Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
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63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.31069229 1960
3.33025206 1961
3.36311918 1962
3.40216174 1963
3.43967118 1964
3.47017879 1965
3.49347709 1966
3.5115162 1967
3.52739225 1968
3.54458554 1969
3.56276315 1970
3.58088287 1971
3.60605321 1972
3.63963671 1973
3.67460322 1974
3.71019107 1975
3.74618758 1976
3.77874042 1977
3.8060407 1978
3.82906072 1979
3.84270703 1980
3.84638168 1981
3.84748007 1982
3.84890304 1983
3.85166144 1984
3.85779937 1985
3.8668748 1986
3.87900974 1987
3.89427957 1988
3.91239362 1989
3.93209604 1990
3.95970169 1991
3.99339533 1992
4.03189802 1993
4.07449286 1994
4.1188685 1995
4.16632476 1996
4.21886623 1997
4.27393155 1998
4.33085467 1999
4.38845727 2000
4.44609359 2001
4.50688742 2002
4.56816496 2003
4.62559754 2004
4.67930661 2005
4.7302351 2006
4.7788949 2007
4.8283388 2008
4.88048725 2009
4.93501687 2010
4.99840312 2011
5.07179066 2012
5.15380714 2013
5.25632914 2014
5.37990201 2015
5.51405689 2016
5.65902898 2017
5.8174997 2018
5.98410767 2019
6.13400708 2020
6.24135484 2021
6.33961856 2022
Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source