Japan has the highest percentage of old people

Japan has the highest percentage of old people
Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
April 16, 2006

Back to main article: Life expectancy below 40 for some African countries, global population growth rates slow
Children born in 16 countries can expect to live past 80 according to an annual report released by the UN's World Health Organization. The report, "World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health", released earlier this month reveals a widening between the quality of life for the world's poorest and richest people.

Demographic figures

	Total population	Annual population growth rate	Life expectancy at birth Both sexes	Life expectancy at birth	Life expectancy at birth	% of population aged 60+ years	Total fertility rate
	population (000)	(%)	Both sexes	Males	Females	Total
Country	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004
Japan	127,923,000	0.2	82	79	86	25.6	1.3
San Marino	28,000	0.9	82	79	84	25.3	1.2
Italy	58,033,000	0.1	81	78	84	25.3	1.3
Germany	82,645,000	0.2	79	76	82	24.8	1.3
Sweden	9,008,000	0.2	81	78	83	23.0	1.7
Greece	11,098,000	0.5	79	77	82	22.9	1.2
Austria	8,171,000	0.2	79	76	82	22.3	1.4
Bulgaria	7,780,000	-0.7	72	69	76	22.3	1.2
Latvia	2,318,000	-0.9	71	66	76	22.3	1.3
Belgium	10,400,000	0.3	78	75	81	22.2	1.7
Portugal	10,441,000	0.4	78	74	81	22.1	1.5
Croatia	4,540,000	-0.3	75	72	79	21.9	1.3
Estonia	1,335,000	-1.0	72	66	78	21.5	1.4
Switzerland	7,240,000	0.4	81	78	83	21.4	1.4
Spain	42,646,000	0.7	80	77	83	21.3	1.3
Andorra	67,000	0.7	80	77	83	21.3	1.3
United Kingdom	59,479,000	0.3	79	76	81	21.0	1.7
Ukraine	46,989,000	-1.0	67	62	73	21.0	1.1
Monaco	35,000	1.1	82	78	85	20.9	1.8
France	60,257,000	0.4	80	76	83	20.9	1.9
Finland	5,235,000	0.3	79	75	82	20.9	1.7
Denmark	5,414,000	0.4	78	75	80	20.7	1.8
Lithuania	3,443,000	-0.6	72	66	78	20.5	1.3
Hungary	10,124,000	-0.2	73	69	77	20.5	1.3
Slovenia	1,967,000	0.0	77	73	81	20.2	1.2
Norway	4,598,000	0.6	80	77	82	19.8	1.8
Czech Republic	10,229,000	-0.1	76	73	79	19.6	1.2
Romania	21,790,000	-0.5	72	68	76	19.2	1.3
Netherlands	16,226,000	0.5	79	77	81	18.9	1.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,909,000	1.0	73	70	77	18.9	1.3
Belarus	9,811,000	-0.5	68	63	74	18.8	1.2
Serbia and Montenegro	10,510,000	0.0	73	70	75	18.4	1.6
Luxembourg	459,000	1.4	79	76	81	18.3	1.7
Malta	400,000	0.7	79	76	81	18.3	1.5
Georgia	4,518,000	-1.3	74	70	77	18.0	1.4
Canada	31,958,000	1.0	80	78	83	17.5	1.5
Uruguay	3,439,000	0.7	75	71	79	17.4	2.3
Russian Federation	143,899,000	-0.3	65	59	72	17.3	1.3
Australia	19,942,000	1.2	81	78	83	17.0	1.7
Poland	38,559,000	0.0	75	71	79	16.7	1.2
New Zealand	3,989,000	1.0	80	77	82	16.5	2.0
Cyprus	826,000	1.4	79	77	82	16.5	1.6
United States of America	295,410,000	1.0	78	75	80	16.5	2.0
Slovakia	5,401,000	0.1	74	70	78	16.0	1.2
Iceland	292,000	1.0	81	79	83	15.6	2.0
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2,030,000	0.4	72	69	76	15.3	1.5
Ireland	4,080,000	1.3	78	75	81	15.0	1.9
Cuba	11,245,000	0.4	78	75	80	14.9	1.6
Armenia	3,026,000	-0.8	68	65	72	14.7	1.3
Argentina	38,372,000	1.1	75	71	78	13.8	2.3
