Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
4.29735993 1960
4.1912794 1961
4.08727917 1962
3.99059181 1963
3.9076316 1964
3.83644546 1965
3.77796305 1966
3.73174628 1967
3.69310462 1968
3.65873248 1969
3.62674938 1970
3.59969061 1971
3.57724575 1972
3.55571502 1973
3.53115267 1974
3.50003 1975
3.46491072 1976
3.42436202 1977
3.37512764 1978
3.32519438 1979
3.27978766 1980
3.2144528 1981
3.15239542 1982
3.11712309 1983
3.10036057 1984
3.10449058 1985
3.12881358 1986
3.17356786 1987
3.23106626 1988
3.29057822 1989
3.32511262 1990
3.35505755 1991
3.40793211 1992
3.48973558 1993
3.58246676 1994
3.66446994 1995
3.75311422 1996
3.84490881 1997
3.93376395 1998
4.02288837 1999
4.1113264 2000
4.1962651 2001
4.30119267 2002
4.4074178 2003
4.49191324 2004
4.5691422 2005
4.64525531 2006
4.72998341 2007
4.81958596 2008
4.9142197 2009
5.01976713 2010
5.14459019 2011
5.28617914 2012
5.43555544 2013
5.60278992 2014
5.78712967 2015
6.00341231 2016
6.25306635 2017
6.5186813 2018
6.80511039 2019
7.10765416 2020
7.37506182 2021
7.62273636 2022
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source