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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 21.8123; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.0133. The middle country reads 4.6573. Against 1995, 222 values changed (162 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1996

HighestMonaco

21.8123

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.0133

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.8123
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe20.9136
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.2158
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.4499
ItalyITASouthern Europe17.0296
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.1442
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.9937
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe15.8712
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.8365
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.5409
BulgariaBGREastern Europe15.3907
SpainESPSouthern Europe15.3820
FranceFRAWestern Europe15.3296
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.2516
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe15.2239
JapanJPNEastern Asia15.2015
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.0922
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.0344
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.8442
FinlandFINNorthern Europe14.3983
HungaryHUNEastern Europe14.3459
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe14.2287
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe14.1657
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.1467
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe14.0490

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco21.8123
  2. Vatican City20.9136
  3. Isle of Man18.2158
  4. Sweden17.4499
  5. Italy17.0296

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.0133
  2. Qatar1.2221
  3. Kuwait1.3054
  4. Northern Mariana Islands1.8276
  5. Nauru1.8315

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.6573. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 162 · 60rose · 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 1996.

  • 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 (1996). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1996

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996?

Monaco, at 21.8123, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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