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

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