Data for 1980
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980
1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.244; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.198. The middle country reads 4.149. Against 1979, 222 values changed (134 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1980
HighestMonaco
22.244LowestUnited Arab Emirates
1.198Shaded 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, 1980, 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
MCOWestern Europe | 22.244 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 20.642 |
SWENorthern Europe | 16.289 |
DEUWestern Europe | 15.597 |
AUTWestern Europe | 15.393 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 14.994 |
NORNorthern Europe | 14.758 |
BELWestern Europe | 14.415 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 14.408 |
FRAWestern Europe | 13.926 |
CHEWestern Europe | 13.851 |
LUXWestern Europe | 13.558 |
CZEEastern Europe | 13.444 |
HUNEastern Europe | 13.380 |
ITASouthern Europe | 13.213 |
LVANorthern Europe | 12.916 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 12.791 |
MSRCaribbean | 12.730 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 12.467 |
FINNorthern Europe | 11.974 |
UKREastern Europe | 11.877 |
BGREastern Europe | 11.844 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 11.508 |
NLDWestern Europe | 11.493 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 11.309 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 11.260 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 11.233 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 11.116 |
USANorthern America | 11.076 |
VATSouthern Europe | 11.036 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 10.996 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 10.757 |
ROUEastern Europe | 10.608 |
BLREastern Europe | 10.524 |
URYSouth America | 10.516 |
SVKEastern Europe | 10.463 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 10.424 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 10.233 |
RUSEastern Europe | 10.177 |
POLEastern Europe | 10.125 |
FRONorthern Europe | 10.115 |
AIACaribbean | 10.109 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 9.866 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 9.726 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 9.709 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 9.587 |
CYPWestern Asia | 9.581 |
KNACaribbean | 9.398 |
CANNorthern America | 9.378 |
LIEWestern Europe | 9.105 |
JPNEastern Asia | 9.069 |
GEOWestern Asia | 9.001 |
ISRWestern Asia | 8.821 |
BMUNorthern America | 8.133 |
PRICaribbean | 8.088 |
MACEastern Asia | 7.920 |
MNESouthern Europe | 7.910 |
ATGCaribbean | 7.757 |
ARGSouth America | 7.746 |
JAMCaribbean | 7.460 |
MDAEastern Europe | 7.343 |
CUBCaribbean | 7.337 |
KAZCentral Asia | 7.198 |
BRBCaribbean | 7.099 |
DMACaribbean | 7.028 |
GABMiddle Africa | 6.781 |
CYMCaribbean | 6.690 |
SYCEastern Africa | 6.430 |
NIUPolynesia | 6.425 |
HKGEastern Asia | 6.415 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 6.389 |
GRDCaribbean | 6.369 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 6.213 |
ABWCaribbean | 6.178 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 6.100 |
CUWCaribbean | 5.937 |
VGBCaribbean | 5.926 |
VCTCaribbean | 5.667 |
CPVWestern Africa | 5.366 |
TCACaribbean | 5.361 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 5.339 |
ARMWestern Asia | 5.271 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 5.166 |
PLWMicronesia | 5.110 |
VUTMelanesia | 4.949 |
LCACaribbean | 4.803 |
MNGEastern Asia | 4.791 |
GNBWestern Africa | 4.758 |
CHLSouth America | 4.746 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 4.721 |
KGZCentral Asia | 4.695 |
TURWestern Asia | 4.671 |
VIRCaribbean | 4.606 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 4.600 |
LBNWestern Asia | 4.499 |
STPMiddle Africa | 4.438 |
LKASouthern Asia | 4.431 |
BLZCentral America | 4.408 |
IRQWestern Asia | 4.403 |
CHNEastern Asia | 4.395 |
TTOCaribbean | 4.372 |
COMEastern Africa | 4.361 |
MUSEastern Africa | 4.336 |
BENWestern Africa | 4.331 |
PRYSouth America | 4.292 |
SURSouth America | 4.290 |
BHSCaribbean | 4.257 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 4.252 |
TKMCentral Asia | 4.213 |
UZBCentral Asia | 4.176 |
HTICaribbean | 4.158 |
SLEWestern Africa | 4.139 |
COKPolynesia | 4.136 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 4.115 |
GINWestern Africa | 4.113 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 4.108 |
PERSouth America | 4.103 |
TUVPolynesia | 4.080 |
BOLSouth America | 4.062 |
GMBWestern Africa | 4.047 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 3.983 |
TWNEastern Asia | 3.955 |
INDSouthern Asia | 3.947 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 3.940 |
NCLMelanesia | 3.930 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 3.920 |
CRICentral America | 3.881 |
SXMCaribbean | 3.876 |
AZEWestern Asia | 3.832 |
KOREastern Asia | 3.827 |
GUYSouth America | 3.809 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 3.804 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 3.775 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 3.767 |
