Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source
Dominica | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 5.46236885
1961 5.44834381
1962 5.45297149
1963 5.47790621
1964 5.51767486
1965 5.56209212
1966 5.61353366
1967 5.66681873
1968 5.72496822
1969 5.78906738
1970 5.83714348
1971 5.8671026
1972 5.89956991
1973 5.9572895
1974 6.04548054
1975 6.15283203
1976 6.27547998
1977 6.40472956
1978 6.54952848
1979 6.73098065
1980 6.94592891
1981 7.18957385
1982 7.44154986
1983 7.68102506
1984 7.89938278
1985 8.10525801
1986 8.30097803
1987 8.46443905
1988 8.62329803
1989 8.80320688
1990 9.01534941
1991 9.12989398
1992 9.07157275
1993 9.0105394
1994 8.99802741
1995 9.04033179
1996 9.1286967
1997 9.23915404
1998 9.40047579
1999 9.60296954
2000 9.85646563
2001 10.05612413
2002 10.12569219
2003 10.16400628
2004 10.22253332
2005 10.30018857
2006 10.42594047
2007 10.5910578
2008 10.76735192
2009 10.96363385
2010 11.17882336
2011 11.14311484
2012 10.81530299
2013 10.71005616
2014 10.0791397
2015 9.50626013
2016 9.52051374
2017 9.32062554
2018 9.21317378
2019 9.15607325
2020 9.17222843
2021 9.31814259
2022 9.52328579

Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source