Gambia, The | 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 the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.73853148 1960
2.74950311 1961
2.75934413 1962
2.76824818 1963
2.77681322 1964
2.78574658 1965
2.79478584 1966
2.80398201 1967
2.8130766 1968
2.82205747 1969
2.82998081 1970
2.83759541 1971
2.84611549 1972
2.85451819 1973
2.92526189 1974
3.0551028 1975
3.18265153 1976
3.31099467 1977
3.43779997 1978
3.55740806 1979
3.66720453 1980
3.76046987 1981
3.83750807 1982
3.9178544 1983
3.93677971 1984
3.89668424 1985
3.87134694 1986
3.86031391 1987
3.85882309 1988
3.85848407 1989
3.85632349 1990
3.85178711 1991
3.83271119 1992
3.7752443 1993
3.70695321 1994
3.66983334 1995
3.65101206 1996
3.6322648 1997
3.61173848 1998
3.58872437 1999
3.56209466 2000
3.53188804 2001
3.49837162 2002
3.42191607 2003
3.31209974 2004
3.21380561 2005
3.12523739 2006
3.04716997 2007
2.98062417 2008
2.92406924 2009
2.87419184 2010
2.82977982 2011
2.78661377 2012
2.73292077 2013
2.66416143 2014
2.59820379 2015
2.54796133 2016
2.50980448 2017
2.48245798 2018
2.46818954 2019
2.454997 2020
2.43613858 2021
2.42607886 2022

Gambia, The | 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 the Gambia
Records
63
Source