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