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

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