Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.02059525
1961 2.99479994
1962 2.96746564
1963 2.941707
1964 2.91721823
1965 2.8942003
1966 2.87690348
1967 2.86411863
1968 2.85341553
1969 2.84498808
1970 2.83794947
1971 2.8348277
1972 2.83466563
1973 2.83440871
1974 2.83611331
1975 2.83967848
1976 2.8455804
1977 2.85075145
1978 2.85016614
1979 2.84688968
1980 2.84331092
1981 2.84114713
1982 2.84041697
1983 2.83828144
1984 2.83496724
1985 2.83163005
1986 2.82982747
1987 2.82976356
1988 2.83090827
1989 2.83401503
1990 2.83835596
1991 2.84598965
1992 2.85668465
1993 2.8669929
1994 2.86970739
1995 2.8711061
1996 2.88070303
1997 2.89729429
1998 2.91656216
1999 2.93384293
2000 2.95088273
2001 2.96745301
2002 2.98336179
2003 3.00002315
2004 3.0158856
2005 3.03051553
2006 3.044688
2007 3.05762261
2008 3.06985217
2009 3.08205983
2010 3.09271972
2011 3.10052606
2012 3.104434
2013 3.10057426
2014 3.0888378
2015 3.07292608
2016 3.05478591
2017 3.03790053
2018 3.02661161
2019 3.01982193
2020 3.00071141
2021 2.96239701
2022 2.92045784

Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source