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Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 24.6408; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 1.1896. The middle country reads 4.8758. Against 1998, 222 values changed (156 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 1999

HighestVatican City

24.6408

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

1.1896

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe24.6408
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.0954
ItalyITASouthern Europe17.9211
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.3285
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.1553
JapanJPNEastern Asia16.8686
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe16.7598
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.6866
BulgariaBGREastern Europe16.3016
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.2998
GermanyDEUWestern Europe16.1123
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe15.9089
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.9046
FranceFRAWestern Europe15.8809
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe15.6728
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe15.4810
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.4387
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.4281
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.3617
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.2184
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.8635
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.8542
HungaryHUNEastern Europe14.7858
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.7845
FinlandFINNorthern Europe14.7705

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City24.6408
  2. Monaco22.0954
  3. Italy17.9211
  4. Sweden17.3285
  5. Isle of Man17.1553

Lowest

  1. United Arab Emirates1.1896
  2. Qatar1.2473
  3. Kuwait1.4828
  4. Northern Mariana Islands1.5611
  5. Nauru1.6835

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.8758. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 156 · 66rose · 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 1999.

  • 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 (1999). Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/1999

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999?

Vatican City, at 24.6408, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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