Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
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Ireland | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
11.3098336 1960
11.36419625 1961
11.3132748 1962
11.22418592 1963
11.19219958 1964
11.3228119 1965
11.42555285 1966
11.38801535 1967
11.33403319 1968
11.2660208 1969
11.23571237 1970
11.22280045 1971
11.13064773 1972
10.99257109 1973
10.88415688 1974
10.86300648 1975
10.90044821 1976
10.91979919 1977
10.89368524 1978
10.8704531 1979
10.8695056 1980
10.86472238 1981
10.83578754 1982
10.79418285 1983
10.83932911 1984
10.94026731 1985
11.03309057 1986
11.15714204 1987
11.31952842 1988
11.4484064 1989
11.50477517 1990
11.50620527 1991
11.49598384 1992
11.48333192 1993
11.47375363 1994
11.45619673 1995
11.40442251 1996
11.35211461 1997
11.30423058 1998
11.22970264 1999
11.16812227 2000
11.13819522 2001
11.10141022 2002
11.06719243 2003
11.05141439 2004
10.96874211 2005
10.79152023 2006
10.67883548 2007
10.75820472 2008
11.0042852 2009
11.34645498 2010
11.73760331 2011
12.14586323 2012
12.55570045 2013
12.86913553 2014
13.11594467 2015
13.38415906 2016
13.65547999 2017
13.94233166 2018
14.2427654 2019
14.54433264 2020
14.82906135 2021
15.13618509 2022
Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source
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