Republic of Moldova	4,218,000	-0.3	67	64	71	13.7	1.2
Republic of Korea	47,645,000	0.7	77	73	80	13.3	1.2
Israel	6,601,000	2.4	80	78	82	13.1	2.8
Barbados	269,000	0.3	75	71	78	13.1	1.5
Singapore	4,273,000	2.4	80	77	82	11.8	1.3
Albania	3,112,000	-0.2	72	69	74	11.8	2.2
Kazakhstan	14,839,000	-0.8	61	56	67	11.4	1.9
Chile	16,124,000	1.3	77	74	81	11.3	2.0
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	22,384,000	0.8	66	65	68	10.9	2.0
China	1,315,409,000	0.8	72	70	74	10.8	1.7
Dominica	79,000	0.5	74	72	76	10.5	2.0
Antigua and Barbuda	81,000	1.7	72	70	75	10.5	2.3
Sri Lanka	20,570,000	1.0	71	68	75	10.5	1.9
Trinidad and Tobago	1,301,000	0.4	70	67	73	10.5	1.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000	0.5	71	69	72	10.5	2.4
Grenada	102,000	0.3	68	66	69	10.5	2.4
Thailand	63,694,000	1.0	70	67	73	10.2	1.9
Lebanon	3,540,000	1.4	70	68	72	10.2	2.3
Jamaica	2,639,000	0.7	72	70	74	10.1	2.4
Saint Lucia	159,000	0.9	74	71	77	9.8	2.2
Seychelles	80,000	0.7	72	67	78	9.4	2.1
Mauritius	1,233,000	1.1	72	69	75	9.4	2.0
Azerbaijan	8,355,000	0.8	65	63	68	9.3	1.8
Bahamas	319,000	1.5	73	70	76	9.1	2.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	118,000	0.5	69	66	73	8.9	2.2
Suriname	446,000	0.8	67	65	70	8.9	2.6
Brazil	183,913,000	1.5	70	67	74	8.7	2.3
Tonga	102,000	0.6	71	71	70	8.7	3.4
Panama	3,175,000	2.0	76	73	78	8.6	2.7
Tunisia	9,995,000	1.2	72	70	74	8.6	1.9
Indonesia	220,077,000	1.3	67	65	68	8.2	2.3
Costa Rica	4,253,000	2.3	77	75	80	8.1	2.2
Ecuador	13,040,000	1.5	72	70	75	8.1	2.7
Turkey	72,220,000	1.6	71	69	73	7.9	2.4
India	1,087,124,000	1.7	62	61	63	7.8	3.0
Kyrgyzstan	5,204,000	1.4	63	59	67	7.7	2.6
Mexico	105,699,000	1.5	74	72	77	7.6	2.3
Peru	27,562,000	1.6	71	69	73	7.6	2.8
Cook Islands	18,000	-0.9	72	70	75	7.5	2.6
Viet Nam	83,123,000	1.5	71	69	74	7.5	2.3
El Salvador	6,762,000	2.0	71	68	74	7.5	2.8
Niue	1,000	-2.1	71	68	74	7.5	2.8
Tuvalu	10,000	0.6	61	61	62	7.5	3.7
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	26,282,000	2.0	75	72	78	7.4	2.7
Colombia	44,915,000	1.7	73	68	77	7.4	2.6
Myanmar	50,004,000	1.3	59	56	63	7.4	2.3
Lesotho	1,798,000	0.7	41	39	44	7.4	3.5
Guyana	750,000	0.3	63	62	64	7.3	2.2
Egypt	72,642,000	1.9	68	66	70	7.1	3.2
Bhutan	2,116,000	2.2	63	62	65	6.9	4.2
Malaysia	24,894,000	2.3	72	69	74	6.8	2.8
Morocco	31,020,000	1.6	71	69	73	6.8	2.7
Bolivia	9,009,000	2.1	65	63	66	6.7	3.8
South Africa	47,208,000	1.4	48	47	49	6.6	2.8
Palau	20,000	1.6	68	67	70	6.5	1.4
Samoa	184,000	1.0	68	66	70	6.5	4.3
Kiribati	97,000	2.2	65	63	67	6.5	4.1
Nauru	13,000	2.5	61	58	65	6.5	3.8
Marshall Islands	60,000	1.7	62	60	64	6.5	4.4
Algeria	32,358,000	1.6	71	69	72	6.4	2.5
Iran, Islamic Republic of	68,803,000	1.2	70	68	72	6.4	2.1
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	5,740,000	2.0	72	70	75	6.3	2.9
Uzbekistan	26,209,000	1.5	66	63	69	6.3	2.7
Turkmenistan	4,766,000	1.5	60	56	65	6.3	2.7
Fiji	841,000	1.0	69	66	71	6.2	2.9
Gabon	1,362,000	2.3	57	55	59	6.2	3.9
Guatemala	12,295,000	2.3	68	65	71	6.1	4.5
Dominican Republic	8,768,000	1.5	67	64	70	6.1	2.7
Central African Republic	3,986,000	1.8	41	40	41	6.1	4.9
Philippines	81,617,000	2.0	68	65	72	6.0	3.1
