Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source
Comoros | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.51727589
1961 3.52512625
1962 3.53236852
1963 3.54183461
1964 3.55374647
1965 3.56683423
1966 3.58072471
1967 3.58324993
1968 3.59109716
1969 3.62179134
1970 3.66473352
1971 3.71989754
1972 3.78669446
1973 3.86136474
1974 3.94378741
1975 4.03001757
1976 4.11776621
1977 4.2047345
1978 4.28689495
1979 4.35429064
1980 4.37458883
1981 4.35861893
1982 4.36272794
1983 4.37892668
1984 4.37491198
1985 4.34966059
1986 4.30675425
1987 4.25246449
1988 4.18886979
1989 4.11955651
1990 4.06453903
1991 4.04588075
1992 4.02249942
1993 3.98300951
1994 3.95413942
1995 3.92756333
1996 3.9024859
1997 3.87984548
1998 3.85912447
1999 3.86746156
2000 3.88816179
2001 3.8796621
2002 3.8576363
2003 3.84280778
2004 3.90017439
2005 4.01884313
2006 4.12903172
2007 4.21827218
2008 4.27058023
2009 4.27872366
2010 4.25091155
2011 4.2058261
2012 4.16089343
2013 4.13058476
2014 4.12174719
2015 4.13152008
2016 4.14777174
2017 4.1946974
2018 4.26541597
2019 4.32055687
2020 4.33403294
2021 4.30378561
2022 4.27833816

Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source