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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 46.8468; Qatar is lowest, at 1.1225. The middle country reads 6.9847. Against 2016, 222 values changed (202 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2017

HighestVatican City

46.8468

LowestQatar

1.1225

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe46.8468
MonacoMCOWestern Europe35.5778
JapanJPNEastern Asia27.9778
ItalyITASouthern Europe22.5587
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe21.6563
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe21.4883
GermanyDEUWestern Europe21.2936
FinlandFINNorthern Europe21.1457
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe21.0133
BulgariaBGREastern Europe20.8700
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe20.1354
LatviaLVANorthern Europe20.0108
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean19.9138
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe19.9074
SwedenSWENorthern Europe19.8018
FranceFRAWestern Europe19.6708
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe19.5044
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe19.4674
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe19.1823
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe19.0859
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe19.0010
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe18.9976
SpainESPSouthern Europe18.9928
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean18.8767
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe18.8131

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City46.8468
  2. Monaco35.5778
  3. Japan27.9778
  4. Italy22.5587
  5. Greece21.6563

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.1225
  2. United Arab Emirates1.4789
  3. Zambia1.7529
  4. Nauru1.7882
  5. Uganda1.9836

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6.9847. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 202 · 20rose · 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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2017

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Other years

07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017?

Vatican City, at 46.8468, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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