| TABLE 19. | PROPORTION OF CENTENARIANS IN TOTAL POPULATION, 1960 AND 1990. |
Country |
1.1.1960 | 1.1.1990 | ||
| Number | Per million | Number | Per million | |
| Austria | 25 | 3.5 | 232 | 29.8 |
| Belgium | ... | ... | 474 | 48.1 |
| Denmark | 19 | 4.1 | 323 | 62.8 |
| England & Wales | 531 | 11.6 | 3890 | 76.3 |
| Estonia | ... | ... | 42 | 26.7 |
| Finland | 11 | 2.5 | 141 | 28.3 |
| France | 371 | 8.1 | 3853 | 67.9 |
| Germany, West | 119 | 2.2 | 2528 | 40.0 |
| Iceland | 3 | 17.0 | 17 | 66.7 |
| Ireland | ... | ... | 87 | 24.8 |
| Italy | 265 | 5.4 | 2047 | 35.5 |
| Japan | 155 | 1.7 | 3126 | 25.3 |
| Netherlands | 62 | 5.4 | 818 | 54.7 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 7.6 | 198 | 59.2 |
| Norway | 73 | 20.4 | 300 | 70.7 |
| Portugal | ... | ... | 268 | 27.2 |
| Singapore | ... | ... | 41 | 15.2 |
| Sweden | 72 | 9.6 | 583 | 68.1 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 5.4 | 338 | 50.4 |
| 14 countries | 1753 | 5.3 | 18 394 | 45.1 |
| 19 countries | ... | ... | 19 306 | 44.3 |