Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source
Libya | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 4.51048574
1961 4.38769645
1962 4.25917349
1963 4.12865149
1964 4.00892318
1965 3.91545297
1966 3.84287324
1967 3.77253732
1968 3.70016162
1969 3.63080658
1970 3.565044
1971 3.50333449
1972 3.44249989
1973 3.36011987
1974 3.24949551
1975 3.13001575
1976 3.017057
1977 2.91521183
1978 2.82353179
1979 2.74220007
1980 2.67306732
1981 2.61581281
1982 2.56818571
1983 2.53267621
1984 2.52713739
1985 2.5505844
1986 2.58918855
1987 2.64242328
1988 2.7054766
1989 2.77273176
1990 2.84216387
1991 2.91402223
1992 2.98816341
1993 3.06388195
1994 3.14146092
1995 3.22232136
1996 3.30648965
1997 3.39212118
1998 3.47778235
1999 3.56302039
2000 3.63377558
2001 3.69082828
2002 3.73230033
2003 3.75086567
2004 3.77511456
2005 3.8113572
2006 3.82646679
2007 3.8574652
2008 3.89684589
2009 3.92703615
2010 3.96035883
2011 4.24695207
2012 4.55508346
2013 4.55586352
2014 4.58472155
2015 4.65147883
2016 4.71747459
2017 4.76206565
2018 4.77897333
2019 4.78723226
2020 4.80500882
2021 4.82233322
2022 4.86495758

Libya | 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
State of Libya
Records
63
Source