East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.73084414
1961 3.67070419
1962 3.63526302
1963 3.59308654
1964 3.55014126
1965 3.52796323
1966 3.53030347
1967 3.55271086
1968 3.58223318
1969 3.61125779
1970 3.64096347
1971 3.67368366
1972 3.70774754
1973 3.74916268
1974 3.80535165
1975 3.86658033
1976 3.92567699
1977 3.98957496
1978 4.0691465
1979 4.16083894
1980 4.2465195
1981 4.32025587
1982 4.3857382
1983 4.44727991
1984 4.5122065
1985 4.58491673
1986 4.65879346
1987 4.726999
1988 4.79997015
1989 4.88826588
1990 4.97978325
1991 5.06625668
1992 5.1655244
1993 5.28763477
1994 5.41728766
1995 5.55403084
1996 5.69408619
1997 5.83788958
1998 6.00440879
1999 6.17933901
2000 6.34781796
2001 6.51524283
2002 6.67876447
2003 6.83347931
2004 6.97263446
2005 7.10733698
2006 7.24814288
2007 7.37955403
2008 7.49724155
2009 7.61674696
2010 7.75099054
2011 7.90971394
2012 8.0935901
2013 8.30678588
2014 8.5561635
2015 8.86137921
2016 9.20139044
2017 9.58336416
2018 10.00145792
2019 10.43052946
2020 10.88226817
2021 11.30586486
2022 11.74675918

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source