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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 23.1707; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.1157. The middle country reads 4.7940. Against 1997, 222 values changed (155 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1998

HighestVatican City

23.1707

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.1157

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe23.1707
MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.9509
ItalyITASouthern Europe17.6409
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.4884
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.3958
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.5453
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe16.4765
JapanJPNEastern Asia16.3197
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.0232
BulgariaBGREastern Europe15.9715
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.9457
GermanyDEUWestern Europe15.8294
FranceFRAWestern Europe15.7266
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe15.7127
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.5653
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.4000
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.3435
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe15.2242
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.1007
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe15.0515
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.9140
FinlandFINNorthern Europe14.6626
HungaryHUNEastern Europe14.6489
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.6116
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.5787

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City23.1707
  2. Monaco21.9509
  3. Italy17.6409
  4. Isle of Man17.4884
  5. Sweden17.3958

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.1157
  2. Qatar1.2407
  3. Kuwait1.4198
  4. Northern Mariana Islands1.6197
  5. Nauru1.7847

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.7940. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 155 · 67rose · 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 1998.

  • 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 (1998). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1998

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998?

Vatican City, at 23.1707, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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