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With 95.7K thousands in 2026, China leads the world in male population aged 65 years and over, followed by India (53.6K thousands) and United States of America (30.3K thousands). The top 5 is rounded off by Japan (16.3K thousands) and Brazil (11.2K thousands). Further down, Indonesia (9.8K thousands) and Germany (9K thousands) hold the next two spots. Russian Federation (9K thousands), Italy (6.7K thousands), and France (6.7K thousands) round out the top ten. At the extremes, China is 14× as high as France (6.7K thousands). Four of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, Indonesia saw the largest year-over-year change at +4.6%.
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