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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986

1986, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.4591; Qatar is lowest, at 0.9743. The middle country reads 4.1286. Against 1985, 222 values changed (142 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1986

HighestMonaco

21.4591

LowestQatar

0.9743

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.4591
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.5169
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.5090
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.9537
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.3125
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.2627
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.7006
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.3438
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.2371
BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.9756
ItalyITASouthern Europe13.4984
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.3129
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.1386
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe12.9544
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe12.8082
FinlandFINNorthern Europe12.6797
HungaryHUNEastern Europe12.5776
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe12.4050
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe12.2478
SpainESPSouthern Europe12.2214
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.2063
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.0254
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe11.9459
United StatesUSANorthern America11.8530
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe11.7073

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.4591
  2. Isle of Man20.5169
  3. Sweden17.5090
  4. Norway15.9537
  5. United Kingdom15.3125

Lowest

  1. Qatar0.9743
  2. United Arab Emirates1.1176
  3. Kuwait1.3431
  4. Papua New Guinea1.8448
  5. Northern Mariana Islands1.8663

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.1286. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 142 · 80rose · 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 1986.

  • 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 (1986). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1986

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986?

Monaco, at 21.4591, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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