East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.93433729
1961 3.89672789
1962 3.87729505
1963 3.8503036
1964 3.82306281
1965 3.81283829
1966 3.82688792
1967 3.86069533
1968 3.89754109
1969 3.93132541
1970 3.96462971
1971 4.00480346
1972 4.04715786
1973 4.09821038
1974 4.16301019
1975 4.233659
1976 4.30418483
1977 4.38127896
1978 4.47287629
1979 4.57558436
1980 4.67268198
1981 4.75908469
1982 4.83798835
1983 4.91109042
1984 4.98641841
1985 5.07334756
1986 5.16456696
1987 5.25137425
1988 5.34377892
1989 5.45254891
1990 5.56760946
1991 5.68253365
1992 5.80958741
1993 5.95588683
1994 6.1091415
1995 6.26847426
1996 6.43184499
1997 6.59988056
1998 6.78876616
1999 6.984937
2000 7.17785081
2001 7.37385582
2002 7.56665176
2003 7.74841986
2004 7.91238401
2005 8.07461949
2006 8.24919806
2007 8.41759767
2008 8.56935784
2009 8.71876487
2010 8.87429312
2011 9.04636132
2012 9.25676064
2013 9.50866283
2014 9.79386639
2015 10.12188941
2016 10.47032902
2017 10.85155434
2018 11.26473989
2019 11.68833094
2020 12.1324966
2021 12.54753698
2022 12.97751146

East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source