Data for 1984
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984
1984, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.65856; Qatar is lowest, at 1.04534. The middle country reads 4.11877. Against 1983, 222 values changed (113 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.
Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1984
HighestMonaco
21.65856LowestQatar
1.04534Shaded 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, 1984, 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 | 21.65856 |
IMNNorthern Europe | 20.31056 |
SWENorthern Europe | 16.99977 |
NORNorthern Europe | 15.51805 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 14.95416 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 14.94641 |
DEUWestern Europe | 14.44707 |
AUTWestern Europe | 14.15625 |
CHEWestern Europe | 13.96448 |
BELWestern Europe | 13.63162 |
LUXWestern Europe | 13.17145 |
ITASouthern Europe | 12.97329 |
FRAWestern Europe | 12.83886 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 12.77549 |
FINNorthern Europe | 12.39493 |
HUNEastern Europe | 12.23459 |
MSRCaribbean | 12.15685 |
LVANorthern Europe | 11.92720 |
CZEEastern Europe | 11.89910 |
NLDWestern Europe | 11.88516 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 11.78627 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 11.74898 |
VATSouthern Europe | 11.70865 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 11.62463 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 11.60610 |
USANorthern America | 11.59193 |
UKREastern Europe | 11.41264 |
BGREastern Europe | 11.12405 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 11.05331 |
FRONorthern Europe | 11.04650 |
URYSouth America | 10.90807 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 10.74212 |
AIACaribbean | 10.64966 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 10.53810 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 10.53374 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 10.16515 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 10.14655 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 10.06637 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 10.03981 |
JPNEastern Asia | 10.03421 |
CANNorthern America | 10.01200 |
BLREastern Europe | 9.91030 |
ROUEastern Europe | 9.75645 |
RUSEastern Europe | 9.73647 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 9.66892 |
CYPWestern Asia | 9.59742 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 9.56118 |
KNACaribbean | 9.50182 |
POLEastern Europe | 9.45924 |
SVKEastern Europe | 9.33763 |
LIEWestern Europe | 8.97039 |
ISRWestern Asia | 8.87728 |
BRBCaribbean | 8.81512 |
GEOWestern Asia | 8.77716 |
ATGCaribbean | 8.72038 |
BMUNorthern America | 8.66783 |
PRICaribbean | 8.32487 |
ARGSouth America | 7.99618 |
CUBCaribbean | 7.89041 |
DMACaribbean | 7.82169 |
NIUPolynesia | 7.49407 |
MNESouthern Europe | 7.41478 |
MDAEastern Europe | 7.41412 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 7.38060 |
JAMCaribbean | 7.36111 |
MACEastern Asia | 7.27625 |
HKGEastern Asia | 7.19175 |
ABWCaribbean | 6.96004 |
GRDCaribbean | 6.90276 |
SYCEastern Africa | 6.65938 |
KAZCentral Asia | 6.58584 |
GABMiddle Africa | 6.36274 |
CYMCaribbean | 6.22112 |
CUWCaribbean | 6.20707 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 6.20054 |
VCTCaribbean | 5.77368 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 5.76814 |
VGBCaribbean | 5.52262 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 5.32580 |
CHLSouth America | 5.13547 |
PLWMicronesia | 5.07610 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 5.06773 |
VIRCaribbean | 5.03567 |
CPVWestern Africa | 5.02489 |
GNBWestern Africa | 5.02468 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 5.00345 |
LCACaribbean | 4.95014 |
ARMWestern Asia | 4.93781 |
TCACaribbean | 4.92451 |
LKASouthern Asia | 4.90375 |
NRUMicronesia | 4.88838 |
CHNEastern Asia | 4.74878 |
BHSCaribbean | 4.74015 |
TWNEastern Asia | 4.62389 |
TURWestern Asia | 4.59477 |
MUSEastern Africa | 4.59140 |
TUVPolynesia | 4.54948 |
STPMiddle Africa | 4.47770 |
GMBWestern Africa | 4.46895 |
MNGEastern Asia | 4.43490 |
TTOCaribbean | 4.42236 |
COKPolynesia | 4.41612 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 4.37518 |
KGZCentral Asia | 4.29447 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 4.28279 |
VUTMelanesia | 4.27509 |
BLZCentral America | 4.26383 |
IRQWestern Asia | 4.21862 |
COMEastern Africa | 4.20484 |
GINWestern Africa | 4.19612 |
KOREastern Asia | 4.14840 |
HTICaribbean | 4.08913 |
SLEWestern Africa | 4.08326 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 4.07706 |
CRICentral America | 4.07071 |
NCLMelanesia | 4.05786 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 4.04995 |
BOLSouth America | 4.01392 |
BENWestern Africa | 4.00942 |
LBNWestern Asia | 4.00927 |
PANCentral America | 3.99092 |
INDSouthern Asia | 3.98470 |
PRYSouth America | 3.98072 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 3.93996 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 3.93982 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 3.93421 |
PRKEastern Asia | 3.88909 |
