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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.8670; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.0274. The middle country reads 4.1324. Against 1989, 222 values changed (151 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1990

HighestMonaco

21.8670

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.0274

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.8670
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe19.4730
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.7789
NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.3134
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.8723
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe15.8511
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.5875
ItalyITASouthern Europe14.9634
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.9540
BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.9251
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.8673
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.5805
FranceFRAWestern Europe13.9828
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.6380
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe13.6081
SpainESPSouthern Europe13.5445
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe13.5005
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.4122
FinlandFINNorthern Europe13.3849
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.3735
BulgariaBGREastern Europe13.1738
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe12.8603
MontserratMSRCaribbean12.8126
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.7628
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.5583

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.8670
  2. Isle of Man19.4730
  3. Sweden17.7789
  4. Norway16.3134
  5. United Kingdom15.8723

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.0274
  2. Qatar1.0848
  3. Northern Mariana Islands1.7743
  4. Kuwait1.8076
  5. Saudi Arabia1.9654

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.1324. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 151 · 71rose · 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 1990.

  • 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 (1990). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1990

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990?

Monaco, at 21.8670, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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