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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 47.2469; Qatar is lowest, at 1.0862. The middle country reads 6.7686. Against 2015, 222 values changed (194 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2016

HighestVatican City

47.2469

LowestQatar

1.0862

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe47.2469
MonacoMCOWestern Europe35.0091
JapanJPNEastern Asia27.5120
ItalyITASouthern Europe22.3096
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe21.3989
GermanyDEUWestern Europe21.1350
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe21.0270
FinlandFINNorthern Europe20.6838
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe20.6707
BulgariaBGREastern Europe20.5761
LatviaLVANorthern Europe19.7754
SwedenSWENorthern Europe19.7738
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe19.6581
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe19.3854
FranceFRAWestern Europe19.2847
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe19.1860
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe19.1758
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe18.9426
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean18.9021
SpainESPSouthern Europe18.7673
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe18.7419
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe18.6556
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe18.5952
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe18.5121
AustriaAUTWestern Europe18.4999

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City47.2469
  2. Monaco35.0091
  3. Japan27.5120
  4. Italy22.3096
  5. Greece21.3989

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.0862
  2. United Arab Emirates1.4852
  3. Nauru1.6637
  4. Zambia1.7434
  5. Uganda1.9586

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6.7686. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 194 · 28rose · 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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2016

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016?

Vatican City, at 47.2469, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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