Cabo Verde | 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
Cabo Verde
Records
63
Source
Cabo Verde | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 4.17586973
1961 4.21787014
1962 4.24026115
1963 4.28121592
1964 4.32916459
1965 4.38489248
1966 4.44679232
1967 4.51164022
1968 4.57745237
1969 4.642141
1970 4.68456551
1971 4.73006468
1972 4.80798872
1973 4.8901872
1974 4.96185547
1975 5.02290756
1976 5.0744995
1977 5.11879866
1978 5.15425053
1979 5.17969207
1980 5.18812612
1981 5.17405681
1982 5.14282037
1983 5.09954815
1984 5.0501904
1985 5.00214785
1986 4.96120789
1987 4.93048825
1988 4.91220372
1989 4.90101913
1990 4.8704821
1991 4.82276982
1992 4.78037529
1993 4.74385385
1994 4.71237754
1995 4.68616114
1996 4.6671433
1997 4.65501848
1998 4.64410491
1999 4.63039364
2000 4.70255384
2001 4.86814262
2002 5.04890846
2003 5.24048666
2004 5.43113919
2005 5.61332312
2006 5.78280723
2007 5.9394828
2008 6.08482067
2009 6.21997042
2010 6.1633211
2011 5.93549268
2012 5.73273343
2013 5.55959921
2014 5.41939217
2015 5.30067045
2016 5.22587525
2017 5.21847796
2018 5.24867319
2019 5.30153952
2020 5.36840931
2021 5.44065995
2022 5.55079284

Cabo Verde | 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
Cabo Verde
Records
63
Source