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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15.6009; Niger is lowest, at 0.9137. The middle country reads 4.3284.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1950

HighestMonaco

15.6009

LowestNiger

0.9137

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15.6009
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe13.8341
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean11.8966
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.3843
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.0259
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.9608
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa10.9197
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.8249
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.5627
AustriaAUTWestern Europe10.4159
SwedenSWENorthern Europe10.1848
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.1255
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.1171
AndorraANDSouthern Europe9.9900
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe9.7193
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.5657
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9.4945
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand9.0738
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.0306
GermanyDEUWestern Europe8.9810
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia8.8327
NauruNRUMicronesia8.7173
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean8.6414
PalauPLWMicronesia8.3551
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.2929

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15.6009
  2. Isle of Man13.8341
  3. Sint Maarten11.8966
  4. France11.3843
  5. Belgium11.0259

Lowest

  1. Niger0.9137
  2. Papua New Guinea1.0958
  3. Guam1.1501
  4. Mauritania1.4461
  5. Indonesia1.7475

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.3284. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1950

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06Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950?

Monaco, at 15.6009, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Aged 65 and Over, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023.

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