Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source
Greenland | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 1.97515876
1961 2.04127411
1962 2.10989328
1963 2.16589413
1964 2.21323371
1965 2.24966917
1966 2.31443234
1967 2.38826174
1968 2.44692672
1969 2.49623071
1970 2.54767958
1971 2.63990189
1972 2.75575969
1973 2.8708134
1974 2.98722406
1975 3.09762871
1976 3.20563255
1977 3.3153059
1978 3.40813126
1979 3.48663123
1980 3.55546242
1981 3.59822159
1982 3.62575719
1983 3.64150508
1984 3.64284018
1985 3.64806464
1986 3.65548369
1987 3.66093072
1988 3.68487349
1989 3.73156596
1990 3.81571611
1991 3.92489781
1992 4.05028058
1993 4.19598621
1994 4.32760927
1995 4.44812906
1996 4.58273767
1997 4.71358254
1998 4.83139561
1999 4.93614822
2000 5.03613128
2001 5.14223389
2002 5.23910545
2003 5.34563755
2004 5.47603137
2005 5.67177035
2006 5.9477918
2007 6.22839811
2008 6.49109628
2009 6.73257503
2010 6.96083477
2011 7.16944259
2012 7.33560504
2013 7.4711619
2014 7.61181359
2015 7.80130424
2016 8.025431
2017 8.25801261
2018 8.47204591
2019 8.66879431
2020 8.98681874
2021 9.45806589
2022 10.01399072

Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source