Bangladesh | 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 Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.00883719
1961 2.99693045
1962 2.9934835
1963 2.99913518
1964 3.01289759
1965 3.03127723
1966 3.05538387
1967 3.08460158
1968 3.11499053
1969 3.14516965
1970 3.16923384
1971 3.11637949
1972 3.07213873
1973 3.10851171
1974 3.14430905
1975 3.18907632
1976 3.24636936
1977 3.30383811
1978 3.35524835
1979 3.39876494
1980 3.43353877
1981 3.45780183
1982 3.47222837
1983 3.4803321
1984 3.48715725
1985 3.49612912
1986 3.50550045
1987 3.51319336
1988 3.51448924
1989 3.50471042
1990 3.49273919
1991 3.48810795
1992 3.49159979
1993 3.49654952
1994 3.49967028
1995 3.51011191
1996 3.52324061
1997 3.54486353
1998 3.59551996
1999 3.67645258
2000 3.76092412
2001 3.8335543
2002 3.90553996
2003 3.97859302
2004 4.04904218
2005 4.11678688
2006 4.18711347
2007 4.25055247
2008 4.312835
2009 4.37805512
2010 4.44682245
2011 4.52281374
2012 4.59928242
2013 4.6643722
2014 4.72153673
2015 4.80733861
2016 4.92609335
2017 5.07091879
2018 5.24650345
2019 5.44386973
2020 5.63296258
2021 5.82711204
2022 6.04441834

Bangladesh | 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 Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source