Benin | 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 Benin
Records
63
Source
Benin | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 5.96626416
1961 5.84528988
1962 5.73259386
1963 5.62821671
1964 5.53002967
1965 5.43719066
1966 5.34939587
1967 5.26560279
1968 5.18584008
1969 5.10944
1970 5.03467405
1971 4.96224478
1972 4.8928719
1973 4.82507558
1974 4.75691751
1975 4.68870747
1976 4.62216098
1977 4.55679109
1978 4.49287269
1979 4.4284172
1980 4.36086807
1981 4.2914002
1982 4.22188621
1983 4.15412679
1984 4.08701651
1985 4.02065639
1986 3.95641411
1987 3.8941095
1988 3.8339693
1989 3.77563418
1990 3.71881745
1991 3.66320297
1992 3.60899652
1993 3.54101136
1994 3.48122208
1995 3.44238218
1996 3.40550883
1997 3.37059063
1998 3.33831851
1999 3.30867725
2000 3.28178401
2001 3.25703939
2002 3.23315414
2003 3.210998
2004 3.19320129
2005 3.17931254
2006 3.17090564
2007 3.16879729
2008 3.17108852
2009 3.17571043
2010 3.18076689
2011 3.18297747
2012 3.17751154
2013 3.16043765
2014 3.12080422
2015 3.09177896
2016 3.08768997
2017 3.08510678
2018 3.08584094
2019 3.09036028
2020 3.08886104
2021 3.07638478
2022 3.06457851

Benin | 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 Benin
Records
63
Source