Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 10.2513704
1961 10.39516859
1962 10.54356123
1963 10.66745218
1964 10.81286549
1965 10.99469058
1966 11.19249978
1967 11.3943416
1968 11.57875412
1969 11.7521448
1970 11.94309889
1971 12.13498961
1972 12.31954864
1973 12.50291594
1974 12.68286288
1975 12.85428807
1976 13.00932454
1977 13.17749943
1978 13.35662611
1979 13.51383092
1980 13.56258464
1981 13.46079835
1982 13.29266911
1983 13.10789303
1984 13.00497167
1985 13.10187581
1986 13.3201862
1987 13.54087963
1988 13.75366725
1989 13.95648174
1990 14.16023749
1991 14.36898608
1992 14.57832981
1993 14.79405133
1994 15.01957572
1995 15.26358096
1996 15.50064319
1997 15.71123901
1998 15.90572223
1999 16.10943433
2000 16.34662744
2001 16.59883222
2002 16.83126989
2003 17.03798514
2004 17.26770595
2005 17.53043201
2006 17.76019715
2007 17.90688832
2008 18.03761549
2009 18.20516903
2010 18.34777917
2011 18.53143686
2012 18.82290685
2013 19.15064153
2014 19.49715341
2015 19.81179831
2016 20.09360762
2017 20.36397044
2018 20.62863469
2019 20.90321857
2020 21.17466185
2021 21.44000088
2022 21.74752561

Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source