Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Macao SAR, China | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 5.06202899
1961 5.11609294
1962 4.97879477
1963 4.88900825
1964 4.81825405
1965 4.81609346
1966 4.80984572
1967 4.75503107
1968 4.71989319
1969 4.69186743
1970 4.68449232
1971 4.80283711
1972 5.04585404
1973 5.31295708
1974 5.59770301
1975 5.89301371
1976 6.19211426
1977 6.49296889
1978 6.79886283
1979 7.1175406
1980 7.4527579
1981 7.6290235
1982 7.58592479
1983 7.48404713
1984 7.3639417
1985 7.22956686
1986 7.09320147
1987 6.9406605
1988 6.78180527
1989 6.64841582
1990 6.55417772
1991 6.52748899
1992 6.58217174
1993 6.67472174
1994 6.76218782
1995 6.84813219
1996 6.941308
1997 7.03122059
1998 7.11466273
1999 7.18806255
2000 7.25406956
2001 7.30275413
2002 7.28675792
2003 7.2256466
2004 7.15633836
2005 7.07371183
2006 6.9934494
2007 6.94118332
2008 6.92529939
2009 6.96501609
2010 7.07881076
2011 7.29085486
2012 7.62912762
2013 8.04805068
2014 8.49268497
2015 8.94977399
2016 9.42134729
2017 9.92618331
2018 10.48040603
2019 11.07544988
2020 11.67950399
2021 12.321459
2022 12.99569817

Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source