Data for 1964
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964
1964, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20.4196; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.0700. The middle country reads 3.9770. Against 1963, 222 values changed (131 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1964
HighestMonaco
20.4196LowestPapua New Guinea
1.0700Shaded 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, 1964, 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
MCOWestern Europe | 20.4196 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 18.5642 |
AUTWestern Europe | 12.9720 |
BELWestern Europe | 12.5120 |
SWENorthern Europe | 12.5017 |
DEUWestern Europe | 12.2933 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 12.0565 |
FRAWestern Europe | 11.9418 |
NORNorthern Europe | 11.7784 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 11.2497 |
LUXWestern Europe | 11.2001 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 11.1653 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 10.9363 |
LVANorthern Europe | 10.8405 |
CZEEastern Europe | 10.3864 |
CHEWestern Europe | 10.3615 |
HUNEastern Europe | 10.0583 |
ITASouthern Europe | 10.0036 |
NLDWestern Europe | 9.4694 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 9.4392 |
USANorthern America | 9.1422 |
MSRCaribbean | 8.7978 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 8.6497 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 8.5807 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 8.5460 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 8.5333 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 8.3684 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 8.3577 |
URYSouth America | 8.3530 |
FRONorthern Europe | 8.3102 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 8.2897 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 8.1679 |
BGREastern Europe | 8.1038 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 7.8746 |
LIEWestern Europe | 7.8619 |
FINNorthern Europe | 7.8540 |
GABMiddle Africa | 7.8105 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 7.7878 |
UKREastern Europe | 7.7803 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 7.7520 |
SVKEastern Europe | 7.6862 |
CANNorthern America | 7.6380 |
BLREastern Europe | 7.5835 |
ROUEastern Europe | 7.5307 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 7.1638 |
AIACaribbean | 7.0944 |
GEOWestern Asia | 7.0119 |
CYPWestern Asia | 6.6505 |
CYMCaribbean | 6.6383 |
POLEastern Europe | 6.5872 |
MNESouthern Europe | 6.4615 |
RUSEastern Europe | 6.4254 |
JPNEastern Asia | 6.1908 |
MNGEastern Asia | 6.1582 |
ARGSouth America | 5.8456 |
SYCEastern Africa | 5.7669 |
UZBCentral Asia | 5.7504 |
PRICaribbean | 5.7047 |
MHLMicronesia | 5.6668 |
SXMCaribbean | 5.6469 |
ISRWestern Asia | 5.5863 |
BENWestern Africa | 5.5759 |
KNACaribbean | 5.5403 |
DMACaribbean | 5.5283 |
BMUNorthern America | 5.5052 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 5.4682 |
KGZCentral Asia | 5.4665 |
MDAEastern Europe | 5.4263 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 5.3551 |
LBNWestern Asia | 5.3170 |
SURSouth America | 5.2292 |
TCACaribbean | 5.1525 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 5.0743 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 5.0110 |
VATSouthern Europe | 4.9919 |
VGBCaribbean | 4.8846 |
JAMCaribbean | 4.8226 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 4.8200 |
ARMWestern Asia | 4.8066 |
KAZCentral Asia | 4.7411 |
BRBCaribbean | 4.7229 |
NIUPolynesia | 4.6918 |
BOLSouth America | 4.6695 |
PLWMicronesia | 4.5958 |
ATGCaribbean | 4.5425 |
CPVWestern Africa | 4.5231 |
TKMCentral Asia | 4.4758 |
VIRCaribbean | 4.4158 |
CUWCaribbean | 4.4072 |
TURWestern Asia | 4.3987 |
CUBCaribbean | 4.3907 |
MACEastern Asia | 4.3715 |
SYRWestern Asia | 4.3711 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 4.3689 |
ECUSouth America | 4.3018 |
AZEWestern Asia | 4.2767 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 4.2747 |
KIRMicronesia | 4.2707 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 4.2691 |
TJKCentral Asia | 4.2647 |
BLZCentral America | 4.2312 |
GNBWestern Africa | 4.1486 |
GINWestern Africa | 4.1406 |
STPMiddle Africa | 4.0866 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 4.0342 |
LCACaribbean | 4.0086 |
TUVPolynesia | 4.0073 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 3.9977 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 3.9972 |
VCTCaribbean | 3.9894 |
SLEWestern Africa | 3.9880 |
PERSouth America | 3.9661 |
BWASouthern Africa | 3.9510 |
PRYSouth America | 3.9330 |
MAFCaribbean | 3.8537 |
LKASouthern Asia | 3.8530 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 3.8432 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 3.8294 |
IRQWestern Asia | 3.8160 |
DZANorthern Africa | 3.8149 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 3.7856 |
GRDCaribbean | 3.7623 |
COMEastern Africa | 3.7374 |
JORWestern Asia | 3.7340 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 3.7288 |
CHNEastern Asia | 3.6868 |
