| Table 35. | PROPORTION AGED 80 AND OVER IN TOTAL POPULATION, PERCENT |
1 January 1960 |
1 January 1990 |
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| France | 2.00 | Sweden | 4.19 |
| Norway | 1.96 | Germany, West | 3.79 |
| England & Wales | 1.95 | Norway | 3.68 |
| Belgium | 1.85 | France | 3.67 |
| Sweden | 1.84 | Denmark | 3.67 |
| Germany, East | 1.83 | England & Wales | 3.66 |
| Latvia | 1.78 | Switzerland | 3.63 |
| Austria | 1.71 | Austria | 3.57 |
| Scotland | 1.62 | Belgium | 3.53 |
| Estonia | 1.61 | Scotland | 3.35 |
| Denmark | 1.60 | Germany, East | 3.33 |
| Germany, West | 1.57 | Italy | 3.03 |
| Italy | 1.57 | Luxembourg | 2.98 |
| Switzerland | 1.51 | Netherlands | 2.86 |
| New Zealand | 1.50 | Finland | 2.77 |
| Luxembourg | 1.49 | Latvia | 2.69 |
| Iceland | 1.44 | Estonia | 2.57 |
| Netherlands | 1.35 | Portugal | 2.53 |
| Canada | 1.26 | Hungary | 2.50 |
| Spain | 1.22 | Iceland | 2.48 |
| Portugal | 1.21 | Spain | 2.47 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1.10 | Japan | 2.29 |
| Hungary | 1.08 | Czechoslovakia | 2.26 |
| Finland | 0.92 | Canada | 2.22 |
| Japan | 0.69 | Ireland | 2.20 |
| New Zealand | 2.17 | ||
| Australia | 2.12 | ||
| Poland | 1.92 | ||
| Chile | 0.88 | ||
| Singapore | 0.87 | ||
| 25 countries | 1.42 | 25 countries | 3.00 |
From: Kannisto, 1994, p. 24.