British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
Records
63
Source
British Virgin Islands | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
5.77707006 1960
5.61861881 1961
5.55555556 1962
5.4236646 1963
5.22674382 1964
5.05144995 1965
4.88359236 1966
4.65994962 1967
4.42247659 1968
4.15729721 1969
3.97682793 1970
4.04055844 1971
4.21923892 1972
4.39209423 1973
4.5093884 1974
4.63917526 1975
4.82378327 1976
5.02930611 1977
5.2717442 1978
5.52133137 1979
5.66657665 1980
5.6180265 1981
5.49270303 1982
5.42855983 1983
5.37912648 1984
5.36661112 1985
5.40421793 1986
5.45776519 1987
5.52319605 1988
5.54322256 1989
5.54221496 1990
5.50669691 1991
5.41697014 1992
5.34559478 1993
5.29701536 1994
5.21089706 1995
5.11023427 1996
5.0264906 1997
4.92937446 1998
4.82487491 1999
4.77777501 2000
4.74426936 2001
4.73282443 2002
4.77901872 2003
4.84911184 2004
4.95584637 2005
5.07554733 2006
5.2201183 2007
5.40302508 2008
5.63536524 2009
5.89163884 2010
6.1422645 2011
6.40723409 2012
6.67562333 2013
6.95177937 2014
7.23808551 2015
7.53555937 2016
7.8659348 2017
8.22647107 2018
8.65076772 2019
9.0747331 2020
9.46597262 2021
9.93786836 2022
British Virgin Islands | 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
Virgin Islands
Records
63
Source