Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source
Ecuador | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 4.60212658
1961 4.52513324
1962 4.44487999
1963 4.36415181
1964 4.28556532
1965 4.21012182
1966 4.13888086
1967 4.07253157
1968 4.00992162
1969 3.94953374
1970 3.8924519
1971 3.83896473
1972 3.78820838
1973 3.74337674
1974 3.7096359
1975 3.68807195
1976 3.67930804
1977 3.68342666
1978 3.69524725
1979 3.70695324
1980 3.71446382
1981 3.71702135
1982 3.71405105
1983 3.70899512
1984 3.70927384
1985 3.72103857
1986 3.74713807
1987 3.78914351
1988 3.84674197
1989 3.91749983
1990 3.99742101
1991 4.08223948
1992 4.16947722
1993 4.25669881
1994 4.34109188
1995 4.42197751
1996 4.50090047
1997 4.57995826
1998 4.65985887
1999 4.74081388
2000 4.8237846
2001 4.90909633
2002 4.99664572
2003 5.08797168
2004 5.18598916
2005 5.29084889
2006 5.40035819
2007 5.51415991
2008 5.63285117
2009 5.75574149
2010 5.88091312
2011 6.006171
2012 6.13739461
2013 6.291682
2014 6.47155902
2015 6.66142583
2016 6.85274598
2017 7.04441483
2018 7.22483388
2019 7.40986352
2020 7.54415837
2021 7.6420727
2022 7.8284262

Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source