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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 32.47344; Qatar is lowest, at 1.15858. The middle country reads 5.39410. Against 2004, 222 values changed (175 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2005

HighestVatican City

32.47344

LowestQatar

1.15858

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe32.47344
MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.95250
JapanJPNEastern Asia20.28190
ItalyITASouthern Europe19.63524
GermanyDEUWestern Europe18.85869
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe18.32481
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe17.47211
BulgariaBGREastern Europe17.33712
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe17.32878
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.27654
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe17.26806
BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.22020
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe16.95707
LatviaLVANorthern Europe16.85625
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe16.72347
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.54587
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.43773
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe16.23471
AustriaAUTWestern Europe16.21267
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe16.05061
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe15.95784
FinlandFINNorthern Europe15.93520
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe15.85310
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.81943
HungaryHUNEastern Europe15.52569

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City32.47344
  2. Monaco22.95250
  3. Japan20.28190
  4. Italy19.63524
  5. Germany18.85869

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.15858
  2. Nauru1.47776
  3. Kuwait1.68720
  4. United Arab Emirates1.77436
  5. Zambia2.06377

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.39410. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 175 · 47rose · 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 2005.

  • 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 (2005). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2005

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005?

Vatican City, at 32.47344, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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