Population ages 65 and above, male, annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Population ages 65 and above, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
217
Highest
10.01 % change on previous year
Turkmenistan
Lowest
-1.39 % change on previous year
Monaco
Median
3.74 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
17,195

What the numbers show

Population ages 65 and above, male, annual growth rate is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 10.01 % change on previous year in Turkmenistan; the lowest is -1.39 % change on previous year in Monaco.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.74 % change on previous year, and the mean is 3.7 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 1,624.4%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 122.4%).

Population ages 65 and above, male, annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 10.01 % change on previous year 2025 up 753.3% volatile
2 Northern Mariana Islands 9.29 % change on previous year 2025 up 63.4% volatile
3 Azerbaijan 8.09 % change on previous year 2025 up 200.3% volatile
4 Saudi Arabia 7.91 % change on previous year 2025 up 114.5% rising
5 Cayman Islands 7.74 % change on previous year 2025 up 19.4% rising
6 Tajikistan 7.63 % change on previous year 2025 up 190.2% volatile
7 Armenia 7.14 % change on previous year 2025 up 823.7% volatile
8 Mongolia 6.84 % change on previous year 2025 up 193.5% volatile
9 Maldives 6.79 % change on previous year 2025 up 585.0% volatile
10 Kyrgyzstan 6.66 % change on previous year 2025 down 12.9% volatile
11 Greenland 6.56 % change on previous year 2025 up 127.1% falling
12 Kazakhstan 6.35 % change on previous year 2025 up 42.7% volatile
13 United Arab Emirates 6.3 % change on previous year 2025 up 23.0% volatile
14 Cape Verde 6.24 % change on previous year 2025 up 166.6% volatile
15 Zambia 6.23 % change on previous year 2025 up 149.3% volatile
16 British Virgin Islands 6.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.3% volatile
17 Qatar 6.07 % change on previous year 2025 down 40.1% volatile
18 Brunei Darussalam 5.97 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.1% rising
19 Syria 5.89 % change on previous year 2025 up 626.6% volatile
20 Uzbekistan 5.88 % change on previous year 2025 up 96.4% volatile
21 Viet Nam 5.84 % change on previous year 2025 up 35.7% volatile
22 Republic of Korea 5.84 % change on previous year 2025 up 37.7% rising
23 Georgia 5.68 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,624.4% volatile
24 French Polynesia 5.68 % change on previous year 2025 up 45.6% rising
25 Singapore 5.66 % change on previous year 2025 down 14.4% falling
26 Kiribati 5.61 % change on previous year 2025 up 175.7% volatile
27 Philippines 5.51 % change on previous year 2025 down 19.0% rising
28 Colombia 5.51 % change on previous year 2025 up 3.4% rising
29 Gambia 5.44 % change on previous year 2025 up 239.2% volatile
30 Namibia 5.43 % change on previous year 2025 up 92.0% rising
31 Cambodia 5.3 % change on previous year 2025 up 6.0% volatile
32 Andorra 5.26 % change on previous year 2025 up 402.4% volatile
33 Equatorial Guinea 5.22 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.8% volatile
34 Macao 5.18 % change on previous year 2025 down 46.2% volatile
35 Congo 5.13 % change on previous year 2025 up 123.3% rising
36 Suriname 5.13 % change on previous year 2025 up 134.4% volatile
37 Iran 5.09 % change on previous year 2025 down 15.8% rising
38 Oman 5.04 % change on previous year 2025 up 45.5% volatile
39 South Sudan 5.02 % change on previous year 2025 up 259.9% volatile
40 Tunisia 4.98 % change on previous year 2025 up 42.1% rising
41 Algeria 4.97 % change on previous year 2025 up 6.6% volatile
42 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.96 % change on previous year 2025 down 43.0% volatile
43 Rwanda 4.96 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.2% volatile
44 Belize 4.95 % change on previous year 2025 up 74.3% rising
45 Egypt 4.95 % change on previous year 2025 up 25.6% rising
46 Malaysia 4.94 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.6% rising
47 Antigua and Barbuda 4.94 % change on previous year 2025 up 13.6% volatile
48 Papua New Guinea 4.83 % change on previous year 2025 up 37.5% rising
