France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source
France | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
11.66885588 1960
11.74478572 1961
11.85374525 1962
11.9274731 1963
12.03536446 1964
12.17579237 1965
12.33439872 1966
12.51573905 1967
12.67234819 1968
12.79781626 1969
12.92515823 1970
13.05504573 1971
13.1706706 1972
13.28776785 1973
13.41404818 1974
13.54534306 1975
13.65501328 1976
13.77817969 1977
13.9209177 1978
14.03903718 1979
13.98429511 1980
13.69818184 1981
13.37076 1982
13.09967276 1983
12.90710288 1984
12.95858998 1985
13.20249806 1986
13.43640075 1987
13.66044899 1988
13.87630523 1989
14.0963546 1990
14.32870884 1991
14.55839813 1992
14.78487871 1993
15.01460565 1994
15.25436259 1995
15.48626579 1996
15.70010189 1997
15.88082264 1998
16.02846202 1999
16.1551237 2000
16.26208506 2001
16.35571388 2002
16.42458654 2003
16.50704266 2004
16.57583097 2005
16.59016089 2006
16.62768603 2007
16.72506196 2008
16.84885595 2009
16.98227886 2010
17.26770392 2011
17.71161851 2012
18.17498585 2013
18.6484202 2014
19.10506446 2015
19.52716296 2016
19.9283842 2017
20.31023071 2018
20.67632521 2019
21.00954771 2020
21.32325522 2021
21.65841996 2022

France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source