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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.46528; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.20123. The middle country reads 4.13773. Against 1977, 222 values changed (158 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1978

HighestMonaco

22.46528

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.20123

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.46528
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.60546
SwedenSWENorthern Europe15.85580
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.49618
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.32920
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.68249
NorwayNORNorthern Europe14.35104
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.29472
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.06917
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.85522
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.50382
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe13.48849
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.35562
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.23408
LatviaLVANorthern Europe13.01766
ItalyITASouthern Europe12.83123
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.67837
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.50408
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.35081
UkraineUKREastern Europe11.59983
FinlandFINNorthern Europe11.52019
BulgariaBGREastern Europe11.44503
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe11.43499
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe11.41402
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.21487

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22.46528
  2. Isle of Man20.60546
  3. Sweden15.85580
  4. Germany15.49618
  5. Austria15.32920

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.20123
  2. Qatar1.43130
  3. United Arab Emirates1.45569
  4. Kuwait1.46663
  5. Niger1.83711

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.13773. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 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 1978.

  • 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 (1978). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1978

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978?

Monaco, at 22.46528, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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