49 Costa Rica 4.83 % change on previous year 2025 up 1.5% rising
50 Dominican Republic 4.82 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.9% rising
51 Libya 4.74 % change on previous year 2025 up 112.5% volatile
52 Uganda 4.73 % change on previous year 2025 up 5.0% volatile
53 Aruba 4.72 % change on previous year 2025 down 14.7% volatile
54 Liechtenstein 4.7 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.8% volatile
55 Guam 4.69 % change on previous year 2025 down 7.4% falling
56 Niger 4.67 % change on previous year 2025 down 13.1% falling
57 Jordan 4.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 39.9% volatile
58 Angola 4.59 % change on previous year 2025 up 32.5% volatile
59 Morocco 4.58 % change on previous year 2025 up 2.0% rising
60 Panama 4.58 % change on previous year 2025 down 2.7% rising
61 Madagascar 4.55 % change on previous year 2025 down 19.1% rising
62 Indonesia 4.55 % change on previous year 2025 up 155.1% falling
63 Bahrain 4.55 % change on previous year 2025 up 122.1% volatile
64 Nicaragua 4.54 % change on previous year 2025 up 35.3% rising
65 Ethiopia 4.5 % change on previous year 2025 up 28.4% rising
66 Palau 4.5 % change on previous year 2025 up 3.4% volatile
67 Somalia 4.45 % change on previous year 2025 down 9.7% volatile
68 Brazil 4.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 10.7% flat
69 Trinidad and Tobago 4.34 % change on previous year 2025 down 33.9% volatile
70 Ukraine 4.33 % change on previous year 2025 up 41.5% volatile
71 South Africa 4.28 % change on previous year 2025 up 39.0% falling
72 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 4.28 % change on previous year 2025 down 62.6% volatile
73 Chad 4.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 68.3% volatile
74 Luxembourg 4.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 19.7% volatile
75 American Samoa 4.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 32.3% volatile
76 India 4.26 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.7% rising
77 Ghana 4.25 % change on previous year 2025 up 67.7% volatile
78 Central African Republic 4.21 % change on previous year 2025 up 173.3% volatile
79 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.14 % change on previous year 2025 up 69.1% flat
80 Kenya 4.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 42.5% volatile
81 Yemen 4.11 % change on previous year 2025 up 133.4% rising
82 San Marino 4.08 % change on previous year 2025 up 73.7% volatile
83 Thailand 4.07 % change on previous year 2025 down 13.3% rising
84 Honduras 4.06 % change on previous year 2025 down 21.1% rising
85 Mauritius 4.05 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.5% flat
86 Samoa 4.02 % change on previous year 2025 up 321.3% flat
87 New Caledonia 4 % change on previous year 2025 up 2.6% rising
88 Mexico 4 % change on previous year 2025 up 34.6% falling
89 Bangladesh 4 % change on previous year 2025 up 15.9% rising
90 Guyana 3.99 % change on previous year 2025 up 38.3% volatile
91 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.97 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.2% falling
92 Ecuador 3.96 % change on previous year 2025 down 16.3% rising
93 Côte d'Ivoire 3.93 % change on previous year 2025 up 159.5% falling
94 Bermuda 3.93 % change on previous year 2025 up 0.5% rising
95 Chile 3.92 % change on previous year 2025 down 2.7% rising
96 Seychelles 3.92 % change on previous year 2025 up 7.7% volatile
97 Naoero 3.91 % change on previous year 2025 down 55.1% volatile
98 Benin 3.89 % change on previous year 2025 up 9.3% volatile
99 Jamaica 3.88 % change on previous year 2025 up 232.7% volatile
100 Djibouti 3.83 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.4% falling
101 Hong Kong 3.82 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.7% volatile
102 Russian Federation 3.82 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.8% volatile
103 Sudan 3.81 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.0% rising
104 Paraguay 3.8 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.7% rising
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.77 % change on previous year 2025 up 45.9% volatile
106 Afghanistan 3.76 % change on previous year 2025 up 32.2% volatile
