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