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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958

1958, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 18.27929; Niger is lowest, at 0.99685. The middle country reads 4.05764. Against 1957, 222 values changed (107 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1958

HighestMonaco

18.27929

LowestNiger

0.99685

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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe18.27929
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.51559
AustriaAUTWestern Europe11.87756
BelgiumBELWestern Europe11.74848
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.54935
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.41465
SwedenSWENorthern Europe11.36931
GermanyDEUWestern Europe11.13397
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.10044
NorwayNORNorthern Europe10.64878
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.57159
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.53215
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe10.40641
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.36653
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe10.25158
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe9.99878
ItalyITASouthern Europe9.19163
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe8.99225
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8.85101
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe8.72465
HungaryHUNEastern Europe8.68614
United StatesUSANorthern America8.62328
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.51723
UruguayURYSouth America8.15743
AndorraANDSouthern Europe8.11900

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco18.27929
  2. Isle of Man16.51559
  3. Austria11.87756
  4. Belgium11.74848
  5. United Kingdom11.54935

Lowest

  1. Niger0.99685
  2. Papua New Guinea1.11103
  3. Guam1.49202
  4. Greenland1.93951
  5. Uganda2.06818

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.05764. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 107 · 115rose · 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 1958.

  • 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 (1958). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1958

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958?

Monaco, at 18.27929, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1958?

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, 1958 the newest?

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

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