Africa Eastern and Southern | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
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Africa Eastern and Southern | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.97256804 1960
2.95394114 1961
2.93533201 1962
2.91839245 1963
2.90467033 1964
2.89451289 1965
2.88747527 1966
2.88431308 1967
2.88451272 1968
2.88606628 1969
2.88828982 1970
2.8921878 1971
2.89653095 1972
2.90134741 1973
2.90579889 1974
2.90903425 1975
2.91391367 1976
2.91953789 1977
2.92679477 1978
2.93595966 1979
2.93894186 1980
2.93864371 1981
2.9395099 1982
2.93535546 1983
2.92973886 1984
2.92741006 1985
2.92402199 1986
2.92364447 1987
2.91910853 1988
2.9091011 1989
2.90283383 1990
2.90050345 1991
2.8998042 1992
2.89577258 1993
2.88705295 1994
2.87687166 1995
2.87114753 1996
2.86689808 1997
2.86083533 1998
2.8566068 1999
2.85665996 2000
2.85855166 2001
2.86016342 2002
2.86060876 2003
2.86141076 2004
2.86397023 2005
2.86685387 2006
2.86957056 2007
2.87212003 2008
2.87808723 2009
2.89161101 2010
2.91216271 2011
2.93645292 2012
2.96148839 2013
2.98827072 2014
3.01548186 2015
3.04532056 2016
3.07867131 2017
3.11295065 2018
3.14636508 2019
3.16669495 2020
3.16533887 2021
3.15517584 2022
Africa Eastern and Southern | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
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