COGMiddle Africa | 3.6126 |
CHLSouth America | 3.6119 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 3.6095 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 3.6081 |
GUYSouth America | 3.5320 |
YEMWestern Asia | 3.5169 |
INDSouthern Asia | 3.5125 |
BHSCaribbean | 3.4873 |
PRKEastern Asia | 3.4508 |
PSEWestern Asia | 3.4365 |
HTICaribbean | 3.4227 |
OMNWestern Asia | 3.4077 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 3.3915 |
TTOCaribbean | 3.3884 |
NGAWestern Africa | 3.3811 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 3.3690 |
MDGEastern Africa | 3.3578 |
GHAWestern Africa | 3.3555 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 3.3375 |
PANCentral America | 3.3226 |
MUSEastern Africa | 3.3133 |
FSMMicronesia | 3.3000 |
NCLMelanesia | 3.2842 |
SOMEastern Africa | 3.2811 |
TGOWestern Africa | 3.2684 |
KOREastern Asia | 3.2613 |
SLVCentral America | 3.2437 |
BDIEastern Africa | 3.2078 |
VUTMelanesia | 3.2048 |
HNDCentral America | 3.1936 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 3.1352 |
SAUWestern Asia | 3.1315 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 3.1272 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 3.0924 |
TONPolynesia | 3.0889 |
RWAEastern Africa | 3.0826 |
CRICentral America | 3.0726 |
COKPolynesia | 3.0292 |
ABWCaribbean | 3.0216 |
MOZEastern Africa | 3.0201 |
SLBMelanesia | 2.9964 |
MWIEastern Africa | 2.9519 |
MARNorthern Africa | 2.9472 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 2.9219 |
CODMiddle Africa | 2.9217 |
QATWestern Asia | 2.9112 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 2.9095 |
NRUMicronesia | 2.9014 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 2.8874 |
LBRWestern Africa | 2.8761 |
FJIMelanesia | 2.8688 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 2.8634 |
MNPMicronesia | 2.8613 |
BFAWestern Africa | 2.8374 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 2.8172 |
COLSouth America | 2.8025 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 2.7759 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 2.7738 |
MLIWestern Africa | 2.7589 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 2.7578 |
WSMPolynesia | 2.7531 |
SENWestern Africa | 2.7377 |
ETHEastern Africa | 2.7353 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.7317 |
GMBWestern Africa | 2.7206 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.7104 |
SSDEastern Africa | 2.6934 |
ERIEastern Africa | 2.6877 |
KENEastern Africa | 2.6820 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 2.6780 |
BRASouth America | 2.6719 |
MEXCentral America | 2.6667 |
DOMCaribbean | 2.6370 |
BHRWestern Asia | 2.6099 |
MRTWestern Africa | 2.5629 |
NICCentral America | 2.5397 |
PYFPolynesia | 2.5209 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 2.5207 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.4857 |
HKGEastern Asia | 2.4605 |
TZAEastern Africa | 2.4566 |
CIVWestern Africa | 2.4543 |
DJIEastern Africa | 2.4540 |
ASMPolynesia | 2.4478 |
TWNEastern Asia | 2.4278 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 2.4005 |
VENSouth America | 2.3433 |
GTMCentral America | 2.2489 |
GRLNorthern America | 2.2279 |
UGAEastern Africa | 2.2271 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.1383 |
KWTWestern Asia | 2.0121 |
AREWestern Asia | 1.9569 |
GUMMicronesia | 1.5433 |
NERWestern Africa | 1.3386 |
PNGMelanesia | 1.0700 |
02In 1964
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Monaco20.4196
Isle of Man18.5642
Austria12.9720
Belgium12.5120
Sweden12.5017
Lowest
Papua New Guinea1.0700
Niger1.3386
Guam1.5433
United Arab Emirates1.9569
Kuwait2.0121
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.9770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031963 → 1964
Since 1963
What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 131 · 91rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Vatican City4.5207 → 4.9919+0.4712
Monaco20.1027 → 20.4196+0.3169
Hungary9.7626 → 10.0583+0.2957
Czechia10.1169 → 10.3864+0.2695
Cyprus6.3880 → 6.6505+0.2626
Fell most
Macau5.2598 → 4.3715−0.8883
Sint Maarten6.1523 → 5.6469−0.5054
Andorra5.7323 → 5.3551−0.3772
United States Virgin Islands4.7409 → 4.4158−0.3251
Nauru3.0900 → 2.9014−0.1886
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.
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 1964.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_POP_F06_1_POPULATION_PERCENTAGE_SELECT_AGE_GROUPS_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx
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.
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Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (1964). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1964
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964?
Monaco, at 20.4196, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964 describe?
1964.
How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1964?
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, 1964 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023.