Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.30011135
1961 3.32028523
1962 3.35028449
1963 3.38635896
1964 3.42395622
1965 3.46362216
1966 3.50601807
1967 3.54978699
1968 3.59326664
1969 3.63432115
1970 3.67240238
1971 3.71834251
1972 3.77426987
1973 3.8318486
1974 3.89121515
1975 3.95350375
1976 4.01682487
1977 4.07921582
1978 4.13968249
1979 4.19638111
1980 4.2430309
1981 4.27881656
1982 4.31084118
1983 4.34293164
1984 4.37839382
1985 4.42007173
1986 4.46988154
1987 4.52830172
1988 4.59307185
1989 4.66372593
1990 4.73701361
1991 4.81297439
1992 4.89401049
1993 4.97988177
1994 5.07195718
1995 5.16653981
1996 5.26157903
1997 5.35774174
1998 5.45406571
1999 5.55119027
2000 5.65055277
2001 5.75492799
2002 5.86508716
2003 5.97855317
2004 6.09549944
2005 6.21780862
2006 6.34495907
2007 6.47382632
2008 6.60575443
2009 6.74168346
2010 6.87376104
2011 7.01466798
2012 7.16994808
2013 7.33703449
2014 7.51935206
2015 7.71464709
2016 7.91528363
2017 8.12588044
2018 8.35068322
2019 8.58186563
2020 8.79502024
2021 8.98389422
2022 9.19236062

Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source