Haiti	8,407,000	1.4	55	53	56	6.0	3.9
Equatorial Guinea	492,000	2.4	43	42	44	6.0	5.9
Belize	264,000	2.4	68	65	72	5.9	3.1
Gambia	1,478,000	3.2	57	55	59	5.9	4.6
Pakistan	154,794,000	2.3	62	62	63	5.8	4.1
Sao Tome and Principe	153,000	2.0	59	57	60	5.8	3.9
Cape Verde	495,000	2.4	70	67	71	5.7	3.6
Mongolia	2,614,000	1.0	65	61	69	5.7	2.4
Nepal	26,591,000	2.3	61	61	61	5.7	3.6
Paraguay	6,017,000	2.5	72	70	74	5.6	3.8
Bangladesh	139,215,000	2.0	62	62	63	5.6	3.2
Sudan	35,523,000	2.2	58	56	60	5.6	4.3
Ghana	21,664,000	2.3	57	56	58	5.6	4.2
Guinea	9,202,000	2.4	53	52	55	5.6	5.8
Cameroon	16,038,000	2.1	50	50	51	5.6	4.5
Honduras	7,048,000	2.6	67	65	70	5.5	3.6
Cambodia	13,798,000	2.2	54	51	58	5.5	4.0
Sierra Leone	5,336,000	2.6	39	37	40	5.5	6.5
Zimbabwe	12,936,000	1.1	36	37	34	5.4	3.4
Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,792,000	2.4	59	58	60	5.3	4.7
Mauritania	2,980,000	2.9	58	55	60	5.3	5.7
Swaziland	1,034,000	1.0	37	36	39	5.3	3.8
Tajikistan	6,430,000	1.2	63	62	64	5.2	3.7
Namibia	2,009,000	2.3	54	52	55	5.2	3.8
Côte d'Ivoire	17,872,000	2.2	44	41	47	5.2	4.9
Mozambique	19,424,000	2.4	45	44	46	5.2	5.4
Vanuatu	207,000	2.1	68	67	69	5.1	4.0
Maldives	321,000	2.8	67	66	68	5.1	4.1
Jordan	5,561,000	3.1	71	69	73	5.0	3.4
Timor—Leste	887,000	0.5	63	61	66	5.0	7.8
United Republic of Tanzania	37,627,000	2.3	48	47	49	5.0	4.9
Botswana	1,769,000	1.1	40	40	40	5.0	3.1
Micronesia, Federated States of	110,000	0.4	70	68	71	4.9	4.3
Nicaragua	5,376,000	2.1	69	67	71	4.8	3.2
Madagascar	18,113,000	3.0	57	55	59	4.8	5.3
Senegal	11,386,000	2.5	55	54	57	4.8	4.9
Togo	5,988,000	3.2	54	52	56	4.8	5.2
Guinea—Bissau	1,540,000	2.9	47	45	48	4.8	7.1
Nigeria	128,709,000	2.4	46	45	46	4.8	5.7
Syrian Arab Republic	18,582,000	2.6	72	70	74	4.7	3.3
Chad	9,448,000	3.3	46	45	48	4.7	6.7
Brunei Darussalam	366,000	2.4	77	76	78	4.6	2.4
Djibouti	779,000	2.7	56	54	57	4.6	4.9
Ethiopia	75,600,000	2.6	50	49	51	4.6	5.7
Malawi	12,608,000	2.4	41	41	41	4.6	6.0
Zambia	11,479,000	2.1	40	40	40	4.6	5.5
Saudi Arabia	23,950,000	2.8	71	68	74	4.5	3.9
Iraq	28,057,000	3.0	55	51	61	4.5	4.7
Congo	3,883,000	3.2	54	53	55	4.5	6.3
Afghanistan	28,574,000	3.9	42	42	42	4.4	7.4
Bahrain	716,000	2.4	74	73	75	4.3	2.4
Comoros	777,000	2.8	64	62	67	4.3	4.7
Benin	8,177,000	3.2	53	52	53	4.3	5.7
Burkina Faso	12,822,000	3.0	48	47	48	4.3	6.6
Mali	13,124,000	2.9	46	44	47	4.3	6.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo	55,853,000	2.5	44	42	47	4.3	6.7
Burundi	7,282,000	1.8	45	42	47	4.2	6.8
Somalia	7,964,000	2.3	44	43	45	4.2	6.3
Solomon Islands	466,000	2.8	68	66	70	4.1	4.2
Kenya	33,467,000	2.4	51	51	50	4.1	5.0
Oman	2,534,000	1.8	74	71	77	4.0	3.6
Angola	15,490,000	2.6	40	38	42	4.0	6.7
Eritrea	4,232,000	3.3	60	58	62	3.9	5.4
Papua New Guinea	5,772,000	2.4	60	58	61	3.9	3.9
Uganda	27,821,000	3.2	49	48	51	3.9	7.1
Rwanda	8,882,000	4.9	46	44	47	3.9	5.6
Yemen	20,329,000	3.4	59	57	61	3.7	6.0
Liberia	3,241,000	4.6	42	39	44	3.7	6.8
Niger	13,499,000	3.5	41	42	41	3.3	7.8
Kuwait	2,606,000	4.1	77	76	78	3.0	2.3
Qatar	777,000	4.2	76	76	75	2.6	2.9
United Arab Emirates	4,284,000	6.4	77	76	79	1.7	2.5

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