Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.0834245 1960
3.07113636 1961
3.05938753 1962
3.04873535 1963
3.03906686 1964
3.03004835 1965
3.02328794 1966
3.01991149 1967
3.02017567 1968
3.02475495 1969
3.0348543 1970
3.05214613 1971
3.07555162 1972
3.10538552 1973
3.14526628 1974
3.19455475 1975
3.25255894 1976
3.31650904 1977
3.38058411 1978
3.43934826 1979
3.48985793 1980
3.53326229 1981
3.569006 1982
3.5984422 1983
3.62776269 1984
3.65841917 1985
3.69356238 1986
3.73536328 1987
3.78055738 1988
3.82938796 1989
3.88109649 1990
3.93708913 1991
3.9966659 1992
4.05761881 1993
4.11973653 1994
4.1842974 1995
4.2541347 1996
4.32997656 1997
4.41107215 1998
4.49487111 1999
4.58077214 2000
4.66871413 2001
4.75872385 2002
4.85398879 2003
4.95786638 2004
5.07364592 2005
5.20827324 2006
5.36309013 2007
5.53522578 2008
5.72023683 2009
5.91598673 2010
6.12736246 2011
6.35479883 2012
6.5928957 2013
6.85225616 2014
7.13136757 2015
7.40781253 2016
7.67156638 2017
7.93059146 2018
8.20401927 2019
8.47231076 2020
8.71970649 2021
8.9990175 2022
Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source