Liberia | 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 Liberia
Records
63
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Liberia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.90600215 1960
2.90355102 1961
2.90037979 1962
2.90735883 1963
2.92244846 1964
2.93331355 1965
2.94206307 1966
2.94963219 1967
2.95602045 1968
2.96206761 1969
2.96895215 1970
2.97844116 1971
2.98868588 1972
2.99779427 1973
3.00777909 1974
2.96219414 1975
2.86988833 1976
2.79001319 1977
2.7207451 1978
2.66423505 1979
2.62414934 1980
2.60575768 1981
2.61173739 1982
2.56534562 1983
2.5348244 1984
2.57830933 1985
2.62114786 1986
2.66589503 1987
2.70984765 1988
2.75115648 1989
2.77893616 1990
2.81121091 1991
2.8520546 1992
2.88924664 1993
2.91975216 1994
2.95476335 1995
2.99396565 1996
3.04017539 1997
3.08863456 1998
3.13697355 1999
3.18555663 2000
3.23470389 2001
3.28309862 2002
3.32796626 2003
3.37246771 2004
3.41517574 2005
3.45103616 2006
3.48153137 2007
3.50694887 2008
3.5289677 2009
3.54622041 2010
3.54233925 2011
3.52845467 2012
3.51523639 2013
3.48166946 2014
3.44746656 2015
3.43033692 2016
3.41691908 2017
3.40544456 2018
3.39556042 2019
3.37516753 2020
3.34093238 2021
3.30827934 2022
Liberia | 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 Liberia
Records
63
Source
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