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

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