Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 11.52933136
1961 11.70238975
1962 11.88862844
1963 12.06913906
1964 12.28235481
1965 12.51109831
1966 12.74772089
1967 13.00682299
1968 13.2290515
1969 13.42659567
1970 13.64690773
1971 13.87485611
1972 14.11747327
1973 14.37331285
1974 14.63672146
1975 14.87028637
1976 15.05963513
1977 15.2750335
1978 15.49673749
1979 15.6666022
1980 15.68594056
1981 15.46622058
1982 15.11033118
1983 14.73447386
1984 14.51634829
1985 14.56443922
1986 14.71494659
1987 14.82427615
1988 14.86936452
1989 14.87462156
1990 14.8994101
1991 14.95328985
1992 15.02958854
1993 15.15156325
1994 15.30739066
1995 15.47910071
1996 15.62888722
1997 15.73954984
1998 15.84579119
1999 16.06332886
2000 16.43227705
2001 16.86150924
2002 17.31372697
2003 17.80121014
2004 18.37282855
2005 18.99304917
2006 19.56047069
2007 19.9439801
2008 20.1890444
2009 20.40787779
2010 20.45449873
2011 20.40445804
2012 20.45546732
2013 20.56869042
2014 20.7438862
2015 20.95047293
2016 21.1361288
2017 21.31059656
2018 21.49912478
2019 21.7302904
2020 21.96373441
2021 22.17026552
2022 22.41322501

Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source