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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000

2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 25.9045; Qatar is lowest, at 1.2438. The middle country reads 4.9344. Against 1999, 222 values changed (161 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2000

HighestVatican City

25.9045

LowestQatar

1.2438

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe25.9045
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.2357
ItalyITASouthern Europe18.2168
JapanJPNEastern Asia17.4418
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.2641
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.0254
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.8836
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.8052
BulgariaBGREastern Europe16.5833
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.5479
GermanyDEUWestern Europe16.4607
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe16.1309
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe16.0682
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.0086
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe15.9167
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.8898
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.5267
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.4406
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.3332
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.1611
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.1305
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe14.9934
LatviaLVANorthern Europe14.9902
FinlandFINNorthern Europe14.9165
HungaryHUNEastern Europe14.9080

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City25.9045
  2. Monaco22.2357
  3. Italy18.2168
  4. Japan17.4418
  5. Sweden17.2641

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.2438
  2. United Arab Emirates1.2751
  3. Kuwait1.5431
  4. Northern Mariana Islands1.5807
  5. Nauru1.6228

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.9344. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 161 · 61rose · 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 2000.

  • 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 (2000). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2000

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000?

Vatican City, at 25.9045, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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