Africa Western and Central | 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.30168113
1961 3.30756295
1962 3.32117348
1963 3.3323033
1964 3.3392297
1965 3.3411587
1966 3.33849727
1967 3.33053665
1968 3.32100959
1969 3.31243436
1970 3.30166869
1971 3.28718773
1972 3.27314306
1973 3.26258325
1974 3.25468001
1975 3.24891426
1976 3.24773073
1977 3.24951649
1978 3.25053611
1979 3.25047429
1980 3.24060596
1981 3.22482915
1982 3.21568983
1983 3.20975275
1984 3.20612775
1985 3.20560262
1986 3.20458121
1987 3.20374763
1988 3.20445835
1989 3.20416509
1990 3.20232845
1991 3.19814467
1992 3.19025777
1993 3.18096485
1994 3.1693338
1995 3.15565409
1996 3.14209033
1997 3.1286411
1998 3.11430429
1999 3.09896016
2000 3.08372
2001 3.0693859
2002 3.0567628
2003 3.04526556
2004 3.03296569
2005 3.02052371
2006 3.00951861
2007 2.9997631
2008 2.99137397
2009 2.98461621
2010 2.9782879
2011 2.970061
2012 2.95930127
2013 2.94242899
2014 2.91734127
2015 2.89956621
2016 2.89353538
2017 2.89103354
2018 2.89269262
2019 2.89852856
2020 2.89695651
2021 2.88314635
2022 2.87628862

Africa Western and Central | 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 Western and Central
Records
63
Source