Middle income | 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 income
Records
63
Source
Middle income | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.82233439
1961 3.81340553
1962 3.81757479
1963 3.82142845
1964 3.8281727
1965 3.84615139
1966 3.87072913
1967 3.8994661
1968 3.93246542
1969 3.96507792
1970 3.9957795
1971 4.0296697
1972 4.0699282
1973 4.1152355
1974 4.16910705
1975 4.22671815
1976 4.28364603
1977 4.34154528
1978 4.40141436
1979 4.45893632
1980 4.49963602
1981 4.51901493
1982 4.52750718
1983 4.53853799
1984 4.55592151
1985 4.5757863
1986 4.60025104
1987 4.62965399
1988 4.66852049
1989 4.72184532
1990 4.7794255
1991 4.84209994
1992 4.91621678
1993 5.00191348
1994 5.0874269
1995 5.17124919
1996 5.25389642
1997 5.33603025
1998 5.42247445
1999 5.50816501
2000 5.59465179
2001 5.68668064
2002 5.78581317
2003 5.88539093
2004 5.97544994
2005 6.05860106
2006 6.13900737
2007 6.20653801
2008 6.25749595
2009 6.30684366
2010 6.36572681
2011 6.4479481
2012 6.55529896
2013 6.68088191
2014 6.83498155
2015 7.02426199
2016 7.2316567
2017 7.46011658
2018 7.70677823
2019 7.96121015
2020 8.21091631
2021 8.42122937
2022 8.62765927

Middle income | 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 income
Records
63
Source