Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source
Greece | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
8.1018168 1960
8.32314692 1961
8.59373911 1962
8.89061049 1963
9.2009856 1964
9.5274367 1965
9.87784296 1966
10.21733569 1967
10.53221232 1968
10.83844238 1969
11.1484857 1970
11.45086892 1971
11.72478223 1972
11.97556307 1973
12.21641497 1974
12.43973666 1975
12.63985195 1976
12.81273252 1977
12.95841136 1978
13.0701842 1979
13.12644791 1980
13.14130256 1981
13.14554397 1982
13.15230011 1983
13.1667834 1984
13.20087724 1985
13.26951654 1986
13.36841244 1987
13.51118835 1988
13.70281412 1989
13.92969306 1990
14.18618902 1991
14.46209092 1992
14.7638215 1993
15.075751 1994
15.37853492 1995
15.68359871 1996
16.0011608 1997
16.31382219 1998
16.6109151 1999
16.90007319 2000
17.19939291 2001
17.51384307 2002
17.82167235 2003
18.1080217 2004
18.36462538 2005
18.5525864 2006
18.6547347 2007
18.76555583 2008
18.96189461 2009
19.25112629 2010
19.61144961 2011
19.949981 2012
20.23895631 2013
20.52246124 2014
20.80453584 2015
21.09836217 2016
21.37256045 2017
21.61863558 2018
21.88048278 2019
22.18141685 2020
22.50814117 2021
22.82189329 2022
Greece | 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
Hellenic Republic
Records
63
Source