Data for 1968
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968
1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.89060; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.04323. The middle country reads 4.04048. Against 1967, 222 values changed (149 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1968
HighestMonaco
21.89060LowestPapua New Guinea
1.04323Shaded 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, 1968, 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 | 21.89060 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 19.42220 |
AUTWestern Europe | 13.74983 |
DEUWestern Europe | 13.29288 |
SWENorthern Europe | 13.29287 |
BELWestern Europe | 13.14151 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 12.72487 |
FRAWestern Europe | 12.63102 |
NORNorthern Europe | 12.57044 |
LUXWestern Europe | 12.03551 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 11.87060 |
LVANorthern Europe | 11.63312 |
CZEEastern Europe | 11.63278 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 11.54299 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 11.18248 |
HUNEastern Europe | 11.17890 |
CHEWestern Europe | 11.00980 |
ITASouthern Europe | 10.65194 |
MSRCaribbean | 9.96591 |
NLDWestern Europe | 9.95416 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 9.65509 |
USANorthern America | 9.53132 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 9.36795 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 9.27427 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 9.20223 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 9.18202 |
BGREastern Europe | 9.10150 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 9.05902 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 8.92578 |
URYSouth America | 8.73147 |
SVKEastern Europe | 8.72759 |
UKREastern Europe | 8.72285 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 8.69123 |
FINNorthern Europe | 8.58948 |
FRONorthern Europe | 8.55431 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 8.55095 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 8.46244 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 8.42831 |
BLREastern Europe | 8.41172 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 8.39633 |
ROUEastern Europe | 8.39181 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 8.26351 |
LIEWestern Europe | 7.80608 |
CANNorthern America | 7.78129 |
GABMiddle Africa | 7.70860 |
POLEastern Europe | 7.70566 |
CYPWestern Asia | 7.62552 |
VATSouthern Europe | 7.54226 |
GEOWestern Asia | 7.38534 |
RUSEastern Europe | 7.22041 |
AIACaribbean | 6.92221 |
MNESouthern Europe | 6.84257 |
JPNEastern Asia | 6.82547 |
CYMCaribbean | 6.79470 |
PRICaribbean | 6.52770 |
KNACaribbean | 6.50764 |
ARGSouth America | 6.41066 |
ISRWestern Asia | 6.18416 |
MDAEastern Europe | 6.12010 |
MNGEastern Asia | 5.88907 |
SYCEastern Africa | 5.83700 |
BMUNorthern America | 5.81402 |
UZBCentral Asia | 5.77207 |
DMACaribbean | 5.72889 |
JAMCaribbean | 5.65443 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 5.27636 |
BRBCaribbean | 5.26154 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 5.24575 |
BENWestern Africa | 5.23185 |
TCACaribbean | 5.21570 |
CPVWestern Africa | 5.17797 |
KGZCentral Asia | 5.17704 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 5.07632 |
LBNWestern Asia | 4.98776 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 4.90741 |
MHLMicronesia | 4.88118 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 4.87017 |
NIUPolynesia | 4.85511 |
ATGCaribbean | 4.83450 |
CUBCaribbean | 4.82497 |
ARMWestern Asia | 4.72007 |
CUWCaribbean | 4.70515 |
KAZCentral Asia | 4.69263 |
VGBCaribbean | 4.59444 |
TURWestern Asia | 4.57285 |
PLWMicronesia | 4.49007 |
STPMiddle Africa | 4.48472 |
SURSouth America | 4.45242 |
KIRMicronesia | 4.42832 |
TKMCentral Asia | 4.38632 |
BOLSouth America | 4.34674 |
VCTCaribbean | 4.34221 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 4.33315 |
TJKCentral Asia | 4.31732 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 4.30013 |
TUVPolynesia | 4.26780 |
LCACaribbean | 4.23638 |
MACEastern Asia | 4.23191 |
GNBWestern Africa | 4.22358 |
BLZCentral America | 4.21877 |
PERSouth America | 4.20384 |
IRQWestern Asia | 4.20274 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 4.14797 |
AZEWestern Asia | 4.12980 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 4.10393 |
SLEWestern Africa | 4.09426 |
SXMCaribbean | 4.08145 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 4.07702 |
ECUSouth America | 4.05727 |
BWASouthern Africa | 4.05152 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 4.04723 |
TTOCaribbean | 4.03372 |
PRYSouth America | 4.01778 |
GINWestern Africa | 3.99962 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 3.97365 |
COMEastern Africa | 3.89347 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 3.88842 |
CHLSouth America | 3.83357 |
DZANorthern Africa | 3.79537 |
SYRWestern Asia | 3.79234 |
VIRCaribbean | 3.78876 |
LKASouthern Asia | 3.78367 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 3.76376 |
