Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source
Cyprus | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 5.86777572
1961 5.95414033
1962 6.1576789
1963 6.40871792
1964 6.66641626
1965 6.91882733
1966 7.16606753
1967 7.41450864
1968 7.67947607
1969 7.97264852
1970 8.30261671
1971 8.67005424
1972 9.06765614
1973 9.30898741
1974 9.40832736
1975 9.533592
1976 9.62121726
1977 9.66516558
1978 9.69396438
1979 9.7112091
1980 9.71983322
1981 9.72183011
1982 9.70294171
1983 9.65543756
1984 9.60123166
1985 9.55705078
1986 9.52860701
1987 9.52092093
1988 9.5398428
1989 9.58657652
1990 9.65821179
1991 9.74976238
1992 9.83094181
1993 9.81318679
1994 9.73439328
1995 9.68944856
1996 9.6799815
1997 9.7065586
1998 9.76346402
1999 9.84328038
2000 9.93922936
2001 10.03694951
2002 10.09066941
2003 10.12575599
2004 10.19726913
2005 10.30290875
2006 10.44168393
2007 10.61415084
2008 10.81628356
2009 11.04085244
2010 11.28606147
2011 11.54048692
2012 11.80413581
2013 12.09068625
2014 12.39542224
2015 12.7021006
2016 12.99782157
2017 13.28576287
2018 13.57058526
2019 13.85334827
2020 14.15444548
2021 14.48048848
2022 14.82906155

Cyprus | 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 Cyprus
Records
63
Source