TABLE 3.	GROWTH FACTOR OF THE OLDEST-OLD POPULATION
	FROM 1950 TO 1990:

Country or area	Total	Males	Females
Japan	7.90	8.26	7.72
Finland	4.85	4.20	5.14
Switzerland	4.65	3.94	5.09
Canada	3.91	2.93	4.72
Denmark	3.65	2.71	4.39
Germany; West	3.53	2.33	4.43
Austria	3.47	2.53	4.11
Sweden	3.36	2.70	3.87
New Zealand	3.36	2.58	3.97
Italy	3.25	2.44	3.89
Hungary	3.22	2.37	3.87
Luxemburg	3.20	2.13	4.03
France	3.19	2.83	3.37
Spain	3.17	3.22	3.14
Czechoslovakia	3.07	2.30	3.60
Belgium	2.90	2.17	3.39
Portugal	2.89	3.10	2.79
England & Wales	2.88	2.41	3.13
Estonia	2.83	2.39	3.00
Latvia	2.83	2.53	2.96
Norway	2.82	2.32	3.17
Netherlands	2.75	1.86	3.49
Scotland	2.51	1.94	2.83
Iceland	2.50	2.48	2.50.
Germany; East	2.37	1.65	2.86
Ireland	1.77	1.38	2.10