Madagascar | 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 Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.33295127 1960
3.34233567 1961
3.35042292 1962
3.35992037 1963
3.36653124 1964
3.37331694 1965
3.38585593 1966
3.40069673 1967
3.41995949 1968
3.44643126 1969
3.47777349 1970
3.51322287 1971
3.55177001 1972
3.58546235 1973
3.60139937 1974
3.59512482 1975
3.56978589 1976
3.52654026 1977
3.47029728 1978
3.40913673 1979
3.34810098 1980
3.28633445 1981
3.2230631 1982
3.16164992 1983
3.10712403 1984
3.06062123 1985
3.02235138 1986
2.99268703 1987
2.96870955 1988
2.94650115 1989
2.9247956 1990
2.90445446 1991
2.88578107 1992
2.86987054 1993
2.85746523 1994
2.84738326 1995
2.83981705 1996
2.83583642 1997
2.83429845 1998
2.83204355 1999
2.82814079 2000
2.82366223 2001
2.81804756 2002
2.81030122 2003
2.79971962 2004
2.78569471 2005
2.76978931 2006
2.75388033 2007
2.73881243 2008
2.72632472 2009
2.71738328 2010
2.7143199 2011
2.71805703 2012
2.73237024 2013
2.7832804 2014
2.86153476 2015
2.93960767 2016
3.01787857 2017
3.09579919 2018
3.17545398 2019
3.24619936 2020
3.30005003 2021
3.34856165 2022
Madagascar | 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 Madagascar
Records
63
Source