Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source
Denmark | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 10.60344713
1961 10.78779928
1962 10.9646277
1963 11.12446943
1964 11.27563882
1965 11.417514
1966 11.54791413
1967 11.69584323
1968 11.88628015
1969 12.09155466
1970 12.30523038
1971 12.52051278
1972 12.72639303
1973 12.94110048
1974 13.17110263
1975 13.4020534
1976 13.61618249
1977 13.8445061
1978 14.07869162
1979 14.27223619
1980 14.42556838
1981 14.56029386
1982 14.6970641
1983 14.83632548
1984 14.95594685
1985 15.10661688
1986 15.2995125
1987 15.4328426
1988 15.5184724
1989 15.58874001
1990 15.61409693
1991 15.60242908
1992 15.55970097
1993 15.47732473
1994 15.3708826
1995 15.24943715
1996 15.13311197
1997 15.03579
1998 14.95244756
1999 14.88276746
2000 14.83840465
2001 14.82161493
2002 14.83067367
2003 14.8736045
2004 14.95392188
2005 15.07215599
2006 15.21490686
2007 15.42737022
2008 15.73461165
2009 16.11756512
2010 16.57601536
2011 17.09171028
2012 17.60826873
2013 18.05097056
2014 18.42033287
2015 18.74973141
2016 19.03934162
2017 19.30034148
2018 19.55499224
2019 19.80256486
2020 20.04691844
2021 20.26872658
2022 20.48695047

Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source