Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 4.27122149
1961 4.24578662
1962 4.23088567
1963 4.20595158
1964 4.18717163
1965 4.19435073
1966 4.22181852
1967 4.26538681
1968 4.31661726
1969 4.36463178
1970 4.40935268
1971 4.45848874
1972 4.51311266
1973 4.57175059
1974 4.64545872
1975 4.72738157
1976 4.80695585
1977 4.8920012
1978 4.98830951
1979 5.08706444
1980 5.16362484
1981 5.20853528
1982 5.23394061
1983 5.25997661
1984 5.30039783
1985 5.34921856
1986 5.40363201
1987 5.46343843
1988 5.53967198
1989 5.64318289
1990 5.75782967
1991 5.87312722
1992 6.00591525
1993 6.16235399
1994 6.31881451
1995 6.47280109
1996 6.62157894
1997 6.76810779
1998 6.92697206
1999 7.08502913
2000 7.24221859
2001 7.4103759
2002 7.58717976
2003 7.76394931
2004 7.92765959
2005 8.0820097
2006 8.23202236
2007 8.35471928
2008 8.44343722
2009 8.52986571
2010 8.63985453
2011 8.79674372
2012 8.99962445
2013 9.23824801
2014 9.52097129
2015 9.86237444
2016 10.23303591
2017 10.64013002
2018 11.07943664
2019 11.53349606
2020 12.01363139
2021 12.46434891
2022 12.90664662

Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source