| TABLE 2. | GROWTH OF THE OLDEST-OLD POPULATION FROM 1950 TO 1990 . |
| Pooled data for 12 countries1) |
| Age | Sex | Population on 1 January | Growth factor |
|
| 1950 | 1990 | |||
| 80-89 | Males | 1 164 309 | 3 663 310 | 3.1 |
| Females | 1 850 361 | 7 654 426 | 4.1 | |
| Total | 3 014 670 | 11 317 736 | 3.8 | |
| 90-99 | Males | 49 577 | 297 407 | 6.0 |
| Females | 113 855 | 988 886 | 8.7 | |
| Total | 163 432 | 1 286 293 | 7.9 | |
| 100+ | Males | 173 | 2 945 | 17.0 |
| Females | 636 | 14 890 | 23.4 | |
| Total | 809 | 17 835 | 22.0 | |
| Total | Males | 1 214 059 | 3 963 662 | 3.3 |
| Females | 1 964 852 | 8 658 202 | 4.4 | |
| Total | 3 178 911 | 12 621 864 | 4.0 | |
| 1) | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England & Wales, Finland, France, Germany (West), Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. |