Fiji | 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
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source
Fiji | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 2.58485321
1961 2.51173304
1962 2.44963999
1963 2.39632339
1964 2.35427733
1965 2.33385216
1966 2.36390813
1967 2.37671403
1968 2.35118454
1969 2.34083402
1970 2.33883936
1971 2.34795757
1972 2.36760096
1973 2.39006611
1974 2.41755195
1975 2.45326322
1976 2.48292298
1977 2.51089207
1978 2.54094413
1979 2.57362938
1980 2.60742823
1981 2.63362245
1982 2.65441103
1983 2.67419077
1984 2.69674243
1985 2.73018072
1986 2.79752106
1987 2.83613195
1988 2.82356712
1989 2.81136114
1990 2.80005894
1991 2.79263588
1992 2.7919251
1993 2.79904232
1994 2.81327789
1995 2.83422068
1996 2.86106698
1997 2.91962683
1998 3.00756498
1999 3.09987048
2000 3.19432174
2001 3.28899824
2002 3.380608
2003 3.47556901
2004 3.58257725
2005 3.6954088
2006 3.81362794
2007 3.93735797
2008 4.03750068
2009 4.11351452
2010 4.20026304
2011 4.30778952
2012 4.42995459
2013 4.55715839
2014 4.68685832
2015 4.78396206
2016 4.86627953
2017 4.99347946
2018 5.15704094
2019 5.34293922
2020 5.53925265
2021 5.7184141
2022 5.89798939
Fiji | 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
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source