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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 38.2657; Qatar is lowest, at 0.8955. The middle country reads 5.7673. Against 2008, 222 values changed (165 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2009

HighestVatican City

38.2657

LowestQatar

0.8955

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe38.2657
MonacoMCOWestern Europe25.3990
JapanJPNEastern Asia22.7625
GermanyDEUWestern Europe20.5216
ItalyITASouthern Europe20.3135
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe18.8830
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe18.1759
LatviaLVANorthern Europe17.9832
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe17.9445
SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.9392
BulgariaBGREastern Europe17.9095
AustriaAUTWestern Europe17.5314
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe17.4326
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe17.4083
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.3693
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe17.2805
BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.0993
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe16.9824
FinlandFINNorthern Europe16.8796
FranceFRAWestern Europe16.6603
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe16.6259
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.6245
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe16.3151
HungaryHUNEastern Europe16.3036
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16.1802

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City38.2657
  2. Monaco25.3990
  3. Japan22.7625
  4. Germany20.5216
  5. Italy20.3135

Lowest

  1. Qatar0.8955
  2. Nauru1.4227
  3. United Arab Emirates1.4728
  4. Kuwait1.7849
  5. Zambia1.8676

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.7673. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 165 · 57rose · 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 2009.

  • 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 (2009). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2009

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009?

Vatican City, at 38.2657, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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