Tx - person-years lived above age x by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
8.45 million
Japan
Lowest
5.15 million
Lesotho
Median
7.24 million
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312
What the numbers show
Tx - person-years lived above age x is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 8.45 million in Japan; the lowest is 5.15 million in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.24 million, and the mean is 7.15 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 8.9%).
Tx - person-years lived above age x: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8.45 million | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 2 | Singapore | 8.39 million | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | South Korea | 8.38 million | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 8.33 million | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 8.31 million | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 8.29 million | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 8.28 million | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 8.27 million | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 9 | Spain | 8.27 million | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 10 | Iceland | 8.26 million | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 11 | New Zealand | 8.22 million | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Italy | 8.22 million | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | France | 8.19 million | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Cyprus | 8.19 million | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Malta | 8.18 million | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 8.17 million | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Ireland | 8.16 million | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Canada | 8.16 million | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Finland | 8.15 million | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 8.15 million | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 21 | Denmark | 8.12 million | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 8.12 million | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 23 | Netherlands | 8.11 million | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | Austria | 8.10 million | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Germany | 8.05 million | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Slovenia | 8.04 million | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 8.01 million | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 7.99 million | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 29 | Greece | 7.96 million | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 30 | Chile | 7.90 million | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 31 | Kuwait | 7.90 million | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 7.86 million | 2021 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 7.83 million | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 34 | China | 7.76 million | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 35 | Panama | 7.72 million | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 7.72 million | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 37 | Estonia | 7.71 million | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 38 | Czechia | 7.71 million | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 39 | Brunei | 7.69 million | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.69 million | 2021 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 41 | Croatia | 7.69 million | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 42 | Barbados | 7.68 million | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Qatar | 7.67 million | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 7.64 million | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 7.64 million | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 46 | United States | 7.64 million | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | Algeria | 7.60 million | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 48 | Jordan | 7.56 million | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 49 | Poland | 7.54 million | 2021 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 50 | Maldives | 7.54 million | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 51 | Thailand | 7.53 million | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 52 | Turkey | 7.53 million | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 7.50 million | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | Uruguay | 7.50 million | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 55 | Bhutan | 7.49 million | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.48 million | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 57 | Iran | 7.47 million | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 58 | Montenegro | 7.47 million | 2021 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 59 | Argentina | 7.46 million | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 60 | Colombia | 7.45 million | 2021 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 7.45 million | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 7.44 million | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 63 | Bahrain | 7.44 million | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 64 | Lebanon | 7.43 million | 2021 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 65 | Lithuania | 7.41 million | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 7.41 million | 2021 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 67 | Seychelles | 7.40 million | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 68 | Ecuador | 7.40 million | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | Vietnam | 7.38 million | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 70 | Cuba | 7.37 million | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 71 | Palestine | 7.35 million | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritius | 7.34 million | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 7.33 million | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 74 | Belize | 7.33 million | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 7.32 million | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Cape Verde | 7.32 million | 2021 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 77 | Belarus | 7.31 million | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 7.31 million | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 7.30 million | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 80 | Armenia | 7.30 million | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 7.29 million | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 82 | Malaysia | 7.28 million | 2021 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 83 | Serbia | 7.28 million | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 84 | Grenada | 7.28 million | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 85 | Romania | 7.28 million | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tonga | 7.27 million | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 87 | North Korea | 7.26 million | 2021 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 88 | Morocco | 7.26 million | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.26 million | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 90 | Oman | 7.25 million | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 91 | Syria | 7.24 million | 2021 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 92 | Brazil | 7.24 million | 2021 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 7.22 million | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.22 million | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 7.22 million | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 7.18 million | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.17 million | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 98 | Peru | 7.17 million | 2021 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 99 | El Salvador | 7.17 million | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 100 | Iraq | 7.15 million | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 7.13 million | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 102 | Georgia | 7.12 million | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 103 | Venezuela | 7.12 million | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.12 million | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 7.11 million | 2021 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 106 | Ukraine | 7.09 million | 2021 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 107 | Mexico | 7.08 million | 2021 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 108 | Bahamas | 7.04 million | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 7.03 million | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 110 | Samoa | 7.03 million | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 111 | Paraguay | 7.03 million | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 112 | Jamaica | 7.01 million | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 113 | Mongolia | 7.01 million | 2021 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 114 | Nepal | 7.00 million | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 115 | Russia | 7.00 million | 2021 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 116 | Moldova | 6.96 million | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 6.91 million | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 118 | Egypt | 6.91 million | 2021 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 119 | Honduras | 6.90 million | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 120 | Cambodia | 6.89 million | 2021 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 121 | Mauritania | 6.89 million | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 122 | Guatemala | 6.87 million | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 123 | Indonesia | 6.83 million | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 124 | Laos | 6.82 million | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 125 | East Timor | 6.80 million | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 126 | Myanmar | 6.78 million | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 6.78 million | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 128 | Senegal | 6.78 million | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 129 | Sudan | 6.76 million | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 6.75 million | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 6.75 million | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 132 | India | 6.73 million | 2021 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 133 | Tanzania | 6.68 million | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 134 | Kenya | 6.68 million | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 135 | Philippines | 6.64 million | 2021 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 136 | Vanuatu | 6.63 million | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 137 | Ghana | 6.61 million | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 138 | Guyana | 6.61 million | 2021 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 139 | Pakistan | 6.60 million | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 140 | Uganda | 6.60 million | 2021 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 6.58 million | 2021 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 142 | Micronesia (country) | 6.57 million | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 143 | Fiji | 6.55 million | 2021 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 6.55 million | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 145 | Bolivia | 6.54 million | 2021 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 146 | Gabon | 6.51 million | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 147 | Djibouti | 6.49 million | 2021 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 6.48 million | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 149 | Gambia | 6.42 million | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 150 | Benin | 6.40 million | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 151 | Burundi | 6.40 million | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 152 | Togo | 6.39 million | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 153 | Eritrea | 6.36 million | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 154 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.35 million | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 155 | Liberia | 6.35 million | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 156 | Nigeria | 6.34 million | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 6.32 million | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 158 | Madagascar | 6.29 million | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 159 | Malawi | 6.25 million | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 160 | Haiti | 6.25 million | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 6.23 million | 2021 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 6.21 million | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 163 | Cameroon | 6.18 million | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 6.17 million | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.16 million | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.16 million | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 168 | Guinea | 6.13 million | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 169 | Botswana | 6.12 million | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 6.10 million | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 171 | Zambia | 6.10 million | 2021 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 172 | Kiribati | 6.09 million | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 173 | Namibia | 6.04 million | 2021 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 174 | Niger | 6.00 million | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 5.91 million | 2021 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 176 | Chad | 5.91 million | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.86 million | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 178 | South Sudan | 5.86 million | 2021 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 5.85 million | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 180 | Mozambique | 5.77 million | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 181 | Eswatini | 5.46 million | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 182 | Somalia | 5.40 million | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 184 | Lesotho | 5.15 million | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- High income (World Bank) 7.97 million
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 7.74 million
- Europe (WHO region) 7.63 million
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 7.42 million
- Americas (WHO region) 7.41 million
- World 7.14 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 6.85 million
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 6.84 million
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 6.72 million
- Low income (World Bank) 6.37 million
- Africa (WHO region) 6.36 million
- South Africa 6.15 million