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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.85995; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.01653. The middle country reads 4.17061. Against 1990, 222 values changed (148 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1991

HighestMonaco

21.85995

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.01653

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.85995
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe19.23620
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.73865
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe16.82759
NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.29264
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.92557
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.58095
ItalyITASouthern Europe15.32978
BelgiumBELWestern Europe15.13593
AustriaAUTWestern Europe14.96890
GermanyDEUWestern Europe14.90205
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.57035
FranceFRAWestern Europe14.20662
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe14.05918
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe13.93844
SpainESPSouthern Europe13.85742
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe13.84401
BulgariaBGREastern Europe13.63552
HungaryHUNEastern Europe13.59307
FinlandFINNorthern Europe13.54143
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe13.43865
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe13.06789
MontserratMSRCaribbean13.06472
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe12.83850
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe12.66524

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.85995
  2. Isle of Man19.23620
  3. Sweden17.73865
  4. Vatican City16.82759
  5. Norway16.29264

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.01653
  2. Qatar1.11915
  3. Northern Mariana Islands1.81110
  4. Saudi Arabia1.97413
  5. Kuwait2.04318

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.17061. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 148 · 74rose · 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 1991.

  • 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 (1991). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1991

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991?

Monaco, at 21.85995, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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