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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.1604; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.0433. The middle country reads 4.0026. Against 1965, 222 values changed (146 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1966

HighestMonaco

21.1604

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.0433

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.1604
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe19.1119
AustriaAUTWestern Europe13.3659
SwedenSWENorthern Europe12.8492
BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.8253
GermanyDEUWestern Europe12.7442
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12.3740
FranceFRAWestern Europe12.2701
NorwayNORNorthern Europe12.1863
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe11.5912
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.5222
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe11.2304
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.2250
LatviaLVANorthern Europe11.2189
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.0028
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe10.6841
HungaryHUNEastern Europe10.6489
ItalyITASouthern Europe10.3095
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe9.6731
United StatesUSANorthern America9.3692
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe9.2709
MontserratMSRCaribbean9.2421
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe9.1966
SpainESPSouthern Europe8.9440
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe8.8753

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.1604
  2. Isle of Man19.1119
  3. Austria13.3659
  4. Sweden12.8492
  5. Belgium12.8253

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.0433
  2. Niger1.4305
  3. Guam1.5790
  4. United Arab Emirates1.7936
  5. Kuwait1.8963

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.0026. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 146 · 76rose · 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 1966.

  • 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 (1966). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1966

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966?

Monaco, at 21.1604, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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