Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
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Kenya | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.15367433 1960
2.99993663 1961
2.86314063 1962
2.74643579 1963
2.64402322 1964
2.54954057 1965
2.46546696 1966
2.39274456 1967
2.32775933 1968
2.26836671 1969
2.21326212 1970
2.16507494 1971
2.12668241 1972
2.09849531 1973
2.07889708 1974
2.06273724 1975
2.04835137 1976
2.03909882 1977
2.0356591 1978
2.03366852 1979
2.03059537 1980
2.03496231 1981
2.0467891 1982
2.05807196 1983
2.06702854 1984
2.07402149 1985
2.0817445 1986
2.09068348 1987
2.09861255 1988
2.10420379 1989
2.10851316 1990
2.11511213 1991
2.12400991 1992
2.13432037 1993
2.14743249 1994
2.16288036 1995
2.17779272 1996
2.18911021 1997
2.19729486 1998
2.20351796 1999
2.20681867 2000
2.2052875 2001
2.1978734 2002
2.18573117 2003
2.17074488 2004
2.1553547 2005
2.14036716 2006
2.12329149 2007
2.10503667 2008
2.09034959 2009
2.10837276 2010
2.17056731 2011
2.24855429 2012
2.33249334 2013
2.42536832 2014
2.5025683 2015
2.56135912 2016
2.62505394 2017
2.69785658 2018
2.7578067 2019
2.80307711 2020
2.84377047 2021
2.87304775 2022
Kenya | 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 Kenya
Records
63
Source
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