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