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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 36.7059; Qatar is lowest, at 0.9928. The middle country reads 5.7160. Against 2007, 222 values changed (161 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2008

HighestVatican City

36.7059

LowestQatar

0.9928

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe36.7059
MonacoMCOWestern Europe24.1032
JapanJPNEastern Asia22.2534
GermanyDEUWestern Europe20.2873
ItalyITASouthern Europe20.2043
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe18.7114
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe17.9300
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe17.8927
BulgariaBGREastern Europe17.7279
LatviaLVANorthern Europe17.7238
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.6464
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe17.4425
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe17.4402
AustriaAUTWestern Europe17.2810
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.2060
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe17.1038
BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.0687
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe16.7837
FinlandFINNorthern Europe16.6290
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.5490
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.4439
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe16.4220
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe16.1194
HungaryHUNEastern Europe16.0785
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16.0367

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City36.7059
  2. Monaco24.1032
  3. Japan22.2534
  4. Germany20.2873
  5. Italy20.2043

Lowest

  1. Qatar0.9928
  2. Nauru1.4836
  3. United Arab Emirates1.5549
  4. Kuwait1.7589
  5. Zambia1.9087

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.7160. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 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 2008.

  • 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 (2008). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2008

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008?

Vatican City, at 36.7059, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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