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

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