Country

% of total population under 15, 2005 

% of the population aged 60 and over, 2005 

Sex ratio (men / 100 women)
aged 60+, 2005

M

W

Afghanistan

47

4

5

98

Albania

27

11

13

87

Algeria

30

6

7

85

American Samoa

39

a b

5

a c

6

a c

81

a c

Andorra

16

d

14

d

15

d

106

d

Angola

46

4

4

81

Antigua and Barbuda

28

e

9

e

12

e

73

e

Argentina

26

12

16

72

Armenia

21

13

16

68

Aruba

22

f

11

f

13

f

76

f

Australia

20

16

19

85

Austria

16

20

26

73

Azerbaijan

26

8

10

72

Bahamas

28

9

10

80

Bahrain

27

4

5

101

Bangladesh

35

5

6

94

Barbados

19

10

16

62

Belarus

15

14

23

54

Belgium

17

20

25

75

Belize

37

6

6

101

Benin

44

4

5

75

Bermuda

19

b

13

b

17

b

74

b

Bhutan

38

7

7

92

Bolivia

38

6

7

83

Bosnia and Herzegovina

17

17

21

74

Botswana

38

4

6

67

Brazil

28

8

10

81

Brunei Darussalam

30

5

4

119

Bulgaria

14

20

25

74

Burkina Faso

47

4

5

87

Burundi

45

3

5

64

Cambodia

37

4

7

57

Cameroon

41

5

6

85

Canada

18

16

20

81

Cape Verde

40

4

7

54

Central African Republic

43

5

7

74

Chad

47

4

5

82

Channel Islands

16

18

21

83

Chile

25

10

13

77

China  1

21

10

12

92

   China, Hong Kong SAR

14

16

15

91

   China, Macao SAR

16

10

11

87

Comoros

42

4

5

83

Congo

47

4

5

80

Cook Islands

30

i

8

e

8

e

107

e

Costa Rica

28

8

9

90

Cote d'Ivoire

42

5

5

110

Croatia

16

18

25

68

Cuba

19

14

16

91

Cyprus

20

16

18

84

Czech Republic

15

17

23

70

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

25

10

13

78

Democratic Republic of the Congo

47

4

5

78

Denmark

19

19

23

80

Djibouti

41

4

5

84

Dominica

33

j

12

j

14

j

88

j

Dominican Republic

33

6

6

97

Ecuador

32

8

9

90

Egypt

34

7

8

85

El Salvador

34

7

8

80

Equatorial Guinea

44

5

6

82

Eritrea

45

3

5

68

Estonia

15

16

26

54

Ethiopia

45

4

5

86

Fiji

32

6

7

85

Finland

17

18

24

73

France

18

19

24

75

French Guiana

34

6

7

102

French Polynesia

28

8

8

99

Gabon

40

6

7

86

Gambia

40

6

6

88

Georgia

19

15

20

67

Germany

14

22

28

74

Ghana

39

5

6

92

Greece

14

21

25

81

Guadeloupe

25

13

15

78

Guam

30

8

10

91

Guatemala

43

6

6

91

Guinea

44

5

6

90

Guinea-Bissau

48

4

5

84

Guyana

29

6

8

73

Haiti

38

5

7

80

Honduras

39

5

6

87

Hungary

16

17

25

62

Iceland

22

15

17

86

India

32

7

9

91

Indonesia

28

8

9

82

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

29

6

7

97

Iraq

41

4

5

88

Ireland

20

14

16

84

Israel

28

12

15

77

Italy

14

23

28

75

Jamaica

31

10

11

90

Japan

14

24

29

78

Jordan

37

5

5

105

Kazakhstan

23

9

14

60

Kenya

43

4

4

87

Kiribati

..

..

 c

6

 c

..

Kuwait

24

3

3

143

Kyrgyzstan

31

6

9

68

Lao People's Democratic Republic

41

5

6

84

Latvia

15

17

27

51

Lebanon

29

10

11

86

Lesotho

39

7

8

72

Liberia

47

3

4

83

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

30

7

6

117

Lithuania

17

16

25

57

Luxembourg

19

16

21

74

Madagascar

44

4

5

86

Malawi

47

4

5

88

Malaysia

32

7

7

91

Maldives

41

5

5

113

Mali

48

4

5

76

Malta

18

16

21

77

Marshall Islands

42

i 

3

 i

3

 i

99

 i

Martinique

22

15

18

75

Mauritania

43

5

6

83

Mauritius

25

8

11

75

Mexico

31

7

8

85

Micronesia (Federated States of)

39

4

5

81

Monaco

13

b

20

b k

25

b k

74

b k

Mongolia

30

5

6

83

Morocco

31

6

8

76

Mozambique

44

5

6

75

Myanmar

29

7

8

87

Namibia

42

5

6

81

Nauru

42

l

3

l

2

l

155

l

Nepal

39

5

6

77

Netherlands

18

17

21

79

Netherlands Antilles

23

13

15

75

New Caledonia

28

9

10

97

New Zealand

21

16

18

85

Nicaragua

39

4

5

83

Niger

49

3

4

83

Nigeria

44

4

5

86

Norway

20

18

22