Proportion of the oldest-old in total population, 1960 and 1990

TABLE 4.	PROPORTION OF THE OLDEST-OLD IN TOTAL POPULATION ,
	1960 AND 1990

Country	1.1.1960			1.1.1990
Country	Popu- lation '000	Aged 80+	%	Popu- lation '000	Aged 80+	%
Australia	…	…	...	17 086	362 115	2.12
Austria	7 081	121 225	1.71	7 791	277 808	3.57
Belgium	9 153	169 173	1.85	9 845	347 150	3.53
Canada	17 814	224 085	1.26	26 603	589 457	2.22
Chile	...	...	...	13 173	116 070	0.88

Czechoslovakia	13 654	149 761	1.10	15 661	353 829	2.26
Denmark	4 581	73 409	1.60	5 140	188 483	3.67
England & Wales	45 862	895 104	1.95	50 950	1 863 372	3.66
Estonia	1 197	19 227	1.61	1 571	40 387	2.57
Finland	4 429	40 594	0.92	4 986	138 281	2.77

France	45 542	909 205	2.00	56 735	2 084 462	3.67
Germany East	17 241	314 798	1.83	16 247	541 034	3.33
Germany West	53 373	836 638	1.57	63 232	2 394 224	3.79
Hungary	9 999	108 238	1.08	10 365	259 632	2.50
Iceland	176	2 526	1.44	255	6 321	2.48

Ireland	…	…	…	3 503	77 235	2.20
Italy	49 361	777 347	1.57	57 662	1 745 513	3.03
Japan	93 200	639 409	0.69	123 537	2 823 387	2.29
Latvia	2 093	37 293	1.78	2 683	72 125	2.69
Luxemburg	314	4 683	1.49	381	11 338	2.98

Netherlands	11 480	155 340	1.35	14 952	427 964	2.86
New Zealand	2 372	35 512	1.50	3 347	72 575	2.17
Norway	3 586	70 138	1.96	4 241	156 279	3.68
Poland	…	…	…	38 180	733 676	1.92
Portugal	8 921	108 271	1.21	9 868	249 595	2.53

Scotland	5 254	84 939	1.62	4 970	166 308	3.35
Singapore	…	…	…	2 705	23 430	0.87
Spain	30 128	367 675	1.22	38 959	960 691	2.47
Sweden	7 480	137 960	1.84	8 559	359 044	4.19
Switzerland	5 351	80 707	1.51	6 712	243 975	3.63

25 countries	449 642	6 363 257	1.42	545 252	16 373 234	3.00
30 countries	...	...	...	619 899	17 685 760	2.85