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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015

2015, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 47.7273; Qatar is lowest, at 1.0508. The middle country reads 6.5880. Against 2014, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2015

HighestVatican City

47.7273

LowestQatar

1.0508

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe47.7273
MonacoMCOWestern Europe34.1160
JapanJPNEastern Asia26.9230
ItalyITASouthern Europe22.0285
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe21.0795
GermanyDEUWestern Europe21.0534
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe20.5743
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.2439
BulgariaBGREastern Europe20.2098
FinlandFINNorthern Europe20.2091
SwedenSWENorthern Europe19.6983
LatviaLVANorthern Europe19.5243
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe19.2311
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe18.8888
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe18.8840
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe18.8803
FranceFRAWestern Europe18.8516
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe18.7039
SpainESPSouthern Europe18.5418
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe18.4877
AustriaAUTWestern Europe18.4614
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe18.3273
BelgiumBELWestern Europe18.1637
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean18.1468
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe18.0969

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City47.7273
  2. Monaco34.1160
  3. Japan26.9230
  4. Italy22.0285
  5. Greece21.0795

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.0508
  2. Nauru1.4972
  3. United Arab Emirates1.5046
  4. Zambia1.7378
  5. Uganda1.9351

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6.5880. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 192 · 30rose · 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 2015.

  • 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 (2015). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2015

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015?

Vatican City, at 47.7273, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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