India | 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 India
Records
63
Source
India | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.29146402
1961 3.32906465
1962 3.38536991
1963 3.4502373
1964 3.50818422
1965 3.55053982
1966 3.57739904
1967 3.59013405
1968 3.5969096
1969 3.60789047
1970 3.62471333
1971 3.64982219
1972 3.68620552
1973 3.73087105
1974 3.77877809
1975 3.82719296
1976 3.87363118
1977 3.91316617
1978 3.94433268
1979 3.96826916
1980 3.98467573
1981 3.99532349
1982 4.00341675
1983 4.00990695
1984 4.01522454
1985 4.02097203
1986 4.02781196
1987 4.03638374
1988 4.04747723
1989 4.06181441
1990 4.08053675
1991 4.10408851
1992 4.13203111
1993 4.16417661
1994 4.20037759
1995 4.24055346
1996 4.2848545
1997 4.33256651
1998 4.38349294
1999 4.43766013
2000 4.49368306
2001 4.55188311
2002 4.61399116
2003 4.67771282
2004 4.73767341
2005 4.79304296
2006 4.84632995
2007 4.8983433
2008 4.95067779
2009 5.00568627
2010 5.06598743
2011 5.13539617
2012 5.21743826
2013 5.3158396
2014 5.45741729
2015 5.64029494
2016 5.83551676
2017 6.04079589
2018 6.25406945
2019 6.47202495
2020 6.67232007
2021 6.80246463
2022 6.89644296

India | 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 India
Records
63
Source