107 North Korea 3.75 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.5% rising
108 Malta 3.74 % change on previous year 2025 down 31.4% volatile
109 Burkina Faso 3.74 % change on previous year 2025 up 191.4% falling
110 Iceland 3.74 % change on previous year 2025 down 9.1% rising
111 Micronesia (country) 3.72 % change on previous year 2025 down 38.3% volatile
112 Saint Lucia 3.69 % change on previous year 2025 up 124.8% volatile
113 Belarus 3.68 % change on previous year 2025 up 39.2% volatile
114 Myanmar 3.67 % change on previous year 2025 up 10.4% falling
115 Lebanon 3.63 % change on previous year 2025 down 57.0% volatile
116 Ireland 3.63 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.6% volatile
117 Peru 3.62 % change on previous year 2025 up 18.9% volatile
118 Australia 3.61 % change on previous year 2025 up 2.3% rising
119 Spain 3.6 % change on previous year 2025 up 118.2% falling
120 Lithuania 3.59 % change on previous year 2025 up 477.4% volatile
121 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.55 % change on previous year 2025 up 10.4% rising
122 Cameroon 3.5 % change on previous year 2025 up 53.1% falling
123 Guatemala 3.47 % change on previous year 2025 up 10.9% falling
124 Switzerland 3.43 % change on previous year 2025 up 31.7% rising
125 Canada 3.39 % change on previous year 2025 down 8.0% rising
126 Gabon 3.38 % change on previous year 2025 up 23.0% rising
127 Burundi 3.34 % change on previous year 2025 up 17.5% volatile
128 Sierra Leone 3.33 % change on previous year 2025 up 170.7% volatile
129 Gibraltar 3.33 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.5% volatile
130 Barbados 3.31 % change on previous year 2025 up 20.6% volatile
131 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.31 % change on previous year 2025 up 92.7% volatile
132 United States 3.31 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.6% rising
133 Grenada 3.29 % change on previous year 2025 up 83.8% volatile
134 Cyprus 3.27 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.4% volatile
135 Eritrea 3.26 % change on previous year 2025 up 217.8% volatile
136 Iraq 3.26 % change on previous year 2025 down 12.1% volatile
137 Kosovo 3.22 % change on previous year 2025 up 104.5% volatile
137 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 3.22 % change on previous year 2025 up 104.5% volatile
139 Tuvalu 3.21 % change on previous year 2025 up 154.9% volatile
140 Türkiye 3.21 % change on previous year 2025 up 23.8% rising
141 Solomon Islands 3.14 % change on previous year 2025 down 27.4% volatile
142 Austria 3.13 % change on previous year 2025 up 54.7% volatile
143 Pakistan 3.09 % change on previous year 2025 up 206.6% falling
144 Belgium 3.07 % change on previous year 2025 up 38.2% volatile
145 Guinea 3.06 % change on previous year 2025 up 81.7% volatile
146 Poland 3.01 % change on previous year 2025 down 23.4% volatile
147 New Zealand 3 % change on previous year 2025 down 18.9% rising
148 Guinea-Bissau 2.99 % change on previous year 2025 up 32.3% volatile
149 Botswana 2.98 % change on previous year 2025 down 27.3% volatile
150 Slovakia 2.95 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.8% volatile
151 Haiti 2.94 % change on previous year 2025 up 19.4% falling
152 Sao Tome and Principe 2.92 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.0% volatile
153 North Macedonia 2.89 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.3% volatile
154 Nigeria 2.88 % change on previous year 2025 up 38.3% rising
155 Liberia 2.87 % change on previous year 2025 up 118.3% volatile
156 Bahamas 2.85 % change on previous year 2025 up 56.7% falling
157 Mauritania 2.83 % change on previous year 2025 up 723.9% volatile
158 Fiji 2.82 % change on previous year 2025 up 49.6% volatile
159 Portugal 2.78 % change on previous year 2025 up 29.8% flat
160 Albania 2.77 % change on previous year 2025 up 75.4% rising
161 Estonia 2.76 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.1% volatile
162 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.74 % change on previous year 2025 up 49.2% volatile
163 Curacao 2.65 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.6% volatile
164 Montenegro 2.64 % change on previous year 2025 down 18.1% volatile
165 Slovenia 2.63 % change on previous year 2025 down 32.3% volatile