TONPolynesia | 3.85909 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 3.81743 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 3.81736 |
GUYSouth America | 3.81644 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 3.76647 |
PERSouth America | 3.73758 |
TKMCentral Asia | 3.71581 |
MLIWestern Africa | 3.69885 |
AZEWestern Asia | 3.69542 |
BRASouth America | 3.69438 |
MWIEastern Africa | 3.67423 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 3.66980 |
COLSouth America | 3.64775 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 3.62677 |
GRLNorthern America | 3.61328 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 3.58003 |
UZBCentral Asia | 3.56899 |
ECUSouth America | 3.56444 |
BFAWestern Africa | 3.56187 |
KIRMicronesia | 3.56061 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 3.51073 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 3.49136 |
SURSouth America | 3.48475 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 3.47092 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 3.46245 |
TJKCentral Asia | 3.37450 |
MEXCentral America | 3.35607 |
VENSouth America | 3.35308 |
COGMiddle Africa | 3.34416 |
SXMCaribbean | 3.34294 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 3.33265 |
SLBMelanesia | 3.26125 |
SOMEastern Africa | 3.24833 |
DZANorthern Africa | 3.22325 |
HNDCentral America | 3.20951 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 3.20902 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 3.19565 |
DOMCaribbean | 3.18530 |
WSMPolynesia | 3.17244 |
NGAWestern Africa | 3.15535 |
MOZEastern Africa | 3.14976 |
UGAEastern Africa | 3.10454 |
MDGEastern Africa | 3.10357 |
MHLMicronesia | 3.09811 |
BDIEastern Africa | 3.08772 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 3.07317 |
MRTWestern Africa | 3.04609 |
TZAEastern Africa | 3.02353 |
GUMMicronesia | 3.02178 |
ASMPolynesia | 3.01590 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 2.99363 |
BWASouthern Africa | 2.98465 |
YEMWestern Asia | 2.97118 |
TGOWestern Africa | 2.95723 |
PYFPolynesia | 2.92941 |
LBRWestern Africa | 2.92664 |
GTMCentral America | 2.92199 |
FJIMelanesia | 2.86657 |
CODMiddle Africa | 2.85980 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 2.85253 |
DJIEastern Africa | 2.85052 |
SENWestern Africa | 2.81679 |
SYRWestern Asia | 2.81209 |
FSMMicronesia | 2.76968 |
ETHEastern Africa | 2.73769 |
OMNWestern Asia | 2.72883 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.72814 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.70220 |
NICCentral America | 2.63730 |
MARNorthern Africa | 2.61932 |
SLVCentral America | 2.61538 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 2.60814 |
GHAWestern Africa | 2.59283 |
ERIEastern Africa | 2.57991 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.50751 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 2.50518 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 2.49399 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 2.48522 |
CIVWestern Africa | 2.43931 |
SSDEastern Africa | 2.43147 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 2.37460 |
JORWestern Asia | 2.36472 |
RWAEastern Africa | 2.30296 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 2.25017 |
BHRWestern Asia | 2.13740 |
PSEWestern Asia | 2.10674 |
KENEastern Africa | 2.10181 |
MAFCaribbean | 2.09714 |
MNPMicronesia | 2.05987 |
SAUWestern Asia | 2.03030 |
NERWestern Africa | 2.01209 |
PNGMelanesia | 1.66958 |
KWTWestern Asia | 1.28040 |
AREWestern Asia | 1.13936 |
QATWestern Asia | 1.04534 |
02In 1984
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Monaco21.65856
Isle of Man20.31056
Sweden16.99977
Norway15.51805
United Kingdom14.95416
Lowest
Qatar1.04534
United Arab Emirates1.13936
Kuwait1.28040
Papua New Guinea1.66958
Niger2.01209
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.11877. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031983 → 1984
Since 1983
What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 113 · 109rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Vatican City11.26187 → 11.70865+0.44677
Barbados8.39731 → 8.81512+0.41781
San Marino11.28506 → 11.60610+0.32104
Niue7.17388 → 7.49407+0.32019
Gibraltar10.74374 → 11.05331+0.30957
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 1984.
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.
Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words
Cite this edition
UN DESA Population Division (1984). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1984
0674 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1983222 countries
The year after ›
Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985222 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, 1984: questions and answers
Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984?
Monaco, at 21.65856, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984 describe?
1984.
How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984 cover?
222.
Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1984?
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, 1984 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023.