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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987

1987, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.50547; Qatar is lowest, at 0.99709. The middle country reads 4.12819. Against 1986, 222 values changed (152 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1987

HighestMonaco

21.50547

LowestQatar

0.99709

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.50547
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.33112
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.68222
NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.10084
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.45619
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.38001
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.84486
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.54786
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.36960
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.21549
ItalyITASouthern Europe13.86168
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe13.42466
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.36464
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.32722
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.07306
FinlandFINNorthern Europe12.86256
HungaryHUNEastern Europe12.81033
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe12.80554
SpainESPSouthern Europe12.53718
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe12.53029
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.36414
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.12942
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.09995
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe12.04086
BulgariaBGREastern Europe12.02129

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.50547
  2. Isle of Man20.33112
  3. Sweden17.68222
  4. Norway16.10084
  5. United Kingdom15.45619

Lowest

  1. Qatar0.99709
  2. United Arab Emirates1.08808
  3. Kuwait1.43568
  4. Northern Mariana Islands1.81747
  5. Saint Martin1.91401

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.12819. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 152 · 70rose · 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 1987.

  • 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 (1987). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1987

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987?

Monaco, at 21.50547, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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