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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957

1957, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18.0657; Niger is lowest, at 0.9366. The middle country reads 4.0573. Against 1956, 222 values changed (97 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1957

HighestMonaco

18.0657

LowestNiger

0.9366

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, 1957, 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, 1957: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18.0657
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.0553
AustriaAUTWestern Europe11.7216
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.6478
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.4620
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.3925
SwedenSWENorthern Europe11.2179
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.0741
GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.8317
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.5847
NorwayNORNorthern Europe10.4836
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.4757
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.4739
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe10.0985
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.0864
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9.8993
ItalyITASouthern Europe9.0426
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8.9465
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.8658
AndorraANDSouthern Europe8.7709
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8.6027
United StatesUSANorthern America8.5523
HungaryHUNEastern Europe8.5117
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.4787
UruguayURYSouth America8.1546

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18.0657
  2. Isle of Man16.0553
  3. Austria11.7216
  4. Belgium11.6478
  5. United Kingdom11.4620

Lowest

  1. Niger0.9366
  2. Papua New Guinea1.1090
  3. Guam1.4505
  4. Greenland1.8965
  5. Mauritania2.0689

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.0573. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 97 · 125rose · 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 1957.

  • 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 (1957). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1957

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957?

Monaco, at 18.0657, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957 describe?

1957.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1957?

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, 1957 the newest?

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

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