Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
Source
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.6087237
1961 3.69424656
1962 3.81433279
1963 3.95908984
1964 4.11160793
1965 4.26419166
1966 4.41460061
1967 4.55871894
1968 4.70003629
1969 4.84765976
1970 5.00609216
1971 5.17784321
1972 5.36313765
1973 5.55564432
1974 5.7459297
1975 5.92476797
1976 6.08672725
1977 6.2294162
1978 6.34355967
1979 6.41606756
1980 6.4472525
1981 6.43676731
1982 6.38841061
1983 6.32666991
1984 6.28308711
1985 6.27210447
1986 6.31026285
1987 6.41322658
1988 6.5755977
1989 6.79102688
1990 7.06545531
1991 7.39164745
1992 7.94969607
1993 8.67667238
1994 9.3650743
1995 9.86458703
1996 10.0255633
1997 10.20936827
1998 10.52151379
1999 10.92012933
2000 11.34541256
2001 11.77651986
2002 12.20665681
2003 12.65556293
2004 13.15772196
2005 13.59939203
2006 13.92824276
2007 14.12345518
2008 14.17863278
2009 14.1952034
2010 14.20251907
2011 14.24051161
2012 14.3662975
2013 14.61111133
2014 14.92492091
2015 15.27490095
2016 15.67393549
2017 16.13536754
2018 16.66852934
2019 17.23088995
2020 17.74286311
2021 18.14322353
2022 18.39980282

Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
Source