Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 8.41001574
1961 8.52357531
1962 8.6284333
1963 8.72586367
1964 8.85142949
1965 9.01980778
1966 9.20276007
1967 9.38328026
1968 9.56454656
1969 9.73710334
1970 9.90780362
1971 10.08482175
1972 10.26852965
1973 10.44523136
1974 10.62552344
1975 10.80503499
1976 10.96995103
1977 11.14396335
1978 11.31634067
1979 11.45375837
1980 11.49131858
1981 11.39755333
1982 11.23483373
1983 11.07079945
1984 10.97387541
1985 10.97452899
1986 11.04212828
1987 11.13604608
1988 11.25487719
1989 11.40545264
1990 11.57902473
1991 11.77252882
1992 11.98734164
1993 12.2153183
1994 12.43382173
1995 12.64041131
1996 12.81809432
1997 12.96491378
1998 13.08247173
1999 13.18238646
2000 13.31498395
2001 13.48970012
2002 13.69772875
2003 13.91231864
2004 14.12501208
2005 14.32440114
2006 14.47632186
2007 14.54491353
2008 14.5360463
2009 14.52280496
2010 14.51332588
2011 14.58176959
2012 14.77612983
2013 15.00768247
2014 15.27336197
2015 15.53884341
2016 15.78293669
2017 16.02429268
2018 16.27856867
2019 16.55397638
2020 16.81738558
2021 17.03596646
2022 17.26601342

Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source