Guatemala | 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 Guatemala
Records
63
Source
Guatemala | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.40711388 1960
2.42631771 1961
2.44880614 1962
2.46924765 1963
2.48624416 1964
2.50307675 1965
2.51719289 1966
2.52484015 1967
2.52706316 1968
2.52732799 1969
2.53036378 1970
2.53931619 1971
2.55409206 1972
2.57552839 1973
2.60835182 1974
2.6512829 1975
2.6893403 1976
2.72610342 1977
2.76716596 1978
2.80377747 1979
2.83455358 1980
2.86083914 1981
2.91437502 1982
2.99155417 1983
3.05188327 1984
3.10098668 1985
3.1556719 1986
3.22019285 1987
3.29272513 1988
3.36808326 1989
3.44107948 1990
3.51524212 1991
3.59238565 1992
3.66792455 1993
3.71090571 1994
3.72421257 1995
3.74179399 1996
3.76528798 1997
3.7895455 1998
3.8128 1999
3.83856143 2000
3.86445585 2001
3.88989505 2002
3.91820423 2003
3.95045718 2004
3.9867541 2005
4.02497896 2006
4.06282023 2007
4.09940276 2008
4.13454665 2009
4.16794304 2010
4.20274348 2011
4.2438228 2012
4.29656062 2013
4.35723131 2014
4.41957235 2015
4.48686602 2016
4.56398843 2017
4.65396043 2018
4.75625481 2019
4.85058259 2020
4.90044188 2021
4.91196211 2022
Guatemala | 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 Guatemala
Records
63
Source