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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951

1951, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 15.8619; Niger is lowest, at 0.8825. The middle country reads 4.3072. Against 1950, 222 values changed (96 up, 126 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1951

HighestMonaco

15.8619

LowestNiger

0.8825

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, 1951, 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, 1951: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe15.8619
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.0005
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.4017
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean11.2685
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.1274
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.9101
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.8095
AustriaAUTWestern Europe10.6318
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.4563
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa10.4245
AndorraANDSouthern Europe10.4236
SwedenSWENorthern Europe10.3048
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.2443
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.1535
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe9.8529
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.6690
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9.5719
GermanyDEUWestern Europe9.2781
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.1866
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand9.1210
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia8.6911
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.3649
UruguayURYSouth America8.2182
ItalyITASouthern Europe8.2122
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.1544

02In 1951

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco15.8619
  2. Isle of Man14.0005
  3. France11.4017
  4. Sint Maarten11.2685
  5. Belgium11.1274

Lowest

  1. Niger0.8825
  2. Papua New Guinea1.0988
  3. Guam1.1852
  4. Mauritania1.5392
  5. Indonesia1.8187

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.3072. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031950 → 1951

Since 1950

What changed between 1950 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 96 · 126rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1951.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The 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 (1951). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951 [data set], describing 1951. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1951

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951?

Monaco, at 15.8619, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951 describe?

1951.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1951?

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, 1951 the newest?

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

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