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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 26.85253; Qatar is lowest, at 1.22963. The middle country reads 4.99914. Against 2000, 222 values changed (170 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2001

HighestVatican City

26.85253

LowestQatar

1.22963

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe26.85253
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.29944
ItalyITASouthern Europe18.51276
JapanJPNEastern Asia18.03431
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.26438
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.21575
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.89939
GermanyDEUWestern Europe16.85571
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.81031
BulgariaBGREastern Europe16.80182
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.73728
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe16.40936
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe16.38771
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.31378
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.11915
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.90914
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.64123
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.46339
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.45390
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.38670
LatviaLVANorthern Europe15.29679
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe15.28820
FinlandFINNorthern Europe15.07675
HungaryHUNEastern Europe15.02830
NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.00482

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City26.85253
  2. Monaco22.29944
  3. Italy18.51276
  4. Japan18.03431
  5. Greece17.26438

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.22963
  2. United Arab Emirates1.36704
  3. Nauru1.54978
  4. Kuwait1.59515
  5. Northern Mariana Islands1.70554

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.99914. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 170 · 52rose · 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 2001.

  • 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 (2001). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2001

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001?

Vatican City, at 26.85253, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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