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

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