What share of people are 65 or older in each European country?
Italy comes top at 24.7% and Kosovo* bottom at 9.1%. The EU-27 figure is 22.0%.
Share of the population aged 65 and over on 1 January.
These are survey estimates, so each comes with sampling error. Countries close together in the table may not really differ; treat near neighbours as roughly equal rather than as a strict ranking.
Most figures are for 2025; a few countries' latest figure is from 2022, shown in the table.
| Country | share of population | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 24.7% | 2025 |
| Portugal | 24.3% | 2025 |
| Bulgaria | 24.0% | 2025 |
| Greece | 23.7% | 2025 |
| Finland | 23.6% | 2025 |
| Croatia | 23.3% | 2025 |
| Germany | 22.7% | 2025 |
| Serbia | 22.7% | 2025 |
| Slovenia | 22.1% | 2025 |
| France | 21.9% | 2025p |
| Latvia | 21.9% | 2025 |
| Albania | 21.2% | 2025 |
| Poland | 21.0% | 2025p |
| Denmark | 20.9% | 2025 |
| Estonia | 20.9% | 2025 |
| Hungary | 20.9% | 2025 |
| Lithuania | 20.9% | 2025 |
| Netherlands | 20.8% | 2025 |
| Sweden | 20.8% | 2025 |
| Czechia | 20.7% | 2025 |
| Spain | 20.7% | 2025 |
| Liechtenstein | 20.7% | 2025 |
| Romania | 20.3% | 2025 |
| Austria | 20.2% | 2025 |
| Belgium | 20.2% | 2025 |
| Switzerland | 19.5% | 2025 |
| Norway | 19.0% | 2025 |
| Slovakia | 18.8% | 2025 |
| North Macedonia | 18.6% | 2025 |
| Malta | 18.4% | 2025 |
| Cyprus | 18.3% | 2025 |
| Moldova | 18.2% | 2025 |
| Ukraine | 17.6% | 2022 |
| Montenegro | 17.2% | 2025 |
| Georgia | 16.6% | 2025 |
| Iceland | 15.9% | 2025 |
| Ireland | 15.7% | 2025 |
| Luxembourg | 15.2% | 2025 |
| Türkiye | 10.6% | 2025 |
| Kosovo* | 9.1% | 2022 |
p = provisional figure, which may be revised.
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
How do we know?
Source: Eurostat (European Commission), Eurostat demo_pjanind: Population structure indicators at national level. Source: Eurostat (demo_pjanind), Population structure indicators at national level. Reuse authorised with acknowledgement. Eurostat copyright and licence policy (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; CC BY 4.0 for Commission content).
What kind of number: Published by the source; An estimate from a survey or statistical model.