Global life expectancy is on the rise, meaning a greater percentage of the population than ever before is made up of the elderly . But not every country has experienced this elder boom equally. The World Bank Group gathered data in 2024 on the percentages of populations aged 65 or older in different countries. The data overwhelmingly indicated that European countries have the most elders in their populations per capita. Japan was the only non-European entry in the top 25 countries. In the United States, which came 39th in the data, 18% of the population is 65 and older. While this outpaces the global population's percentage of 10%, it is significantly lower than the countries with the highest percentages. A 2025 study by Brown University also found that Europeans are more likely to live longer than Americans, regardless of wealth level.…