Kuwait | 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 Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.22173109 1960
2.17532415 1961
2.1159971 1962
2.03891138 1963
1.96597942 1964
1.89611552 1965
1.85706062 1966
1.84219528 1967
1.82230072 1968
1.7984118 1969
1.77419636 1970
1.73610222 1971
1.68661026 1972
1.64271661 1973
1.60768459 1974
1.58029413 1975
1.52093125 1976
1.43534647 1977
1.36008228 1978
1.29748928 1979
1.25265251 1980
1.21263056 1981
1.16944488 1982
1.12872603 1983
1.10951793 1984
1.10353499 1985
1.13317787 1986
1.20965478 1987
1.29791048 1988
1.39818182 1989
1.52014627 1990
1.71567749 1991
1.82123281 1992
1.79754476 1993
1.55428717 1994
1.35271926 1995
1.33093214 1996
1.38231254 1997
1.43992082 1998
1.49981863 1999
1.55664255 2000
1.6047807 2001
1.63974262 2002
1.66026174 2003
1.66771884 2004
1.67336755 2005
1.6899741 2006
1.71529567 2007
1.74225616 2008
1.76941926 2009
1.80224516 2010
1.85048497 2011
1.92001386 2012
2.01808959 2013
2.16466018 2014
2.34699493 2015
2.55951888 2016
2.83781115 2017
3.1443518 2018
3.52671675 2019
3.98390577 2020
4.4576569 2021
4.93087988 2022
Kuwait | 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 Kuwait
Records
63
Source