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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1977

1977, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The share of a country's population aged 65 and over is the most common single measure of how far a population has aged. It shapes the demand for pensions, health care and long-term care, and it rises almost everywhere as people live longer and have fewer children.

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1977 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.69587; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.15397. The middle country reads 4.07977. Against 1976, 222 values changed (158 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1977

HighestMonaco

22.69587

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.15397

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.69587
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.56882
SwedenSWENorthern Europe15.59955
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.28773
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.17946
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.48721
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.17026
NorwayNORNorthern Europe14.12283
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe13.84271
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.70815
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe13.37970
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.26468
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.23746
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.04986
LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.94496
ItalyITASouthern Europe12.58530
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.46398
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.41028
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.12174
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe11.40420
BulgariaBGREastern Europe11.33986
UkraineUKREastern Europe11.24849
FinlandFINNorthern Europe11.23541
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe11.22261
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.04535

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22.69587
  2. Isle of Man20.56882
  3. Sweden15.59955
  4. Germany15.28773
  5. Austria15.17946

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.15397
  2. Nauru1.50077
  3. Qatar1.50476
  4. Kuwait1.54417
  5. United Arab Emirates1.60087

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.07977. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 158 · 64rose · 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 1977.

  • 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 (1977). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1977

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