Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.73796137
1961 3.73848257
1962 3.75057042
1963 3.76025024
1964 3.76813575
1965 3.77440933
1966 3.7712098
1967 3.75906125
1968 3.74666269
1969 3.73288816
1970 3.71744493
1971 3.70246064
1972 3.68821631
1973 3.67262887
1974 3.65440964
1975 3.64090314
1976 3.63788192
1977 3.62524668
1978 3.59535215
1979 3.56437844
1980 3.53645195
1981 3.50202263
1982 3.46702271
1983 3.44172531
1984 3.42564125
1985 3.41921297
1986 3.42362987
1987 3.43874628
1988 3.46141734
1989 3.48819822
1990 3.51112874
1991 3.53826829
1992 3.57613827
1993 3.62289387
1994 3.67278646
1995 3.72096307
1996 3.78855284
1997 3.87442823
1998 3.94426358
1999 3.99565798
2000 4.04169354
2001 4.08352643
2002 4.1275415
2003 4.16633605
2004 4.19308646
2005 4.21411844
2006 4.23309533
2007 4.25367963
2008 4.2791649
2009 4.31146647
2010 4.35280043
2011 4.41268615
2012 4.48847992
2013 4.57061414
2014 4.65902604
2015 4.75695177
2016 4.87153885
2017 5.00381974
2018 5.14534574
2019 5.29219954
2020 5.43233161
2021 5.55496663
2022 5.67542297
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source