Congo, 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
Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.55676487
1961 3.5734163
1962 3.59329994
1963 3.6127707
1964 3.62727791
1965 3.63550154
1966 3.63790646
1967 3.63459781
1968 3.62718591
1969 3.61676891
1970 3.60339144
1971 3.58738043
1972 3.56806219
1973 3.54647981
1974 3.52453474
1975 3.49903335
1976 3.46912907
1977 3.43925895
1978 3.40829678
1979 3.37061718
1980 3.32916771
1981 3.29348744
1982 3.28423137
1983 3.31049945
1984 3.35378305
1985 3.39271035
1986 3.41652615
1987 3.42968784
1988 3.42501074
1989 3.39167804
1990 3.35037425
1991 3.31866295
1992 3.30269287
1993 3.29398482
1994 3.27481375
1995 3.24826633
1996 3.21837183
1997 3.18298568
1998 3.13933514
1999 3.09184764
2000 3.04186622
2001 2.99961495
2002 2.97390577
2003 2.94882473
2004 2.91281866
2005 2.87010947
2006 2.82529212
2007 2.77968576
2008 2.73217329
2009 2.6823548
2010 2.63675211
2011 2.60104454
2012 2.57689137
2013 2.56255791
2014 2.55469238
2015 2.55213564
2016 2.55756727
2017 2.57099532
2018 2.59026639
2019 2.61702568
2020 2.6476393
2021 2.67778778
2022 2.72087879

Congo, 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
Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source