Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 60-64, total by country

Population in thousands, age 60-64, total is the total population of 60-64 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

141

Highest

56,704

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

344

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 60-64, total is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 56,704 in China; the lowest is 3 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 344, and the mean is 1,622.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,901.

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 140.0%), and the largest decrease in Kazakhstan (down 35.9%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 60-64, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	56,704	2010	up 36.8%	rising
2	India	33,839	2010	up 27.5%	rising
3	United States	16,494	2010	up 51.1%	rising
4	Japan	9,993	2010	up 29.9%	rising
5	Russia	7,375	2010	down 16.3%	rising
6	Indonesia	6,757	2010	up 14.1%	rising
7	Brazil	6,342	2010	up 37.9%	rising
8	Germany	4,316	2010	down 23.9%	rising
9	France	4,000	2010	up 49.4%	rising
10	United Kingdom	3,838	2010	up 35.3%	rising
11	Italy	3,798	2010	up 9.7%	rising
12	Pakistan	3,647	2010	up 27.6%	rising
13	Bangladesh	3,322	2010	up 31.1%	rising
14	Mexico	3,141	2010	up 44.1%	rising
15	Thailand	2,697	2010	up 32.1%	volatile
16	Spain	2,302	2010	up 27.0%	rising
17	Turkey	2,299	2010	up 31.4%	rising
18	Ukraine	2,280	2010	down 31.5%	rising
19	South Korea	2,257	2010	up 18.2%	volatile
20	Poland	2,245	2010	up 31.0%	rising
21	Egypt	2,239	2010	up 39.2%	rising
22	Philippines	2,132	2010	up 39.6%	rising
23	Canada	1,979	2010	up 57.6%	rising
23	Vietnam	1,979	2010	up 19.0%	rising
25	Iran	1,766	2010	up 38.7%	rising
26	Argentina	1,627	2010	up 21.3%	rising
27	Myanmar	1,605	2010	up 51.0%	rising
28	Colombia	1,452	2010	up 60.6%	rising
29	South Africa	1,366	2010	up 35.1%	rising
30	Australia	1,197	2010	up 55.3%	rising
31	Romania	1,154	2010	down 6.5%	rising
32	Netherlands	1,097	2010	up 49.7%	rising
33	Democratic Republic of Congo	1,017	2010	up 24.6%	rising
34	Venezuela	885	2010	up 66.0%	volatile
35	Sudan	874	2010	up 36.1%	rising
36	Sri Lanka	847	2010	up 40.0%	rising
37	Malaysia	837	2010	up 50.5%	volatile
38	Morocco	830	2010	up 21.5%	rising
39	Peru	823	2010	up 33.2%	rising
40	Tanzania	815	2010	up 30.4%	rising
41	Algeria	794	2010	up 25.4%	rising
42	Czechia	739	2010	up 58.9%	rising
43	Chile	672	2010	up 44.5%	rising
44	Nepal	656	2010	up 32.5%	rising
45	Greece	653	2010	up 1.7%	rising
46	Belgium	645	2010	up 23.1%	rising
47	Portugal	625	2010	up 14.7%	rising
48	Sweden	615	2010	up 40.7%	rising
49	Hungary	611	2010	up 17.3%	rising
50	Afghanistan	596	2010	up 43.3%	rising
51	Kenya	584	2010	up 37.7%	rising
52	Serbia	577	2010	up 5.1%	rising
53	Cuba	560	2010	up 25.0%	rising
54	Ghana	528	2010	up 38.6%	rising
55	Iraq	515	2010	up 26.5%	rising
56	Bulgaria	509	2010	up 13.4%	rising
57	Austria	470	2010	up 10.8%	rising
58	Switzerland	457	2010	up 29.8%	rising
59	Saudi Arabia	449	2010	up 30.5%	volatile
60	Uganda	438	2010	up 36.4%	rising
61	Kazakhstan	436	2010	down 35.9%	rising
62	Finland	403	2010	up 56.2%	rising
