Bulgaria | 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source
Bulgaria | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
7.34287194 1960
7.54941923 1961
7.73948074 1962
7.93556806 1963
8.18695136 1964
8.45738572 1965
8.73002496 1966
8.98361635 1967
9.22367784 1968
9.46255333 1969
9.71651938 1970
9.97670149 1971
10.2202398 1972
10.48324274 1973
10.76187693 1974
11.03890872 1975
11.30548654 1976
11.52511862 1977
11.73808998 1978
11.96220661 1979
12.11176061 1980
12.19724113 1981
12.24107727 1982
12.26152197 1983
12.35611875 1984
12.55692939 1985
12.8394987 1986
13.1394337 1987
13.42813877 1988
13.74817563 1989
14.07696534 1990
14.37908527 1991
14.67836483 1992
14.97670189 1993
15.25396486 1994
15.5129716 1995
15.74972362 1996
15.97460646 1997
16.22196529 1998
16.51337656 1999
16.79097679 2000
17.02808033 2001
17.23001551 2002
17.38237284 2003
17.51385974 2004
17.63428586 2005
17.75263468 2006
17.8795913 2007
18.02079711 2008
18.19693033 2009
18.43739803 2010
18.78863284 2011
19.19159296 2012
19.61960217 2013
20.07968784 2014
20.50764828 2015
20.87538398 2016
21.20742309 2017
21.56944139 2018
21.94998903 2019
22.26512605 2020
22.42111107 2021
22.37788289 2022
Bulgaria | 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source