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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 16.9917; Niger is lowest, at 0.8309. The middle country reads 4.1500. Against 1953, 222 values changed (103 up, 119 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1954

HighestMonaco

16.9917

LowestNiger

0.8309

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, 1954, 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, 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe16.9917
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.9284
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.4176
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.4151
AustriaAUTWestern Europe11.2516
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.2198
AndorraANDSouthern Europe11.1835
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.9011
SwedenSWENorthern Europe10.7720
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.7131
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.3418
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.2153
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.1888
GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.0796
NorwayNORNorthern Europe10.0548
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9.7429
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.6117
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand9.1033
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa8.9830
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean8.8580
ItalyITASouthern Europe8.6407
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.5695
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.3317
United StatesUSANorthern America8.3281
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8.2775

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco16.9917
  2. Isle of Man14.9284
  3. Belgium11.4176
  4. France11.4151
  5. Austria11.2516

Lowest

  1. Niger0.8309
  2. Papua New Guinea1.1036
  3. Guam1.3055
  4. Mauritania1.8119
  5. Greenland1.8610

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.1500. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 103 · 119rose · 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 1954.

  • 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 (1954). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1954

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954?

Monaco, at 16.9917, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1954?

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, 1954 the newest?

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

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