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

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