Table 3. Elderly population growth estimates and projections in OECD countries 1 Population aged 65 and over 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 United States 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.0 1.2 3.0 2.7 0.7 0.3 Japan 2.7 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.9 2.4 1.7 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 Germany 2.3 2.4 1.4 -0.3 1.3 1.9 0.7 1.7 0.6 -0.6 France 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.5 1.7 0.7 2.1 1.4 0.8 -0.1 Italy 1.9 2.3 2.4 1.6 1.8 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.9 -0.9 United Kingdom 1.2 1.6 1.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 1.6 1.5 0.6 -0.3 Canada 2.5 2.2 3.3 3.0 2.5 2.0 3.2 2.8 0.9 0.4 Australia 2.7 1.9 2.9 3.0 1.9 1.9 3.1 2.4 1.4 0.6 Austria 1.7 2.2 1.0 -0.1 0.4 1.3 1.4 2.3 1.1 -0.3 Belgium 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.5 1.7 1.7 0.4 -0.5 Czech Republic 1.3 3.6 1.4 -0.6 0.8 1.2 2.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 Denmark 2.2 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.0 1.2 1.8 1.0 0.5 -0.8 Finland 1.8 2.8 3.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 2.9 1.2 -0.2 -0.3 Greece 2.9 3.6 2.6 1.0 3.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.2 Hungary 2.8 2.8 1.9 -0.4 0.6 0.4 1.5 0.1 0.8 0.8 Iceland 2.4 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.4 3.0 2.8 1.3 0.6 Ireland 0.0 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 1.5 2.8 2.2 1.4 1.7 Korea 3.0 2.4 3.3 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.2 4.2 2.3 0.5 Luxembourg 1.6 2.3 1.5 0.4 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.9 0.9 -0.1 Mexico 3.3 2.4 1.7 2.5 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.9 2.4 Netherlands 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.3 1.5 2.7 2.0 0.8 -0.8 New Zealand 1.8 1.6 2.6 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.9 2.6 1.3 0.6 Norway 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.4 0.0 0.8 2.4 1.6 1.0 -0.4 Poland 2.8 4.6 3.0 0.6 1.9 0.6 3.0 1.7 0.4 1.4 Portugal 1.8 1.7 2.1 2.8 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.5 0.4 Spain 2.0 2.8 2.0 3.1 2.2 0.7 1.0 1.7 1.6 0.1 Sweden 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.2 0.2 1.3 1.8 0.9 0.4 -0.4 Switzerland 1.8 2.7 2.2 1.1 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.3 0.9 -0.6 Turkey 3.6 4.8 3.1 1.4 4.9 2.6 3.5 4.0 3.4 2.6 OECD Total 2.2 2.4 2.2 1.6 1.8 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.4 Memorandum item: Total population aged 65 and over, in millions OECD Total 66.2 83.6 103.6 121.5 145.8 170.2 211.2 256.5 286.9 298.1 1. Average annual percent change over 10 years to date shown. Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision.