Latvia | 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 Latvia
Records
63
Source
Latvia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
10.57072737 1960
10.6383276 1961
10.68747916 1962
10.74697748 1963
10.87895407 1964
11.05753964 1965
11.24706829 1966
11.44934828 1967
11.65767133 1968
11.86170468 1969
12.05568001 1970
12.25113442 1971
12.43290659 1972
12.58209347 1973
12.7112332 1974
12.81040518 1975
12.88391096 1976
12.94744269 1977
12.98193568 1978
12.9507531 1979
12.82111944 1980
12.59671853 1981
12.33428876 1982
12.0889129 1983
11.87832724 1984
11.71255439 1985
11.64151523 1986
11.6768907 1987
11.77966828 1988
11.93823541 1989
12.12319071 1990
12.34815026 1991
12.63637707 1992
12.93205454 1993
13.1821599 1994
13.43102281 1995
13.74514533 1996
14.09864183 1997
14.43612308 1998
14.77142317 1999
15.14643811 2000
15.56571274 2001
16.02385751 2002
16.49904417 2003
16.96278634 2004
17.38156282 2005
17.74366774 2006
18.03565906 2007
18.26080305 2008
18.45160844 2009
18.60429815 2010
18.78588755 2011
19.02863993 2012
19.31600333 2013
19.64516849 2014
19.94844762 2015
20.2239855 2016
20.49972824 2017
20.74946639 2018
21.05227321 2019
21.40015139 2020
21.61494173 2021
21.85595771 2022
Latvia | 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 Latvia
Records
63
Source