Costa Rica | 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 Costa Rica
Records
63
Source
Costa Rica | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.04586192
1961 3.05174096
1962 3.05731538
1963 3.06443181
1964 3.07591309
1965 3.09402076
1966 3.12099039
1967 3.15683227
1968 3.20229706
1969 3.25523396
1970 3.31174666
1971 3.37451968
1972 3.44184941
1973 3.51571778
1974 3.5956041
1975 3.67677629
1976 3.76209116
1977 3.85261788
1978 3.94626915
1979 4.03186879
1980 4.10660965
1981 4.17829599
1982 4.2497393
1983 4.32027058
1984 4.38893628
1985 4.45539053
1986 4.52411707
1987 4.5988077
1988 4.68003671
1989 4.76716312
1990 4.85893548
1991 4.95430579
1992 5.05161217
1993 5.15072949
1994 5.24819498
1995 5.34173502
1996 5.43641353
1997 5.53576268
1998 5.63604407
1999 5.74004916
2000 5.85489393
2001 5.97904507
2002 6.1162032
2003 6.26514449
2004 6.41840745
2005 6.57670138
2006 6.74023391
2007 6.9078308
2008 7.07944453
2009 7.26231077
2010 7.46097438
2011 7.68278092
2012 7.92666713
2013 8.18531014
2014 8.44905294
2015 8.7101414
2016 8.98378328
2017 9.27266114
2018 9.57236585
2019 9.88549289
2020 10.21832463
2021 10.5302877
2022 10.82589292

Costa Rica | 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 Costa Rica
Records
63
Source