Marshall Islands | 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 the Marshall Islands
Records
63
Source
Marshall Islands | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
5.53839149 1960
5.47047331 1961
5.40350877 1962
5.40524592 1963
5.45133147 1964
5.4891484 1965
5.515058 1966
5.29112637 1967
4.614066 1968
3.79702073 1969
3.27923568 1970
3.25358076 1971
3.47425701 1972
3.69876969 1973
3.73646106 1974
3.58998059 1975
3.47232156 1976
3.34468983 1977
3.22661582 1978
3.14542748 1979
3.0855803 1980
3.06150095 1981
3.05480423 1982
3.03683113 1983
3.01039079 1984
2.97212669 1985
2.91904163 1986
2.87260814 1987
2.83153835 1988
2.77963012 1989
2.72001737 1990
2.65867576 1991
2.60231178 1992
2.54982684 1993
2.48698322 1994
2.42988442 1995
2.36621522 1996
2.27663394 1997
2.18002615 1998
2.12878598 1999
2.13372184 2000
2.14654586 2001
2.15520405 2002
2.1553227 2003
2.13647344 2004
2.10631896 2005
2.08458239 2006
2.07074586 2007
2.06256446 2008
2.06090348 2009
2.04154225 2010
2.04166391 2011
2.11675686 2012
2.25694952 2013
2.4504894 2014
2.6533359 2015
2.83059861 2016
3.02522967 2017
3.27469612 2018
3.57154834 2019
3.91122577 2020
4.26516052 2021
4.54545455 2022
Marshall Islands | 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 the Marshall Islands
Records
63
Source