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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 45.1135; Qatar is lowest, at 1.3911. The middle country reads 7.9235. Against 2021, 222 values changed (201 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2022

HighestVatican City

45.1135

LowestQatar

1.3911

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe45.1135
MonacoMCOWestern Europe37.0612
JapanJPNEastern Asia29.4026
ItalyITASouthern Europe23.9292
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean23.8150
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe23.6880
FinlandFINNorthern Europe23.2288
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe23.2282
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe22.4847
GermanyDEUWestern Europe22.4589
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe22.3007
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe22.0777
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean21.8115
BulgariaBGREastern Europe21.6973
FranceFRAWestern Europe21.3773
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe21.1033
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe21.0238
LatviaLVANorthern Europe21.0118
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe20.8813
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia20.6844
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe20.6300
HungaryHUNEastern Europe20.6076
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe20.5183
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe20.4007
SwedenSWENorthern Europe20.3419

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City45.1135
  2. Monaco37.0612
  3. Japan29.4026
  4. Italy23.9292
  5. Puerto Rico23.8150

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.3911
  2. United Arab Emirates1.6397
  3. Zambia1.8561
  4. Chad2.0555
  5. Uganda2.1152

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.9235. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 201 · 21rose · 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 2022.

  • 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 (2022). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2022

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022?

Vatican City, at 45.1135, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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