Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
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Jordan | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
4.20055287 1960
4.09800773 1961
3.98356543 1962
3.86150927 1963
3.73855879 1964
3.61938355 1965
3.50567609 1966
3.39832999 1967
3.29731078 1968
3.20400892 1969
3.11594931 1970
3.03547076 1971
2.96471055 1972
2.89983074 1973
2.83833661 1974
2.77785434 1975
2.71818341 1976
2.65782495 1977
2.59849191 1978
2.5437332 1979
2.4940418 1980
2.45090782 1981
2.41459207 1982
2.38380172 1983
2.35984516 1984
2.34336498 1985
2.33417332 1986
2.33282383 1987
2.33810104 1988
2.34799396 1989
2.35649906 1990
2.36353088 1991
2.37211452 1992
2.38272184 1993
2.39913552 1994
2.42527525 1995
2.46275747 1996
2.51087688 1997
2.56863436 1998
2.63465848 1999
2.70986521 2000
2.79435091 2001
2.88394639 2002
2.97358295 2003
3.05829833 2004
3.13609964 2005
3.20611382 2006
3.26572056 2007
3.32204486 2008
3.37506457 2009
3.42716983 2010
3.4807203 2011
3.54075639 2012
3.42995945 2013
3.18595717 2014
3.11739852 2015
3.19084789 2016
3.27497314 2017
3.37449846 2018
3.49206517 2019
3.6124767 2020
3.72360214 2021
3.83844628 2022
Jordan | 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
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Records
63
Source
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