Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source
Ethiopia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 2.83317033
1961 2.81327375
1962 2.79005166
1963 2.76877093
1964 2.7579687
1965 2.75765579
1966 2.76279965
1967 2.77772233
1968 2.8021107
1969 2.82466057
1970 2.84159782
1971 2.8557477
1972 2.86437592
1973 2.86729634
1974 2.86530241
1975 2.85912537
1976 2.85738712
1977 2.85701732
1978 2.85263189
1979 2.84748706
1980 2.84181473
1981 2.836546
1982 2.83066099
1983 2.80839352
1984 2.7723173
1985 2.74166329
1986 2.71799566
1987 2.70969425
1988 2.71356169
1989 2.7106595
1990 2.69972642
1991 2.702574
1992 2.7028754
1993 2.68691685
1994 2.67158014
1995 2.64590058
1996 2.62336173
1997 2.62432825
1998 2.63352921
1999 2.63173663
2000 2.63431196
2001 2.64461422
2002 2.65049923
2003 2.65664665
2004 2.66578441
2005 2.6774146
2006 2.68975123
2007 2.70185499
2008 2.71731885
2009 2.7422638
2010 2.7745706
2011 2.81179342
2012 2.85281419
2013 2.89159791
2014 2.92604021
2015 2.9602424
2016 2.99519688
2017 3.03046686
2018 3.06692409
2019 3.10388326
2020 3.13009684
2021 3.13842038
2022 3.14095386

Ethiopia | 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
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Records
63
Source