Population, Midyear 2022: 338,289,857
Population Density (Number of Persons per Square Kilometer): 36.98
Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022: 78.20
Projected Population, Midyear 2030: 352,162,301
Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2022: 17.13%
Projected Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2030: 20.53%
Projected Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2050: 23.63%
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2023). Data Portal, custom data acquired via website. United Nations: New York. Accessed 12 May 2023.
Life expectancy at birth, 2021: 76.4 years
Share of the population aged 65 and over, 2021: 16.8%
Share of the population aged 65 and over, 2050: 22.0%
Share of the population aged 80 and over, 2021: 3.7%
Share of the population aged 80 and over, 2050: 8.2%
Adults aged 65 and over rating their own health as good or very good, 2021: 77%
Share of adults aged 65 and over receiving long-term care, 2020: 1.7%
(Note: This only includes recipients of long-term care in institutions.)
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1,000 population, 2021: 15.5
Estimated prevalence of dementia per 1,000 population, 2040: 23.3
Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.
Population, 2021: 336,998,000
Annual Population Growth Rate, 2020-2030 (%): 0.4%
Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021: 77
Share of Urban Population, 2021: 83%
Annual Growth Rate of Urban Population, 2020-2030 (%): 0.7%
Source: United Nations Children’s Fund, The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every child, vaccination, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, Florence, April 2023.
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