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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965

1965, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 20.76677; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.05371. The middle country reads 3.98264. Against 1964, 222 values changed (135 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1965

HighestMonaco

20.76677

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.05371

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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe20.76677
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.85725
AustriaAUTWestern Europe13.17212
SwedenSWENorthern Europe12.66725
BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.66200
GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.50707
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12.21853
FranceFRAWestern Europe12.09605
NorwayNORNorthern Europe11.97241
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.39376
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.38992
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.21180
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe11.09105
LatviaLVANorthern Europe11.02580
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe10.68450
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe10.51634
HungaryHUNEastern Europe10.35335
ItalyITASouthern Europe10.14695
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe9.57156
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe9.31496
United StatesUSANorthern America9.25782
MontserratMSRCaribbean8.96874
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe8.91732
SpainESPSouthern Europe8.73980
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe8.63937

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco20.76677
  2. Isle of Man18.85725
  3. Austria13.17212
  4. Sweden12.66725
  5. Belgium12.66200

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.05371
  2. Niger1.38614
  3. Guam1.55830
  4. United Arab Emirates1.87159
  5. Kuwait1.93611

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.98264. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 135 · 87rose · 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 1965.

  • 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 (1965). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1965

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965?

Monaco, at 20.76677, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1965?

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, 1965 the newest?

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

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