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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018

2018, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 46.330; Qatar is lowest, at 1.144. The middle country reads 7.169. Against 2017, 222 values changed (203 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2018

HighestVatican City

46.330

LowestQatar

1.144

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe46.330
MonacoMCOWestern Europe36.234
JapanJPNEastern Asia28.345
ItalyITASouthern Europe22.806
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe21.932
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe21.897
FinlandFINNorthern Europe21.615
GermanyDEUWestern Europe21.450
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe21.319
BulgariaBGREastern Europe21.171
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean20.930
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe20.668
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe20.486
LatviaLVANorthern Europe20.198
FranceFRAWestern Europe20.039
SwedenSWENorthern Europe19.863
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe19.731
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean19.721
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe19.675
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe19.532
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe19.462
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe19.440
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe19.316
SpainESPSouthern Europe19.202
HungaryHUNEastern Europe19.129

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City46.330
  2. Monaco36.234
  3. Japan28.345
  4. Italy22.806
  5. Portugal21.932

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.144
  2. United Arab Emirates1.501
  3. Zambia1.767
  4. Nauru1.926
  5. Uganda2.009

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.169. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 203 · 19rose · 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 2018.

  • 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 (2018). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2018

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018?

Vatican City, at 46.330, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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