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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 29.1416; Qatar is lowest, at 1.1764. The middle country reads 5.2997. Against 2002, 222 values changed (169 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2003

HighestVatican City

29.1416

LowestQatar

1.1764

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe29.1416
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.5054
JapanJPNEastern Asia19.0946
ItalyITASouthern Europe19.0526
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.8327
GermanyDEUWestern Europe17.7183
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.1650
BulgariaBGREastern Europe17.1203
BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.0710
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe16.9829
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe16.9764
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.8144
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe16.8063
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.7478
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.2833
LatviaLVANorthern Europe16.0777
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe16.0262
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.9440
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.9427
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.6999
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.6013
AustriaAUTWestern Europe15.4742
FinlandFINNorthern Europe15.4567
HungaryHUNEastern Europe15.2594
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe15.1734

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City29.1416
  2. Monaco22.5054
  3. Japan19.0946
  4. Italy19.0526
  5. Greece17.8327

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.1764
  2. Nauru1.4465
  3. United Arab Emirates1.5570
  4. Kuwait1.6616
  5. Northern Mariana Islands2.0085

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.2997. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 169 · 53rose · 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 2003.

  • 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 (2003). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2003

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003?

Vatican City, at 29.1416, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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