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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011

2011, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 42.4267; Qatar is lowest, at 0.9289. The middle country reads 5.9526. Against 2010, 222 values changed (167 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2011

HighestVatican City

42.4267

LowestQatar

0.9289

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe42.4267
MonacoMCOWestern Europe28.5634
JapanJPNEastern Asia23.6527
ItalyITASouthern Europe20.6879
GermanyDEUWestern Europe20.5215
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe19.5074
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe18.8656
SwedenSWENorthern Europe18.6361
BulgariaBGREastern Europe18.5191
LatviaLVANorthern Europe18.4755
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe17.9931
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe17.9885
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe17.9482
FinlandFINNorthern Europe17.8214
AustriaAUTWestern Europe17.7361
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe17.5716
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe17.3958
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe17.3863
BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.2511
SpainESPSouthern Europe17.1687
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe17.0764
FranceFRAWestern Europe17.0555
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe17.0508
HungaryHUNEastern Europe16.7026
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16.5875

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City42.4267
  2. Monaco28.5634
  3. Japan23.6527
  4. Italy20.6879
  5. Germany20.5215

Lowest

  1. Qatar0.9289
  2. Nauru1.2726
  3. United Arab Emirates1.4314
  4. Zambia1.8062
  5. Kuwait1.8660

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.9526. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 167 · 55rose · 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 2011.

  • 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 (2011). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2011

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011?

Vatican City, at 42.4267, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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