Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 6.02983989
1961 6.13061635
1962 6.21131133
1963 6.29749801
1964 6.41521757
1965 6.58089531
1966 6.75869723
1967 6.92817933
1968 7.11622909
1969 7.2980426
1970 7.45908467
1971 7.62904638
1972 7.81700677
1973 7.99120638
1974 8.17581075
1975 8.36662851
1976 8.54667734
1977 8.73537223
1978 8.91104416
1979 9.03993025
1980 9.06771123
1981 8.9709408
1982 8.80511304
1983 8.65949268
1984 8.56662359
1985 8.47990315
1986 8.42330504
1987 8.42558926
1988 8.49143035
1989 8.6306037
1990 8.8137515
1991 9.03243479
1992 9.29363605
1993 9.5794099
1994 9.83809773
1995 10.05544935
1996 10.22343063
1997 10.35146196
1998 10.43565074
1999 10.47818539
2000 10.55443268
2001 10.69642814
2002 10.91593351
2003 11.16816273
2004 11.39626699
2005 11.57165192
2006 11.67758732
2007 11.66688919
2008 11.50379324
2009 11.2974597
2010 11.11754048
2011 11.06425964
2012 11.14809619
2013 11.28006151
2014 11.47851302
2015 11.71389903
2016 11.93961937
2017 12.17263547
2018 12.43302637
2019 12.72694455
2020 12.99726149
2021 13.19104364
2022 13.31591898

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source