People > Age structure > 55-64 years: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Age structure, which provides the distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group as follows: 0-14 years (children), 15-24 years (early working age), 25-54 years (prime working age), 55-64 years (mature working age), 65 years and over (elderly). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Hong Kong	15.1%	2013
=2	Serbia	14.7%	2013
=2	Slovenia	14.7%	2013
=2	Saint Barthelemy	14.7%	2013
5	Poland	14.5%	2013
=6	Monaco	14.4%	2013
=6	Finland	14.4%	2013
=6	Croatia	14.4%	2013
=9	Hungary	14.2%	2013
=9	Czech Republic	14.2%	2013
=11	Virgin Islands	14.1%	2013
=11	Bermuda	14.1%	2013
=11	Bulgaria	14.1%	2013
=11	Malta	14.1%	2013
15	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	13.9%	2013
16	Japan	13.8%	2013
=17	Ukraine	13.5%	2013
=17	Russia	13.5%	2013
19	Liechtenstein	13.4%	2013
=20	Canada	13.3%	2013
=20	Slovakia	13.3%	2013
=20	Germany	13.3%	2013
=23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.2%	2013
=23	Aruba	13.2%	2013
=23	Cayman Islands	13.2%	2013
=23	Belgium	13.2%	2013
27	Estonia	13.1%	2013
=28	Guernsey	13%	2013
=28	Romania	13%	2013
=28	Belarus	13%	2013
=31	Netherlands	12.9%	2013
=31	Moldova	12.9%	2013
	European Union average (profile)	12.85%	2013
33	Isle of Man	12.8%	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	12.73%	2013
34	Taiwan	12.7%	2013
	NATO countries average (profile)	12.62%	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	12.62%	2013
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	12.61%	2013
=35	France	12.6%	2013
=35	Montenegro	12.6%	2013
=35	Latvia	12.6%	2013
	Western Europe average (profile)	12.51%	2013
=38	Norway	12.5%	2013
=38	Denmark	12.5%	2013
=38	Greece	12.5%	2013
=38	Austria	12.5%	2013
42	Sweden	12.4%	2013
	Europe average (profile)	12.39%	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	12.37%	2013
=43	Georgia	12.3%	2013
=43	Italy	12.3%	2013
=43	United States	12.3%	2013
46	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	12.2%	2013
=47	Jersey	12.1%	2013
=47	Andorra	12.1%	2013
=49	Barbados	12%	2013
=49	Switzerland	12%	2013
	Southern Europe average (profile)	11.95%	2013
=51	Republic of Macedonia	11.9%	2013
=51	Lithuania	11.9%	2013
=51	Puerto Rico	11.9%	2013
=54	Portugal	11.8%	2013
=54	Luxembourg	11.8%	2013
=54	Australia	11.8%	2013
=54	San Marino	11.8%	2013
=54	Faroe Islands	11.8%	2013
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	11.75%	2013
59	South Korea	11.7%	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	11.52%	2013
60	United Kingdom	11.5%	2013
61	Iceland	11.4%	2013
=62	Spain	11.3%	2013
=62	New Zealand	11.3%	2013
=62	China	11.3%	2013
65	Gibraltar	11.2%	2013
66	Macau	11.1%	2013
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	11.07%	2013
=67	Trinidad and Tobago	10.7%	2013
=67	Greenland	10.7%	2013
=69	Mauritius	10.6%	2013
=69	Cyprus	10.6%	2013
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	10.43%	2013
71	Thailand	10.4%	2013
=72	Cuba	10.3%	2013
=72	British Virgin Islands	10.3%	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	10.21%	2013
74	Ireland	10.1%	2013
75	Albania	10%	2013
=76	Uruguay	9.9%	2013
=76	Singapore	9.9%	2013
=76	Cook Islands	9.9%	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	9.83%	2013
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	9.67%	2013
79	Chile	9.6%	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	9.54%	2013
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.5%	2013
=81	Northern Mariana Islands	9.3%	2013
=81	Sri Lanka	9.3%	2013
83	Armenia	9.2%	2013
=84	Argentina	9.1%	2013
=84	Guam	9.1%	2013
86	Dominica	9%	2013
=87	Wallis and Futuna	8.9%	2013
=87	Anguilla	8.9%	2013
=87	Kazakhstan	8.9%	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	8.9%	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	8.83%	2013
=90	Israel	8.8%	2013
=90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.8%	2013
=92	Lebanon	8.7%	2013
=92	Grenada	8.7%	2013
94	Antigua and Barbuda	8.6%	2013
95	North Korea	8.5%	2013
96	Saint Lucia	8.4%	2013
=97	Saint Martin	8.3%	2013
=97	Palau	8.3%	2013
=99	Brazil	8.2%	2013
