Guyana | 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source
Guyana | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.32732799 1960
3.32986464 1961
3.30595114 1962
3.2928792 1963
3.29290872 1964
3.3080978 1965
3.33656996 1966
3.37434423 1967
3.41630618 1968
3.4565061 1969
3.49239254 1970
3.51202929 1971
3.51595963 1972
3.51948407 1973
3.52663445 1974
3.5399506 1975
3.56020317 1976
3.58435626 1977
3.60840402 1978
3.62958492 1979
3.64602843 1980
3.66205113 1981
3.67824319 1982
3.69341157 1983
3.71214435 1984
3.73930172 1985
3.77718905 1986
3.82477277 1987
3.87606302 1988
3.92151915 1989
3.95186025 1990
3.96453955 1991
3.95115155 1992
3.91808236 1993
3.88428462 1994
3.84879661 1995
3.81536963 1996
3.79125834 1997
3.78070997 1998
3.7828457 1999
3.79421146 2000
3.81444296 2001
3.83849769 2002
3.88522164 2003
3.95693458 2004
4.03207017 2005
4.11159497 2006
4.20014501 2007
4.29901213 2008
4.40913774 2009
4.53584319 2010
4.68484205 2011
4.83859477 2012
4.98093108 2013
5.12631222 2014
5.28104144 2015
5.44107592 2016
5.60588115 2017
5.70613636 2018
5.84799056 2019
6.04708719 2020
6.16455808 2021
6.27654254 2022
Guyana | 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source