Low 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Low income
Records
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Low income | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.01911447 1960
3.00854927 1961
2.99699555 1962
2.98475733 1963
2.97411553 1964
2.96551121 1965
2.95822083 1966
2.95318672 1967
2.95063437 1968
2.9491651 1969
2.94761406 1970
2.94706883 1971
2.94672067 1972
2.94704083 1973
2.94842309 1974
2.94947443 1975
2.95216482 1976
2.95479975 1977
2.95634674 1978
2.95838953 1979
2.96123648 1980
2.96518821 1981
2.96745684 1982
2.96468988 1983
2.96071212 1984
2.95996447 1985
2.96230653 1986
2.97216047 1987
2.97673675 1988
2.97371026 1989
2.97443908 1990
2.97605242 1991
2.97221937 1992
2.96370172 1993
2.95566132 1994
2.94692401 1995
2.93908585 1996
2.93653288 1997
2.93809319 1998
2.94363578 1999
2.95569514 2000
2.96985719 2001
2.98156322 2002
2.99208764 2003
3.00261157 2004
3.01163162 2005
3.01835489 2006
3.02292033 2007
3.02591162 2008
3.03002154 2009
3.0376225 2010
3.04906155 2011
3.06236501 2012
3.07451457 2013
3.08516287 2014
3.09925454 2015
3.10999794 2016
3.11713852 2017
3.13091416 2018
3.15079449 2019
3.16541823 2020
3.16714553 2021
3.17053438 2022
Low 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
Low income
Records
63
Source
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