HC Deb 27 July 1978 vol 954 c917W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the

POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE OF SPECIFIED COUNTRIES AT 1ST JANUARY 1976
Thousands
All ages Aged under 15
Country Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
Total for EEC … 258,654.2 125,872.8 132,781.2 59,784.4 30,633.7 29,150.8
Germany … 61,644.6 29,381.5 32,263.1 13,084.0 6,701.6 6,382.4
France … 52,809.7 25,869.8 26,939.9 12,537.6 6,409.2 6,128.4
Netherlands … 13,733.6 6,836.9 6,896.7 3,442.7 1,760.6 1,682.1
Italy … 56,014.2 27,392.7 28,621.5 13,403.6 6,874.3 6,529.3
Belgium … 9,813.2 4,805.2 5,007.9 2,159.9 1,105.2 1,054.8
Luxembourg (1st January 1975) … 357.4 177.2 180.2 72.2 36.9 35.3
United Kingdom … 56,062.2 27,321.6 28,740.5 12,954.6 6,656.0 6,298.6
Ireland … 3,154.0 1,581.1 1,572.9 988.6 505.9 482.7
Denmark … 5,065.3 2,506.8 2,558.5 1,141.2 584.0 557.2
United States (1st July 1976) … 214,649.0 104,472.0 110,177.0 52,507.0 26,793.0 25,714.0
Japan (1st October 1975) … 111,933.8 55,115.2 56,818.6 27,186.9 13,907.1 13,279.8

Thousands
Aged 15–64 Aged 65 and over
Country Persons Males Females Persons Males Females
Total for EEC … 163,987.0 81,495.9 82,491.1 34,882.6 13,743.2 21,139.6
Germany … 39,555.9 19,321.2 20,234.7 9,004.7 3,358.7 5,646.1
France … 33,122.9 16,676.8 16,446.1 7,149.2 2,783.8 4,365.4
Netherlands … 8,800.7 4,445.7 4,354.9 1,490.2 630.5 859.7
Italy … 35,720.1 17,637.7 18,082.4 6,890.5 2,880.7 4,009.8
Belgium … 6,283.3 3,148.0 3,135.2 1,369.9 552.0 818.0
Luxembourg (1st January 1975) … 238.8 121.4 117.5 46.4 19.0 27.3
United Kingdom … 35,203.5 17,596.6 17,607.0 7,904.0 3,069.0 4,834.9
Ireland … 1,822.3 919.6 902.7 343.1 155.6 187.5
Denmark … 3,239.5 1,628.9 1,610.6 684.6 293.9 390.7
United States (1st July 1976) … 139,206.0 68,314.0 70,892.0 22,936.0 9,365.0 13,571.0
Japan (1st October 1975) … 75,842.6 37,339.8 38,502.7 8,904.3 3,868.3 5,036.1

Sources:

SOEC—Demographic Statistics 1960–1976, for EEC countries.

United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1976, for United States and Japan.

Note: There are some differences between countries in the coverage of the definition of population