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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979

1979, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.3148; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 1.2596. The middle country reads 4.1409. Against 1978, 222 values changed (152 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1979

HighestMonaco

22.3148

LowestPapua New Guinea

1.2596

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.3148
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.6392
SwedenSWENorthern Europe16.0920
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.6324
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.4397
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.8562
NorwayNORNorthern Europe14.5608
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.4011
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.2568
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.9790
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.7202
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe13.5501
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.4683
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.3900
ItalyITASouthern Europe13.0780
LatviaLVANorthern Europe13.0328
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.8697
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.5948
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.5159
UkraineUKREastern Europe11.8264
FinlandFINNorthern Europe11.7685
BulgariaBGREastern Europe11.5809
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe11.5356
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe11.4116
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.3703

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22.3148
  2. Isle of Man20.6392
  3. Sweden16.0920
  4. Germany15.6324
  5. Austria15.4397

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea1.2596
  2. United Arab Emirates1.3186
  3. Qatar1.3600
  4. Kuwait1.4022
  5. Niger1.8691

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.1409. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 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 1979.

  • 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 (1979). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1979

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979?

Monaco, at 22.3148, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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