63	Mozambique	401	2010	up 21.9%	rising
64	Cote d'Ivoire	395	2010	up 23.4%	volatile
65	Hong Kong	394	2010	up 55.7%	rising
66	Ecuador	386	2010	up 36.9%	rising
67	Denmark	368	2010	up 39.9%	rising
67	Syria	368	2010	up 40.5%	rising
69	Cambodia	365	2010	up 58.7%	rising
70	Cameroon	346	2010	up 19.7%	rising
71	Yemen	344	2010	up 45.1%	rising
72	Israel	323	2010	up 60.7%	rising
73	Tunisia	295	2010	up 14.8%	rising
74	Slovakia	294	2010	up 34.9%	rising
75	Norway	293	2010	up 57.5%	rising
76	Guatemala	289	2010	up 37.0%	rising
77	Croatia	283	2010	up 2.5%	rising
78	Dominican Republic	267	2010	up 30.2%	volatile
79	Singapore	266	2010	up 95.6%	volatile
80	Malawi	246	2010	up 28.1%	rising
81	Bolivia	241	2010	up 33.1%	rising
82	Senegal	231	2010	up 33.5%	rising
83	New Zealand	229	2010	up 48.7%	rising
84	Zimbabwe	224	2010	up 7.2%	rising
86	Mali	215	2010	up 12.6%	rising
87	Niger	214	2010	up 36.3%	rising
88	Zambia	203	2010	up 16.0%	rising
89	El Salvador	189	2010	up 36.0%	rising
90	Haiti	185	2010	up 17.1%	rising
91	Libya	174	2010	up 54.0%	volatile
92	Moldova	173	2010	down 6.5%	rising
93	Benin	169	2010	up 47.0%	rising
94	Lithuania	155	2010	down 16.2%	rising
95	Uruguay	154	2010	up 8.5%	rising
96	Rwanda	151	2010	up 30.2%	rising
97	Honduras	146	2010	up 31.5%	rising
98	Costa Rica	139	2010	up 56.2%	rising
99	Paraguay	134	2010	up 32.7%	rising
100	Burundi	131	2010	up 35.1%	rising
101	Laos	129	2010	up 15.2%	rising
102	Kyrgyzstan	128	2010	down 6.6%	rising
102	Sierra Leone	128	2010	up 30.6%	rising
104	Albania	127	2010	up 14.4%	rising
105	Slovenia	122	2010	up 17.3%	rising
105	Togo	122	2010	up 32.6%	rising
107	Latvia	120	2010	down 17.2%	rising
108	Jordan	117	2010	up 31.5%	volatile
109	Papua New Guinea	113	2010	up 28.4%	rising
110	Panama	107	2010	up 48.6%	rising
111	Armenia	106	2010	down 32.9%	rising
112	Nicaragua	105	2010	up 36.4%	rising
113	Tajikistan	101	2010	down 16.5%	rising
114	Central African Republic	83	2010	up 6.4%	rising
115	Jamaica	76	2010	up 26.7%	rising
116	Estonia	74	2010	down 10.8%	rising
117	Congo	72	2010	up 26.3%	rising
118	Mauritania	66	2010	up 26.9%	rising
119	Liberia	54	2010	up 22.7%	rising
119	Trinidad and Tobago	54	2010	up 42.1%	rising
121	Kuwait	51	2010	up 82.1%	volatile
121	Mongolia	51	2010	up 13.3%	rising
123	Mauritius	49	2010	up 48.5%	rising
124	Cyprus	45	2010	up 40.6%	rising
125	Lesotho	42	2010	up 2.4%	rising
125	Namibia	42	2010	up 31.2%	rising
127	Gambia	39	2010	up 34.5%	volatile
128	Botswana	38	2010	up 31.0%	rising
129	United Arab Emirates	35	2010	up 40.0%	volatile
130	Gabon	30	2010	up 30.4%	rising
132	Fiji	26	2010	up 44.4%	rising
134	Macao	24	2010	up 140.0%	volatile
135	Guyana	21	2010	up 40.0%	rising
135	Eswatini	21	2010	up 16.7%	rising
137	Bahrain	20	2010	up 122.2%	volatile
138	Iceland	15	2010	up 50.0%	rising
139	Barbados	13	2010	up 62.5%	rising
140	Qatar	12	2010	up 71.4%	volatile
141	Brunei	10	2010	up 100.0%	volatile
142	Belize	6	2010	up 50.0%	rising
142	Maldives	6	2010	up 20.0%	rising
144	Tonga	3	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 60-64, total
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population in thousands, age 60-64, total is the total population of 60-64 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.