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

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