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