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Reading no. 2024/275

PopulationObserved dataAnnual fixture: International Day of Older Persons

Share of people aged 65 and over in the population, Pacific

17.1%

Pacific

AustraliaNew ZealandGuamNew CaledoniaPalauFrench PolynesiaTongaFiji

Share of inhabitants aged 65 and over, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Australia17.1
  2. New Zealand16.4
  3. Guam11.6
  4. New Caledonia10.8
  5. Palau10.4
  6. French Polynesia10.2
  7. Tonga6.5
  8. Fiji6.2
  9. Tuvalu5.9
  10. Samoa5.6

The first territory of the ranking, Australia, has 17.1% of inhabitants aged 65 and over.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2018 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2026/274 · 1 Oct18.1%Share of population aged 65 and over, Pacific2025/274 · 1 Oct17.4%Share of people aged 65 and over in the population, Pacific2026/081 · 22 Mar100.0%Access to a basic drinking water service in the Pacific2025/081 · 22 Mar100.0%Access to a basic drinking water service in the Pacific

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