evidence: Share of those aged 80+ almost doubled between 2002 and 2022 Over the period 2002-2022, the share of persons aged 65 and over increased in all Member States. At EU level, the increase was 5 percentage points (pp), from 16% to 21%. The highest increase was in Finland (8 pp) and the lowest in Luxembourg (1 pp). In 2022, Italy and Portugal (both 24%) and Finland and Greece (both 23%) had the highest shares, while Ireland and Luxembourg (both 15%) had the lowest. [...] Looking at the Member States, the pattern mentioned above is more visible. In all Member States, except Poland and Slovakia, the share of the working age population was higher in urban regions than in rural regions. The differences were highest in Denmark (64% in urban regions and 55% in rural regions), Finland (60% and 53%) and Sweden (59% and 53%). The shares of people aged 65 to 79 living in rural areas were highest in the Netherlands (20%), Portugal and Finland (both 19%). What is also interesting to note is the share of the population in urban and rural regions for those aged 80 and over in Spain: this age group represented 10% in rural regions (the highest share in all Member States) and 6% in urban regions.