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Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 44.7023; Qatar is lowest, at 1.5721. The middle country reads 8.3196. Against 2022, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Aged 65 and Over · Data for 2023

HighestVatican City

44.7023

LowestQatar

1.5721

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe44.7023
MonacoMCOWestern Europe36.3572
JapanJPNEastern Asia29.5618
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean24.2437
ItalyITASouthern Europe24.2188
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe24.1115
FinlandFINNorthern Europe23.5779
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe23.4830
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe22.8154
GermanyDEUWestern Europe22.7900
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe22.7130
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe22.3384
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean22.2436
BulgariaBGREastern Europe21.8324
FranceFRAWestern Europe21.7491
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe21.6824
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia21.6453
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe21.6424
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe21.3323
LatviaLVANorthern Europe21.3321
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe20.9141
BermudaBMUNorthern America20.9118
HungaryHUNEastern Europe20.8191
SpainESPSouthern Europe20.6537
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe20.6002

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City44.7023
  2. Monaco36.3572
  3. Japan29.5618
  4. Puerto Rico24.2437
  5. Italy24.2188

Lowest

  1. Qatar1.5721
  2. United Arab Emirates1.6956
  3. Zambia1.8989
  4. Chad2.0748
  5. Central African Republic2.0953

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.3196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 211 · 11rose · 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 2023.

  • 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 (2023). Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-65-plus/2023

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07Questions

Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population aged 65 and over in Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023?

Vatican City, at 44.7023, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Aged 65 and Over, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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