166 Norway 2.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 18.7% volatile
167 Netherlands 2.55 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.3% rising
168 Argentina 2.51 % change on previous year 2025 down 5.6% falling
169 Vanuatu 2.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.7% volatile
170 Bhutan 2.43 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.5% falling
171 Germany 2.42 % change on previous year 2025 up 38.9% volatile
172 Croatia 2.4 % change on previous year 2025 up 60.2% volatile
173 Malawi 2.36 % change on previous year 2025 up 590.1% volatile
174 Senegal 2.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.0% rising
175 Israel 2.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 46.7% falling
176 Cuba 2.29 % change on previous year 2025 up 35.7% volatile
177 Eswatini 2.28 % change on previous year 2025 down 28.9% rising
178 France 2.26 % change on previous year 2025 down 32.6% volatile
179 Sri Lanka 2.21 % change on previous year 2025 down 54.2% rising
180 Republic of Moldova 2.21 % change on previous year 2025 down 54.1% volatile
181 Italy 2.15 % change on previous year 2025 up 22.7% volatile
182 Mali 2.15 % change on previous year 2025 up 31.8% falling
183 Togo 2.07 % change on previous year 2025 down 45.5% volatile
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.04 % change on previous year 2025 up 31.0% falling
185 Finland 1.93 % change on previous year 2025 down 49.1% rising
186 Greece 1.92 % change on previous year 2025 up 66.7% volatile
187 Isle of Man 1.91 % change on previous year 2025 down 24.9% volatile
188 Latvia 1.88 % change on previous year 2025 up 98.4% volatile
189 El Salvador 1.87 % change on previous year 2025 up 65.8% volatile
190 Lesotho 1.84 % change on previous year 2025 up 273.2% volatile
191 Denmark 1.83 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.6% volatile
192 Tanzania, United Republic of 1.82 % change on previous year 2025 down 39.4% falling
193 Uruguay 1.74 % change on previous year 2025 up 90.6% falling
194 Czechia 1.62 % change on previous year 2025 down 53.2% volatile
195 Dominica 1.5 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.2% volatile
196 Nepal 1.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 56.4% flat
197 Saint Martin (French part) 1.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 73.0% volatile
198 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 37.7% volatile
199 Puerto Rico 1.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 43.1% falling
200 Kuwait 1.34 % change on previous year 2025 down 92.1% volatile
201 China 1.19 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.9% rising
202 Sweden 1.18 % change on previous year 2025 down 50.8% volatile
203 Comoros 1.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.5% volatile
204 Bulgaria 0.9356 % change on previous year 2025 up 18.8% volatile
205 Marshall Islands 0.9259 % change on previous year 2025 down 86.0% volatile
206 Palestine, State of 0.9147 % change on previous year 2025 down 78.3% falling
207 Tonga 0.8817 % change on previous year 2025 up 249.4% volatile
208 Romania 0.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 70.9% volatile
209 Mozambique 0.541 % change on previous year 2025 down 53.0% volatile
210 Serbia 0.52 % change on previous year 2025 down 78.1% volatile
211 Hungary 0.461 % change on previous year 2025 down 79.4% volatile
212 Faroe Islands 0.446 % change on previous year 2025 down 87.9% volatile
213 Timor-Leste 0.3511 % change on previous year 2025 down 91.1% volatile
214 Japan 0.2445 % change on previous year 2025 down 91.3% falling
215 United States Virgin Islands 0.01 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.7% volatile
216 Zimbabwe -0.0585 % change on previous year 2025 down 101.6% volatile
217 Monaco -1.39 % change on previous year 2025 down 122.4% volatile

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The year-on-year percentage change in Population ages 65 and above, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Population ages 65 and above, male, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1961–2025
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The year-on-year percentage change in Population ages 65 and above, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.