Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.25085374
1961 3.2684085
1962 3.29679526
1963 3.33222654
1964 3.3695473
1965 3.40872909
1966 3.45088193
1967 3.49421707
1968 3.53675907
1969 3.57653362
1970 3.61339405
1971 3.65950378
1972 3.71687834
1973 3.77555153
1974 3.83531384
1975 3.89759192
1976 3.96098394
1977 4.02286703
1978 4.08168489
1979 4.13631857
1980 4.18019967
1981 4.21229328
1982 4.2403989
1983 4.26893888
1984 4.30083916
1985 4.33869475
1986 4.38488458
1987 4.4399735
1988 4.50155704
1989 4.56857224
1990 4.63799565
1991 4.71024562
1992 4.78708092
1993 4.86897594
1994 4.95816654
1995 5.0503427
1996 5.14332724
1997 5.23771496
1998 5.33252575
1999 5.42871617
2000 5.5267636
2001 5.63033229
2002 5.74019619
2003 5.85336039
2004 5.97042618
2005 6.0927039
2006 6.21974131
2007 6.34815863
2008 6.47921215
2009 6.61341133
2010 6.74225468
2011 6.88002881
2012 7.03222206
2013 7.19619587
2014 7.37615534
2015 7.56902042
2016 7.76585158
2017 7.97009818
2018 8.18550944
2019 8.40252533
2020 8.60004136
2021 8.77551345
2022 8.97587516

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source