Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
7.70853625 1960
7.71822871 1961
7.72043579 1962
7.71538063 1963
7.70446965 1964
7.68772773 1965
7.66444504 1966
7.63515052 1967
7.60062133 1968
7.5482187 1969
7.48176466 1970
7.41593932 1971
7.34955354 1972
7.27969047 1973
7.20541144 1974
7.12703892 1975
7.04534889 1976
6.96048022 1977
6.87088824 1978
6.77846444 1979
6.6827442 1980
6.58261201 1981
6.47852986 1982
6.37308539 1983
6.2679307 1984
6.1634651 1985
6.06061639 1986
5.95878639 1987
5.85734644 1988
5.75744713 1989
5.65970942 1990
5.56443349 1991
5.4715137 1992
5.38178255 1993
5.29603305 1994
5.21393735 1995
5.13557697 1996
5.05939112 1997
4.98494832 1998
4.91181042 1999
4.8389764 2000
4.76706541 2001
4.6971147 2002
4.62867206 2003
4.55846919 2004
4.48454524 2005
4.41001521 2006
4.33766612 2007
4.26777743 2008
4.20098316 2009
4.13843686 2010
4.08149506 2011
4.03173074 2012
3.98454127 2013
3.94281634 2014
3.9163093 2015
3.90172493 2016
3.89428074 2017
3.89363833 2018
3.89945895 2019
3.90439039 2020
3.89782242 2021
3.88691049 2022
Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source