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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.97592; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.11732. The middle country reads 4.04773. Against 1975, 222 values changed (152 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1976

HighestMonaco

22.97592

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.11732

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.97592
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.51193
SwedenSWENorthern Europe15.35314
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.06309
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.02842
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.29988
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.06763
NorwayNORNorthern Europe13.89463
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe13.61733
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.58361
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe13.25589
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.19507
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe12.92181
HungaryHUNEastern Europe12.85217
LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.84767
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.39609
ItalyITASouthern Europe12.36540
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.17294
MontserratMSRCaribbean11.87672
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe11.34617
BulgariaBGREastern Europe11.10800
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe10.99910
FinlandFINNorthern Europe10.92194
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe10.89817
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe10.87479

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22.97592
  2. Isle of Man20.51193
  3. Sweden15.35314
  4. Germany15.06309
  5. Austria15.02842

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.11732
  2. Nauru1.26690
  3. Qatar1.58095
  4. Kuwait1.63212
  5. United Arab Emirates1.75615

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.04773. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 152 · 70rose · 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 1976.

  • 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 (1976). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1976

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976?

Monaco, at 22.97592, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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