=99	French Polynesia	8.2%	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	8.11%	2013
=101	Tuvalu	8.1%	2013
=101	The Bahamas	8.1%	2013
=101	New Caledonia	8.1%	2013
=101	Tunisia	8.1%	2013
=105	Costa Rica	8%	2013
=105	Colombia	8%	2013
=107	Turkey	7.9%	2013
=107	Azerbaijan	7.9%	2013
109	Seychelles	7.8%	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	7.71%	2013
110	American Samoa	7.7%	2013
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	7.6%	2013
=111	Indonesia	7.6%	2013
=111	Fiji	7.6%	2013
113	Malaysia	7.4%	2013
=114	Panama	7.3%	2013
=114	Venezuela	7.3%	2013
=114	Brunei	7.3%	2013
117	Guyana	7.2%	2013
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	7.2%	2013
118	Peru	7.1%	2013
=119	Dominican Republic	7%	2013
=119	Morocco	7%	2013
=119	Vietnam	7%	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	6.95%	2013
=122	Ecuador	6.9%	2013
=122	Kosovo	6.9%	2013
=122	Mexico	6.9%	2013
=122	Paraguay	6.9%	2013
=122	India	6.9%	2013
=122	South Africa	6.9%	2013
128	Kyrgyzstan	6.8%	2013
129	Burma	6.7%	2013
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	6.64%	2013
130	Egypt	6.6%	2013
=131	Turkmenistan	6.5%	2013
=131	El Salvador	6.5%	2013
133	Uzbekistan	6.4%	2013
	Former British colonies average (profile)	6.39%	2013
=134	Federated States of Micronesia	6.3%	2013
=134	Montserrat	6.3%	2013
136	Suriname	6.2%	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	6.12%	2013
137	Iran	6.1%	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	6.09%	2013
138	Algeria	6%	2013
139	Nauru	5.9%	2013
=140	Bangladesh	5.7%	2013
=140	Philippines	5.7%	2013
=140	Samoa	5.7%	2013
=140	Bhutan	5.7%	2013
144	Bolivia	5.6%	2013
=145	Nepal	5.5%	2013
=145	Jamaica	5.5%	2013
=145	Mongolia	5.5%	2013
=145	Marshall Islands	5.5%	2013
	South Asia average (profile)	5.42%	2013
149	Tonga	5.4%	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	5.39%	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	5.31%	2013
150	Kiribati	5.3%	2013
=151	Bahrain	5.2%	2013
=151	Papua New Guinea	5.2%	2013
=151	Nicaragua	5.2%	2013
154	Guatemala	5.1%	2013
=155	Turks and Caicos Islands	5%	2013
=155	Pakistan	5%	2013
=155	Haiti	5%	2013
=158	Vanuatu	4.9%	2013
=158	Cambodia	4.9%	2013
=158	Lesotho	4.9%	2013
=158	Laos	4.9%	2013
=162	East Timor	4.8%	2013
=162	Namibia	4.8%	2013
	Former French colonies average (profile)	4.78%	2013
=164	Ghana	4.7%	2013
=164	Western Sahara	4.7%	2013
=164	Guinea-Bissau	4.7%	2013
	OPEC countries average (profile)	4.65%	2013
=167	Tajikistan	4.6%	2013
=167	Libya	4.6%	2013
=167	Syria	4.6%	2013
=167	Djibouti	4.6%	2013
=167	Honduras	4.6%	2013
=172	Maldives	4.5%	2013
=172	Mauritania	4.5%	2013
=172	Cape Verde	4.5%	2013
=172	Kuwait	4.5%	2013
=176	Guinea	4.4%	2013
=176	Belize	4.4%	2013
=176	Cote d'Ivoire	4.4%	2013
=179	Cameroon	4.3%	2013
=179	Liberia	4.3%	2013
=179	Jordan	4.3%	2013
=179	Botswana	4.3%	2013
=179	Saudi Arabia	4.3%	2013
=179	Solomon Islands	4.3%	2013
=185	Swaziland	4.2%	2013
=185	West Bank	4.2%	2013
=185	Equatorial Guinea	4.2%	2013
=185	Togo	4.2%	2013
=185	Iraq	4.2%	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	4.19%	2013
=190	Madagascar	4.1%	2013
=190	Gabon	4.1%	2013
=190	Comoros	4.1%	2013
	failed states average (profile)	4.03%	2013
=193	Sierra Leone	4%	2013
=193	The Gambia	4%	2013
=193	Angola	4%	2013
=196	Ethiopia	3.9%	2013
=196	Central African Republic	3.9%	2013
=196	Rwanda	3.9%	2013
=196	Oman	3.9%	2013
=196	Chad	3.9%	2013
=201	Afghanistan	3.8%	2013
=201	Nigeria	3.8%	2013
=201	Sudan	3.8%	2013
=201	Eritrea	3.8%	2013
=201	Burundi	3.8%	2013
=206	Senegal	3.7%	2013
=206	Zimbabwe	3.7%	2013
=206	Yemen	3.7%	2013
=206	Mali	3.7%	2013
=210	Malawi	3.6%	2013
=210	Kenya	3.6%	2013
=212	Tanzania	3.5%	2013
=212	Somalia	3.5%	2013
=212	Benin	3.5%	2013
=212	Mozambique	3.5%	2013
=212	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.5%	2013
=217	Congo, Republic of the	3.4%	2013
=217	Gaza Strip	3.4%	2013
=217	Sao Tome and Principe	3.4%	2013
=220	Qatar	3.3%	2013
=220	Niger	3.3%	2013
=222	Burkina Faso	3.1%	2013
=222	United Arab Emirates	3.1%	2013
=222	South Sudan	3.1%	2013
225	Zambia	2.9%	2013
226	Uganda	2.3%	2013

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