Population aged 65 and over in North America

34 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
25.3 %
Puerto Rico
Median country
12.2 %
half above, half below
World
10.4 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
4.5 to 25.3
Honduras - Puerto Rico

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Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Puerto Rico (25.3 %) and the lowest in Honduras (4.5 %).

The median country is at 12.2 %: half are above, half below.

Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division · via World Bank WDI (SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS) · licence

Aged 65+ over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Puerto Rico25.3
2United States Virgin Islands23.1
3Bermuda22.6
4Canada20.3
5Saint-Martin19.7
6United States18.4
7Aruba17.8
8Curaçao17.3
9Barbados17.1
10Cuba17.0
11Sint Maarten14.5
12Dominica13.2
13Trinidad and Tobago12.9
14Costa Rica12.8
15Grenada12.6
16Antigua and Barbuda12.3
17Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.3
18Bahamas12.1
19Saint Kitts and Nevis11.7
20Turks and Caicos Islands11.7
21Greenland11.5
22British Virgin Islands10.1
23Saint Lucia10.0
24Panama9.7
25Cayman Islands9.5
26Jamaica8.6
27Mexico8.5
28El Salvador8.3
29Dominican Republic8.2
30Nicaragua5.7
31Belize5.2
32Guatemala5.0
33Haiti4.8
34Honduras4.5
World Bank, WDI · SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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