Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 11.98711872
1961 12.11585598
1962 12.27220545
1963 12.38220363
1964 12.50525776
1965 12.65942863
1966 12.82653443
1967 13.00946026
1968 13.1519788
1969 13.27131702
1970 13.399591
1971 13.51560225
1972 13.636112
1973 13.76229186
1974 13.87868036
1975 13.98242288
1976 14.05886119
1977 14.16275906
1978 14.2932513
1979 14.40867467
1980 14.43671883
1981 14.30102011
1982 14.05801817
1983 13.77619309
1984 13.62765423
1985 13.7432393
1986 13.97695547
1987 14.213884
1988 14.46868041
1989 14.71126588
1990 14.94253185
1991 15.16594957
1992 15.36369903
1993 15.5436743
1994 15.73204258
1995 15.95701243
1996 16.19117694
1997 16.40359345
1998 16.57405197
1999 16.70275499
2000 16.80178248
2001 16.88271282
2002 16.96088438
2003 17.04240225
2004 17.13086422
2005 17.16941407
2006 17.1142141
2007 17.04451596
2008 17.05010182
2009 17.12042835
2010 17.20317801
2011 17.36884561
2012 17.5984539
2013 17.80417674
2014 18.01571892
2015 18.21216417
2016 18.38894723
2017 18.57801353
2018 18.78355297
2019 19.01177683
2020 19.20761939
2021 19.41707041
2022 19.72909498

Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source