Japan | 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source
Japan | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
5.79926993 1960
5.9124618 1961
6.0245752 1962
6.15143269 1963
6.28863841 1964
6.41984214 1965
6.58850481 1966
6.77636028 1967
6.9384089 1968
7.07709267 1969
7.19769827 1970
7.31965841 1971
7.48132306 1972
7.66965006 1973
7.86029004 1974
8.06566069 1975
8.28450929 1976
8.52613559 1977
8.77987972 1978
9.0415668 1979
9.29872031 1980
9.54834566 1981
9.80246023 1982
10.03802894 1983
10.26499537 1984
10.5413719 1985
10.85517738 1986
11.18385229 1987
11.54111566 1988
11.94187205 1989
12.39966059 1990
12.89817641 1991
13.41227826 1992
13.92312708 1993
14.44034857 1994
14.96316008 1995
15.50878372 1996
16.08128312 1997
16.65705421 1998
17.22375461 1999
17.80488845 2000
18.41939672 2001
19.02458993 2002
19.56877502 2003
20.06106878 2004
20.60441215 2005
21.25729113 2006
21.9407321 2007
22.58175633 2008
23.16588998 2009
23.60053533 2010
23.97777973 2011
24.64745219 2012
25.5814883 2013
26.52698471 2014
27.32820041 2015
27.94592014 2016
28.46399366 2017
28.90165436 2018
29.27981368 2019
29.58317845 2020
29.78708991 2021
29.92456126 2022
Japan | 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source