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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 22.25296; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.14556. The middle country reads 4.14486. Against 1980, 222 values changed (120 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1981

HighestMonaco

22.25296

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.14556

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.25296
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.62125
SwedenSWENorthern Europe16.46381
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.33312
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.09947
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.07210
NorwayNORNorthern Europe14.93934
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.54274
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.27699
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.88936
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.63973
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.51441
ItalyITASouthern Europe13.24692
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe13.11764
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.10649
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.69702
LatviaLVANorthern Europe12.66003
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.65885
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe12.28208
FinlandFINNorthern Europe12.11173
BulgariaBGREastern Europe11.81818
UkraineUKREastern Europe11.74891
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe11.59483
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe11.44508
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe11.28929

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco22.25296
  2. Isle of Man20.62125
  3. Sweden16.46381
  4. Germany15.33312
  5. Austria15.09947

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.14556
  2. Qatar1.22704
  3. Kuwait1.32368
  4. Papua New Guinea1.40909
  5. Niger1.93015

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.14486. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 120 · 102rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Macau7.92045 → 7.58975−0.33070
  • Czechia13.44359 → 13.11764−0.32595
  • Saint Martin3.13103 → 2.82419−0.30684
  • Austria15.39271 → 15.09947−0.29325
  • France13.92632 → 13.63973−0.28659

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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1981

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981?

Monaco, at 22.25296, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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