Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source
Burkina Faso | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.6434592 1960
2.6925306 1961
2.74001588 1962
2.78709109 1963
2.83425638 1964
2.88231963 1965
2.93189848 1966
2.98326853 1967
3.0351418 1968
3.08689857 1969
3.13826589 1970
3.18959535 1971
3.2397387 1972
3.28685675 1973
3.33265704 1974
3.3776798 1975
3.42132468 1976
3.45973837 1977
3.49173304 1978
3.51900243 1979
3.53977623 1980
3.55434558 1981
3.5635963 1982
3.56669018 1983
3.56434697 1984
3.5565038 1985
3.54230176 1986
3.52160786 1987
3.49426092 1988
3.46102775 1989
3.42387643 1990
3.38560954 1991
3.34476908 1992
3.29862323 1993
3.24821806 1994
3.19623887 1995
3.14406253 1996
3.09074139 1997
3.03688141 1998
2.98521601 1999
2.93758134 2000
2.89428829 2001
2.85550442 2002
2.82142613 2003
2.79060793 2004
2.76294675 2005
2.73922803 2006
2.72052237 2007
2.7094835 2008
2.70582376 2009
2.70611897 2010
2.70711579 2011
2.70302227 2012
2.67712685 2013
2.63675923 2014
2.60490967 2015
2.58307723 2016
2.56916029 2017
2.56387781 2018
2.56526948 2019
2.56141374 2020
2.54720629 2021
2.53341947 2022
Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source