MAFCaribbean | 3.74144 |
HTICaribbean | 3.69517 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 3.67552 |
CHNEastern Asia | 3.66098 |
COGMiddle Africa | 3.61214 |
GRDCaribbean | 3.61092 |
INDSouthern Asia | 3.60919 |
GUYSouth America | 3.59264 |
ABWCaribbean | 3.57545 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 3.52403 |
MUSEastern Africa | 3.52098 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 3.51658 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 3.50761 |
PRKEastern Asia | 3.48536 |
BHSCaribbean | 3.46584 |
GHAWestern Africa | 3.46403 |
MDGEastern Africa | 3.42693 |
OMNWestern Asia | 3.37111 |
YEMWestern Asia | 3.35786 |
PANCentral America | 3.35542 |
SOMEastern Africa | 3.35002 |
SLBMelanesia | 3.33755 |
NGAWestern Africa | 3.32079 |
KOREastern Asia | 3.31248 |
SLVCentral America | 3.30454 |
JORWestern Asia | 3.29802 |
NCLMelanesia | 3.26300 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 3.25549 |
BDIEastern Africa | 3.22939 |
HKGEastern Asia | 3.22718 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 3.21679 |
COKPolynesia | 3.18387 |
CRICentral America | 3.16351 |
FSMMicronesia | 3.14929 |
TONPolynesia | 3.13082 |
MARNorthern Africa | 3.10901 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 3.10610 |
HNDCentral America | 3.10167 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 3.08701 |
TGOWestern Africa | 3.06976 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 3.05269 |
BFAWestern Africa | 3.04308 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 2.98736 |
PSEWestern Asia | 2.98420 |
MOZEastern Africa | 2.98115 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 2.96906 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 2.96678 |
RWAEastern Africa | 2.95881 |
SAUWestern Asia | 2.95494 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.95352 |
MLIWestern Africa | 2.94810 |
MWIEastern Africa | 2.93855 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 2.92678 |
VUTMelanesia | 2.92631 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 2.88312 |
LBRWestern Africa | 2.86862 |
CODMiddle Africa | 2.86733 |
BRASouth America | 2.85493 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 2.84775 |
WSMPolynesia | 2.84112 |
COLSouth America | 2.82333 |
ETHEastern Africa | 2.77091 |
MNPMicronesia | 2.76079 |
GMBWestern Africa | 2.75991 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 2.74901 |
MRTWestern Africa | 2.74398 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.71151 |
DOMCaribbean | 2.70304 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 2.70025 |
SENWestern Africa | 2.69480 |
MEXCentral America | 2.68782 |
BHRWestern Asia | 2.68378 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 2.66046 |
TWNEastern Asia | 2.63661 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.62992 |
FJIMelanesia | 2.61774 |
ERIEastern Africa | 2.58674 |
QATWestern Asia | 2.54390 |
DJIEastern Africa | 2.53410 |
NICCentral America | 2.52463 |
ASMPolynesia | 2.51620 |
TZAEastern Africa | 2.51272 |
VENSouth America | 2.49315 |
CIVWestern Africa | 2.47275 |
PYFPolynesia | 2.45596 |
GRLNorthern America | 2.45556 |
SSDEastern Africa | 2.43040 |
UGAEastern Africa | 2.42760 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 2.38527 |
KENEastern Africa | 2.36224 |
GTMCentral America | 2.27382 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.16813 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 2.11201 |
KWTWestern Asia | 1.86698 |
NRUMicronesia | 1.69090 |
AREWestern Asia | 1.63653 |
GUMMicronesia | 1.62955 |
NERWestern Africa | 1.50904 |
PNGMelanesia | 1.04323 |
02In 1968
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Monaco21.89060
Isle of Man19.42220
Austria13.74983
Germany13.29288
Sweden13.29287
Lowest
Papua New Guinea1.04323
Niger1.50904
Guam1.62955
United Arab Emirates1.63653
Nauru1.69090
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.04048. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031967 → 1968
Since 1967
What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 149 · 73rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Hong Kong2.82842 → 3.22718+0.39875
Montserrat9.58964 → 9.96591+0.37627
Vatican City7.20050 → 7.54226+0.34177
Czechia11.32865 → 11.63278+0.30413
Poland7.42455 → 7.70566+0.28111
Fell most
Marshall Islands5.58831 → 4.88118−0.70713
Nauru2.37998 → 1.69090−0.68908
Sint Maarten4.39799 → 4.08145−0.31654
Palau4.68238 → 4.49007−0.19231
Suriname4.62517 → 4.45242−0.17275
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 1968.
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 (1968). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1968
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07Questions
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968?
Monaco, at 21.89060, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968 describe?
1968.
How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1968?
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, 1968 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023.