Bahamas, The | 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
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Records
63
Source
Bahamas, The | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.57292576 1960
3.45544686 1961
3.3533906 1962
3.27202681 1963
3.24567945 1964
3.25511395 1965
3.26618139 1966
3.28830509 1967
3.31901931 1968
3.35956653 1969
3.39616532 1970
3.43157056 1971
3.48659885 1972
3.56085616 1973
3.64621915 1974
3.7400746 1975
3.84165632 1976
3.94592785 1977
4.04389451 1978
4.13077757 1979
4.21514843 1980
4.30895504 1981
4.40871492 1982
4.50470442 1983
4.59102859 1984
4.6518389 1985
4.6839458 1986
4.69274464 1987
4.67265499 1988
4.63402921 1989
4.62226475 1990
4.62675348 1991
4.61286118 1992
4.60604967 1993
4.64087158 1994
4.69247615 1995
4.72399629 1996
4.7630255 1997
4.81756384 1998
4.89725124 1999
5.01701465 2000
5.13946109 2001
5.24532787 2002
5.35051944 2003
5.47145861 2004
5.60401836 2005
5.73406169 2006
5.86691792 2007
5.99112446 2008
6.09648247 2009
6.19266915 2010
6.3106231 2011
6.46899317 2012
6.64631142 2013
6.83150404 2014
7.02945652 2015
7.22946943 2016
7.43183299 2017
7.67491942 2018
7.96785125 2019
8.27893223 2020
8.56779328 2021
8.89120063 2022
Bahamas, The | 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
Commonwealth of The Bahamas
Records
63
Source