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