Austria | 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
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source
Austria | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 12.21028211
1961 12.40319842
1962 12.59519086
1963 12.76289074
1964 12.96566386
1965 13.16542978
1966 13.35833295
1967 13.55832068
1968 13.73980821
1969 13.90701722
1970 14.05481266
1971 14.19164169
1972 14.31908611
1973 14.44984505
1974 14.63004525
1975 14.84851508
1976 15.01734347
1977 15.16806368
1978 15.31802061
1979 15.42952543
1980 15.38276965
1981 15.08508136
1982 14.70379746
1983 14.34188681
1984 14.13103351
1985 14.16116672
1986 14.31852674
1987 14.5250314
1988 14.72466727
1989 14.86475854
1990 14.94279196
1991 14.95112975
1992 14.91399525
1993 14.92124091
1994 15.00188082
1995 15.11707347
1996 15.21974441
1997 15.30450316
1998 15.37121003
1999 15.40028179
2000 15.41303315
2001 15.43474258
2002 15.43300204
2003 15.44696964
2004 15.7088972
2005 16.18938148
2006 16.65682624
2007 17.00454819
2008 17.25869252
2009 17.509071
2010 17.635641
2011 17.71443403
2012 17.92926658
2013 18.18002724
2014 18.36984516
2015 18.44460597
2016 18.48506262
2017 18.59689962
2018 18.75050796
2019 18.93011208
2020 19.14942976
2021 19.44115734
2022 19.80702865

Austria | 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
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source