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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.1004; Nauru is lowest, at 1.0130. The middle country reads 4.0192. Against 1970, 222 values changed (146 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1971

HighestMonaco

22.1004

LowestNauru

1.0130

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.1004
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.0578
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.2046
SwedenSWENorthern Europe13.9191
GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.8982
BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.4907
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.3107
NorwayNORNorthern Europe13.0056
FranceFRAWestern Europe12.9717
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe12.6262
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe12.4747
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.3188
LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.2089
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe11.8777
HungaryHUNEastern Europe11.7255
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe11.5817
ItalyITASouthern Europe11.3047
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe11.1013
MontserratMSRCaribbean10.8710
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe10.7008
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe10.3584
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe10.2646
BulgariaBGREastern Europe9.8932
United StatesUSANorthern America9.8110
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe9.7782

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22.1004
  2. Isle of Man20.0578
  3. Austria14.2046
  4. Sweden13.9191
  5. Germany13.8982

Lowest

  1. Nauru1.0130
  2. Papua New Guinea1.0589
  3. United Arab Emirates1.4950
  4. Niger1.6121
  5. Guam1.7360

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.0192. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 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 1971.

  • 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 (1971). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1971

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971?

Monaco, at 22.1004, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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