PANCentral America | 3.764 |
TJKCentral Asia | 3.745 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 3.662 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 3.660 |
ECUSouth America | 3.642 |
PRKEastern Asia | 3.626 |
MLIWestern Africa | 3.577 |
GRLNorthern America | 3.550 |
KIRMicronesia | 3.548 |
BFAWestern Africa | 3.534 |
BRASouth America | 3.518 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 3.514 |
TONPolynesia | 3.446 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 3.440 |
COLSouth America | 3.435 |
NRUMicronesia | 3.419 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 3.408 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 3.398 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 3.393 |
MDGEastern Africa | 3.362 |
SOMEastern Africa | 3.324 |
COGMiddle Africa | 3.320 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 3.287 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 3.256 |
DZANorthern Africa | 3.245 |
MHLMicronesia | 3.212 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 3.204 |
SLBMelanesia | 3.200 |
BDIEastern Africa | 3.199 |
HNDCentral America | 3.198 |
NGAWestern Africa | 3.161 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 3.158 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 3.151 |
MAFCaribbean | 3.131 |
MWIEastern Africa | 3.118 |
MOZEastern Africa | 3.094 |
VENSouth America | 3.089 |
YEMWestern Asia | 3.070 |
DOMCaribbean | 3.029 |
MRTWestern Africa | 3.020 |
UGAEastern Africa | 3.018 |
BWASouthern Africa | 3.001 |
WSMPolynesia | 2.962 |
MEXCentral America | 2.953 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 2.938 |
TGOWestern Africa | 2.934 |
TZAEastern Africa | 2.928 |
LBRWestern Africa | 2.913 |
OMNWestern Asia | 2.912 |
SYRWestern Asia | 2.900 |
MNPMicronesia | 2.888 |
PYFPolynesia | 2.880 |
ASMPolynesia | 2.879 |
CODMiddle Africa | 2.860 |
FSMMicronesia | 2.852 |
FJIMelanesia | 2.796 |
ETHEastern Africa | 2.793 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.764 |
DJIEastern Africa | 2.760 |
SENWestern Africa | 2.741 |
MARNorthern Africa | 2.718 |
GTMCentral America | 2.716 |
GUMMicronesia | 2.711 |
SLVCentral America | 2.685 |
GHAWestern Africa | 2.682 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.624 |
NICCentral America | 2.577 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 2.566 |
ERIEastern Africa | 2.544 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 2.517 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 2.503 |
RWAEastern Africa | 2.499 |
JORWestern Asia | 2.490 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.483 |
CIVWestern Africa | 2.463 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 2.462 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 2.406 |
SSDEastern Africa | 2.385 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 2.348 |
PSEWestern Asia | 2.210 |
SAUWestern Asia | 2.198 |
BHRWestern Asia | 2.138 |
KENEastern Africa | 2.070 |
NERWestern Africa | 1.900 |
KWTWestern Asia | 1.356 |
PNGMelanesia | 1.330 |
QATWestern Asia | 1.292 |
AREWestern Asia | 1.198 |
02In 1980
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Monaco22.244
Isle of Man20.642
Sweden16.289
Germany15.597
Austria15.393
Lowest
United Arab Emirates1.198
Qatar1.292
Papua New Guinea1.330
Kuwait1.356
Niger1.900
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.149. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031979 → 1980
Since 1979
What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 134 · 88rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Vanuatu3.860 → 4.949+1.088
Kazakhstan6.459 → 7.198+0.739
Nauru2.725 → 3.419+0.694
Grenada5.949 → 6.369+0.420
Vatican City10.654 → 11.036+0.382
Fell most
Macau8.444 → 7.920−0.524
Saint Martin3.411 → 3.131−0.280
Uzbekistan4.324 → 4.176−0.148
United Arab Emirates1.319 → 1.198−0.121
Latvia13.033 → 12.916−0.117
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.
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 1980.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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The publisher’s original
UN DESA Population Division’s own file, on its own site.
WPP2024_POP_F06_1_POPULATION_PERCENTAGE_SELECT_AGE_GROUPS_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx
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.
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Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (1980). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1980
0674 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1979222 countries
The year after ›
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981222 countries
All of them
Population Aged 65 and Over: every year74 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980?
Monaco, at 22.244, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980 describe?
1980.
How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1980?
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, 1980 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023.