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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 44.72153; Qatar is lowest, at 1.03001. The middle country reads 6.06519. Against 2011, 222 values changed (174 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2012

HighestVatican City

44.72153

LowestQatar

1.03001

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe44.72153
MonacoMCOWestern Europe30.10573
JapanJPNEastern Asia24.51268
ItalyITASouthern Europe20.99664
GermanyDEUWestern Europe20.63765
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe19.88910
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe19.20037
SwedenSWENorthern Europe18.97755
BulgariaBGREastern Europe18.94927
LatviaLVANorthern Europe18.67550
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe18.60567
FinlandFINNorthern Europe18.44996
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe18.20047
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe18.17997
AustriaAUTWestern Europe17.94970
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe17.86282
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe17.66991
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe17.60354
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe17.58919
BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.48943
FranceFRAWestern Europe17.48310
SpainESPSouthern Europe17.45652
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe17.30263
HungaryHUNEastern Europe16.99204
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16.97334

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City44.72153
  2. Monaco30.10573
  3. Japan24.51268
  4. Italy20.99664
  5. Germany20.63765

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.03001
  2. Nauru1.27106
  3. United Arab Emirates1.46759
  4. Zambia1.78394
  5. Central African Republic1.88120

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6.06519. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 174 · 48rose · 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 2012.

  • 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 (2012). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2012

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012?

Vatican City, at 44.72153, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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