Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.58357967 1960
2.57203128 1961
2.56183787 1962
2.55312554 1963
2.54628279 1964
2.54034159 1965
2.53602283 1966
2.53459824 1967
2.53575056 1968
2.53931009 1969
2.5793192 1970
2.67567944 1971
2.78608559 1972
2.88176101 1973
2.9626709 1974
3.03146793 1975
3.09305023 1976
3.15153126 1977
3.20763039 1978
3.26274358 1979
3.26237013 1980
3.21290842 1981
3.17430062 1982
3.14623066 1983
3.12988292 1984
3.1274042 1985
3.14012503 1986
3.16767347 1987
3.2083898 1988
3.26026419 1989
3.32164914 1990
3.39092977 1991
3.4664227 1992
3.54737823 1993
3.68421714 1994
3.86928281 1995
4.04944839 1996
4.22789922 1997
4.40466037 1998
4.57803327 1999
4.74629313 2000
4.91461597 2001
5.04309729 2002
5.13030934 2003
5.21224019 2004
5.28474916 2005
5.35030172 2006
5.40819888 2007
5.45828904 2008
5.50410595 2009
5.5559903 2010
5.62303906 2011
5.71149647 2012
5.82441695 2013
5.94875179 2014
6.08037877 2015
6.22563575 2016
6.3849058 2017
6.56109794 2018
6.76022278 2019
6.96498579 2020
7.16811987 2021
7.40438377 2022
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source