Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source
Arab World | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.4868495
1961 3.50853567
1962 3.54090772
1963 3.56798751
1964 3.58931662
1965 3.60618856
1966 3.61055235
1967 3.60291779
1968 3.59308861
1969 3.58069887
1970 3.56593253
1971 3.55023323
1972 3.53408795
1973 3.51672276
1974 3.49656484
1975 3.48215658
1976 3.47944568
1977 3.46732741
1978 3.43882687
1979 3.4097316
1980 3.38367361
1981 3.35788755
1982 3.332335
1983 3.31005475
1984 3.29628043
1985 3.29044929
1986 3.29159526
1987 3.29809051
1988 3.30569337
1989 3.31804214
1990 3.32952654
1991 3.35452239
1992 3.37749551
1993 3.40098797
1994 3.42466616
1995 3.44981472
1996 3.49158302
1997 3.54957514
1998 3.59104265
1999 3.61421418
2000 3.63274832
2001 3.64750631
2002 3.66021207
2003 3.66760265
2004 3.6694035
2005 3.6625648
2006 3.6450006
2007 3.62346887
2008 3.60678375
2009 3.60123678
2010 3.61459132
2011 3.65274009
2012 3.70576108
2013 3.76498207
2014 3.82825986
2015 3.89707127
2016 3.97250312
2017 4.0573298
2018 4.1516186
2019 4.25238308
2020 4.3557634
2021 4.45365248
2022 4.54808343

Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source