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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 27.84810; Qatar is lowest, at 1.20640. The middle country reads 5.12421. Against 2001, 222 values changed (172 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2002

HighestVatican City

27.84810

LowestQatar

1.20640

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe27.84810
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.36325
ItalyITASouthern Europe18.79879
JapanJPNEastern Asia18.59969
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.53454
GermanyDEUWestern Europe17.26504
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.17642
BulgariaBGREastern Europe16.99428
BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.97984
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.91842
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe16.71527
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.71293
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.66297
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe16.60607
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.21511
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.93146
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.78000
LatviaLVANorthern Europe15.67300
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe15.64771
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.59951
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.53661
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.46188
FinlandFINNorthern Europe15.24540
HungaryHUNEastern Europe15.14453
NorwayNORNorthern Europe14.86540

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City27.84810
  2. Monaco22.36325
  3. Italy18.79879
  4. Japan18.59969
  5. Greece17.53454

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.20640
  2. United Arab Emirates1.46111
  3. Nauru1.46308
  4. Kuwait1.63512
  5. Northern Mariana Islands1.85916

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.12421. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 172 · 50rose · 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 2002.

  • 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 (2002). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2002

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002?

Vatican City, at 27.84810, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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