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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 21.9914; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.0566. The middle country reads 4.7418. Against 1996, 222 values changed (162 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1997

HighestVatican City

21.9914

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.0566

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe21.9914
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.8713
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.8682
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.4357
ItalyITASouthern Europe17.3599
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.3632
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe16.1828
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.9780
JapanJPNEastern Asia15.7648
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.7216
SpainESPSouthern Europe15.7024
BulgariaBGREastern Europe15.6643
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.6493
FranceFRAWestern Europe15.5399
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe15.4735
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.3345
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.1916
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.9921
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.9710
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe14.7373
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe14.6191
FinlandFINNorthern Europe14.5499
HungaryHUNEastern Europe14.4890
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.3246
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.3161

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City21.9914
  2. Monaco21.8713
  3. Isle of Man17.8682
  4. Sweden17.4357
  5. Italy17.3599

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.0566
  2. Qatar1.2304
  3. Kuwait1.3593
  4. Northern Mariana Islands1.7060
  5. Rwanda1.8255

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.7418. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 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 1997.

  • 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 (1997). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1997

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997?

Vatican City, at 21.9914, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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