Honduras | 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 Honduras
Records
63
Source
Honduras | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.27638442
1961 3.25854421
1962 3.2523036
1963 3.25055078
1964 3.24314599
1965 3.227819
1966 3.20688133
1967 3.18059318
1968 3.1503838
1969 3.11946001
1970 3.08954837
1971 3.05910912
1972 3.02704261
1973 2.99327357
1974 2.96087456
1975 2.98521087
1976 3.0589712
1977 3.12572469
1978 3.18209267
1979 3.2220718
1980 3.24692495
1981 3.25803606
1982 3.25776892
1983 3.2549061
1984 3.26073733
1985 3.27900106
1986 3.30850995
1987 3.34914892
1988 3.34062735
1989 3.282614
1990 3.23054503
1991 3.18406931
1992 3.14074114
1993 3.10135431
1994 3.06950338
1995 3.04609724
1996 3.03002594
1997 3.02028999
1998 3.01142721
1999 3.00368282
2000 2.99901979
2001 2.99707738
2002 2.99997543
2003 3.00545115
2004 3.01083924
2005 3.01653898
2006 3.0246798
2007 3.03693172
2008 3.05494091
2009 3.08169238
2010 3.11929482
2011 3.16825581
2012 3.23251425
2013 3.31426033
2014 3.40905711
2015 3.51737379
2016 3.63572416
2017 3.75704722
2018 3.88090801
2019 4.00678634
2020 4.11718789
2021 4.19788379
2022 4.27078022

Honduras | 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 Honduras
Records
63
Source