Lesotho 0.0029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
155 Norway 0.0028 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.2% rising
156 Kenya 0.0027 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 57.4% volatile
157 Tajikistan 0.0026 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 52.4% rising
158 Brazil 0.0025 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 54.2% volatile
159 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0025 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.7% rising
160 United Arab Emirates 0.0024 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% volatile
161 Guinea-Bissau 0.0024 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.0% rising
162 Equatorial Guinea 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 51.9% volatile
163 Peru 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% volatile
164 Djibouti 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.4% volatile
165 Tanzania 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 43.2% rising
166 Burkina Faso 0.0022 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 26.4% rising
167 Argentina 0.002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
168 Guinea 0.002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 23.9% rising
169 Kyrgyzstan 0.0019 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.0% rising
170 Liberia 0.0018 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
171 Yemen 0.0018 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% rising
172 Madagascar 0.0017 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 60.7% rising
173 New Caledonia 0.0017 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.0% volatile
174 Cameroon 0.0016 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% rising
175 Zimbabwe 0.0015 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.2% rising
176 Afghanistan 0.0015 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.6% rising
177 Laos 0.0015 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.0% rising
178 Russia 0.0015 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.6% rising
179 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0014 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% volatile
180 Bhutan 0.0013 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% volatile
181 Algeria 0.0012 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 52.5% volatile
182 Eritrea 0.0012 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
183 Mozambique 0.0012 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 37.3% rising
184 Vanuatu 0.0011 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 51.3% rising
185 Paraguay 0.0011 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 37.3% rising
186 Solomon Islands 0.001 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.3% rising
187 Belize 0.0009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.2% rising
188 Canada 0.0009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.5% rising
189 Sudan 0.0008 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 62.8% rising
190 Angola 0.0008 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.4% volatile
191 Papua New Guinea 0.0007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 49.6% volatile
192 Somalia 0.0007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 55.1% rising
193 Turkmenistan 0.0006 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.2% rising
194 Bolivia 0.0006 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.8% rising
195 Kazakhstan 0.0006 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 47.2% rising
196 Australia 0.0006 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.0% rising
197 Iceland 0.0006 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 39.6% rising
198 Niger 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 49.4% volatile
199 Zambia 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 42.6% rising
200 Congo 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.6% rising
201 South Sudan 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% rising
202 Mali 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.6% rising
203 Saudi Arabia 0.0004 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.9% volatile
204 Oman 0.0004 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 34.8% volatile
205 Gabon 0.0004 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% rising
206 Chad 0.0003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.8% rising
207 Suriname 0.0003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.8% rising
208 Guyana 0.0002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.2% rising
209 Libya 0.0002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.6% volatile
210 Botswana 0.0002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.1% rising
211 Central African Republic 0.0002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.5% rising
212 Mauritania 0.0002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising
213 Namibia 0.0001 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% rising
214 Mongolia 0.0001 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 50.7% rising
215 Greenland 0 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% rising

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Population aged 65 years or older (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Population aged 65 years or older (thousands) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Population aged 65 years or older (thousands), per square kilometre
Unit
thousands per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 10,529 data points, 1970–2023
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Population aged 65 years or older (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.