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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975

1975, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 23.2250; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.0907. The middle country reads 4.0340. Against 1974, 222 values changed (156 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1975

HighestMonaco

23.2250

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.0907

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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe23.2250
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.3989
SwedenSWENorthern Europe15.1115
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.8592
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.8383
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.1139
BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.9883
NorwayNORNorthern Europe13.6892
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.4636
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe13.3901
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.1428
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe13.1099
LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.7557
HungaryHUNEastern Europe12.6664
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe12.5741
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.3226
ItalyITASouthern Europe12.1584
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe11.9461
MontserratMSRCaribbean11.6317
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe11.2916
BulgariaBGREastern Europe10.8774
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe10.7911
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe10.7505
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe10.7120
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe10.6970

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco23.2250
  2. Isle of Man20.3989
  3. Sweden15.1115
  4. Austria14.8592
  5. Germany14.8383

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.0907
  2. Nauru1.2308
  3. Qatar1.6653
  4. Kuwait1.6845
  5. Niger1.7398

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.0340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 156 · 66rose · 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 1975.

  • 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 (1975). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1975

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975?

Monaco, at 23.2250, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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