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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 19.4192; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.1106. The middle country reads 3.9523. Against 1960, 222 values changed (119 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1961

HighestMonaco

19.4192

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.1106

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe19.4192
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.0409
AustriaAUTWestern Europe12.4114
BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.1249
SwedenSWENorthern Europe11.9430
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.7591
GermanyDEUWestern Europe11.6846
FranceFRAWestern Europe11.5978
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.2696
NorwayNORNorthern Europe11.2365
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe10.7777
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.7730
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe10.7527
LatviaLVANorthern Europe10.6597
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe10.2786
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe9.9535
ItalyITASouthern Europe9.6551
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe9.6368
HungaryHUNEastern Europe9.2656
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe9.1441
United StatesUSANorthern America8.9322
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand8.5913
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.5286
MontserratMSRCaribbean8.4974
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe8.4928

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco19.4192
  2. Isle of Man18.0409
  3. Austria12.4114
  4. Belgium12.1249
  5. Sweden11.9430

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.1106
  2. Niger1.1771
  3. Guam1.5468
  4. Greenland2.0858
  5. Uganda2.1029

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.9523. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 119 · 103rose · 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 1961.

  • 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 (1961). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1961

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961?

Monaco, at 19.4192, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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