IDA total | 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
IDA total
Records
63
Source
IDA total | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.29454752
1961 3.27216102
1962 3.25555306
1963 3.24261052
1964 3.23336584
1965 3.22689279
1966 3.22358147
1967 3.22324357
1968 3.22513178
1969 3.22794694
1970 3.23014473
1971 3.2209365
1972 3.211998
1973 3.2147769
1974 3.21854327
1975 3.22210944
1976 3.2298107
1977 3.24129908
1978 3.25213795
1979 3.26131179
1980 3.26451092
1981 3.26359422
1982 3.26222842
1983 3.25890856
1984 3.25665691
1985 3.25748023
1986 3.25946674
1987 3.26353458
1988 3.26587116
1989 3.26514006
1990 3.26562409
1991 3.2681957
1992 3.2704306
1993 3.27016023
1994 3.26770983
1995 3.26530632
1996 3.26439962
1997 3.26587602
1998 3.27093702
1999 3.28010675
2000 3.29045487
2001 3.29914478
2002 3.30779713
2003 3.31641956
2004 3.32428871
2005 3.33136406
2006 3.33842586
2007 3.34522898
2008 3.35224669
2009 3.36128966
2010 3.37397299
2011 3.39061708
2012 3.41067699
2013 3.43092136
2014 3.451239
2015 3.47799423
2016 3.51203724
2017 3.55275969
2018 3.60121049
2019 3.65427865
2020 3.69846577
2021 3.73143654
2022 3.76858377
IDA total | 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
IDA total
Records
63
Source