Algeria | 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
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source
Algeria | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.13968634
1961 3.26464176
1962 3.50199435
1963 3.7146275
1964 3.87285233
1965 3.98493901
1966 3.9758268
1967 3.86172784
1968 3.74744854
1969 3.63241731
1970 3.51955271
1971 3.41276224
1972 3.31442407
1973 3.22376841
1974 3.13985095
1975 3.14266261
1976 3.25230132
1977 3.29187695
1978 3.23899789
1979 3.18693018
1980 3.13910891
1981 3.09701028
1982 3.06295022
1983 3.03810622
1984 3.02290693
1985 3.01778958
1986 3.02300191
1987 3.03645997
1988 3.05792779
1989 3.08402252
1990 3.1123979
1991 3.14521117
1992 3.18063548
1993 3.21781444
1994 3.25722628
1995 3.30043814
1996 3.48950413
1997 3.83204917
1998 4.05662305
1999 4.15103498
2000 4.24364609
2001 4.33562427
2002 4.42512877
2003 4.50841419
2004 4.5829667
2005 4.65186121
2006 4.70983613
2007 4.75201329
2008 4.78171401
2009 4.80610366
2010 4.83058597
2011 4.86049908
2012 4.90306742
2013 4.96742468
2014 5.06342497
2015 5.19075685
2016 5.33963028
2017 5.49951374
2018 5.67040595
2019 5.8550367
2020 6.01747008
2021 6.18199997
2022 6.38778618

Algeria | 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
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Records
63
Source