Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.77372159
1961 3.76423242
1962 3.76722766
1963 3.77010497
1964 3.77574211
1965 3.79201357
1966 3.81458276
1967 3.841121
1968 3.87177962
1969 3.9021596
1970 3.93072373
1971 3.96231163
1972 3.9998588
1973 4.04214799
1974 4.09241799
1975 4.14606453
1976 4.19909992
1977 4.25302794
1978 4.30853195
1979 4.36177273
1980 4.39982703
1981 4.41831554
1982 4.4261477
1983 4.43571964
1984 4.45104849
1985 4.46888991
1986 4.49131647
1987 4.51882976
1988 4.55481483
1989 4.6036118
1990 4.65667714
1991 4.71438667
1992 4.78161605
1993 4.85884046
1994 4.93603895
1995 5.0114367
1996 5.08546729
1997 5.15937106
1998 5.23747967
1999 5.3148584
2000 5.39343675
2001 5.47706151
2002 5.56613959
2003 5.65507512
2004 5.73530488
2005 5.80875834
2006 5.8788931
2007 5.93678492
2008 5.97943084
2009 6.02056236
2010 6.07057402
2011 6.14207528
2012 6.2366784
2013 6.34802859
2014 6.48491998
2015 6.65336776
2016 6.83689365
2017 7.03824685
2018 7.25565467
2019 7.47931722
2020 7.6970812
2021 7.87727262
2022 8.05261133

Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source