| Table 34. | GROWTH OF THE OLDEST-OLD POPULATION, BY COUNTRY. |
Country |
Annual rate of growth, % |
Growth factor 1960-90 |
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| 1960-70 | 1970-80 | 1980-90 | ||
| Australia | ... | 2.7 | 4.1 | ... |
| Austria | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.29 |
| Belgium | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.05 |
| Canada | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.63 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.36 |
| Denmark | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.57 |
| England & Wales | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.08 |
| Estonia | 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.10 |
| Finland | 2.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 3.41 |
| France | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.29 |
| Germany, East | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.72 |
| Germany, West | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.86 |
| Hungary | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.40 |
| Iceland | 1.9 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 2.50 |
| Ireland | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.33 |
| Italy | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 2.25 |
| Japan | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 4.42 |
| Latvia | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.93 |
| Luxembourg | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.42 |
| Netherlands | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.76 |
| New Zealand | 2.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 2.04 |
| Norway | 1.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.23 |
| Poland | ... | 4.8 | 4.1 | ... |
| Portugal | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 2.31 |
| Scotland | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.96 |
| Spain | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 2.61 |
| Sweden | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.60 |
| Switzerland | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.02 |