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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955

1955, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 17.5601; Niger is lowest, at 0.8498. The middle country reads 4.1270. Against 1954, 222 values changed (106 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1955

HighestMonaco

17.5601

LowestNiger

0.8498

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, 1955, 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, 1955: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe17.5601
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe15.2484
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.4950
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.4187
AustriaAUTWestern Europe11.4100
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.2948
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.9441
SwedenSWENorthern Europe10.9166
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.7881
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.3876
GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.3091
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.2924
AndorraANDSouthern Europe10.2911
NorwayNORNorthern Europe10.1662
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.1561
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9.7838
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe9.7609
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand9.0726
ItalyITASouthern Europe8.8104
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.6426
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa8.5009
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean8.4167
United StatesUSANorthern America8.4113
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.3931
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8.3864

02In 1955

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco17.5601
  2. Isle of Man15.2484
  3. Belgium11.4950
  4. France11.4187
  5. Austria11.4100

Lowest

  1. Niger0.8498
  2. Papua New Guinea1.1049
  3. Guam1.3515
  4. Greenland1.8050
  5. Mauritania1.8996

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.1270. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031954 → 1955

Since 1954

What changed between 1954 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 106 · 116rose · 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 1955.

  • 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 (1955). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955 [data set], describing 1955. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1955

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955?

Monaco, at 17.5601, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955 describe?

1955.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1955?

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, 1955 the newest?

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

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