Eritrea | 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
State of Eritrea
Records
63
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Eritrea | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.81983577 1960
2.78327498 1961
2.74868789 1962
2.71532238 1963
2.68426623 1964
2.6551631 1965
2.62726529 1966
2.60102437 1967
2.57659131 1968
2.55493178 1969
2.53651941 1970
2.52094954 1971
2.50846952 1972
2.49920724 1973
2.49317074 1974
2.49023515 1975
2.49000524 1976
2.49346075 1977
2.50013843 1978
2.50915757 1979
2.51984114 1980
2.53106459 1981
2.54339479 1982
2.55748579 1983
2.57396959 1984
2.59369196 1985
2.61664952 1986
2.64270526 1987
2.67169247 1988
2.70190043 1989
2.736423 1990
2.77694413 1991
2.82468393 1992
2.8652943 1993
2.90394125 1994
2.92978859 1995
2.9520243 1996
2.99263253 1997
3.03811834 1998
3.06907368 1999
3.10232922 2000
3.14534167 2001
3.18425594 2002
3.21511289 2003
3.24073395 2004
3.27642235 2005
3.32449334 2006
3.38006966 2007
3.4284124 2008
3.47968214 2009
3.5391411 2010
3.60327288 2011
3.67423437 2012
3.7345963 2013
3.79871669 2014
3.84822662 2015
3.8741118 2016
3.90656807 2017
3.936916 2018
3.96906898 2019
3.99657693 2020
4.00741704 2021
4.01325287 2022
Eritrea | 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
State of Eritrea
Records
63
Source
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