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

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