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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.5064; Qatar is lowest, at 0.9906. The middle country reads 4.1388. Against 1984, 222 values changed (137 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1985

HighestMonaco

21.5064

LowestQatar

0.9906

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.5064
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.4756
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.2356
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.7225
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.1147
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.0903
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.5316
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.1870
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.0782
BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.7483
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.2309
ItalyITASouthern Europe13.1559
FranceFRAWestern Europe12.8942
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.8324
FinlandFINNorthern Europe12.4845
HungaryHUNEastern Europe12.3723
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe12.2351
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.0560
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.0273
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe12.0055
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe11.9763
SpainESPSouthern Europe11.9567
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.8495
LatviaLVANorthern Europe11.7408
United StatesUSANorthern America11.7200

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.5064
  2. Isle of Man20.4756
  3. Sweden17.2356
  4. Norway15.7225
  5. United Kingdom15.1147

Lowest

  1. Qatar0.9906
  2. United Arab Emirates1.1356
  3. Kuwait1.2944
  4. Papua New Guinea1.7582
  5. Northern Mariana Islands1.9516

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.1388. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 137 · 85rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Anguilla10.6497 → 10.2667−0.3829
  • Nauru4.8884 → 4.6837−0.2047
  • Estonia11.6246 → 11.4232−0.2014
  • Latvia11.9272 → 11.7408−0.1864
  • Monaco21.6586 → 21.5064−0.1522

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 1985.

  • 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 (1985). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1985

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985?

Monaco, at 21.5064, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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