Moldova | 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 Moldova
Records
63
Source
Moldova | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 5.47711063
1961 5.46467478
1962 5.49600853
1963 5.57611657
1964 5.70778442
1965 5.88434091
1966 6.09134611
1967 6.3081879
1968 6.51756717
1969 6.71340984
1970 6.89363646
1971 7.05200572
1972 7.19026082
1973 7.32830455
1974 7.48042304
1975 7.65046431
1976 7.83720145
1977 8.02486051
1978 8.18735432
1979 8.29496022
1980 8.32883282
1981 8.30113685
1982 8.25201257
1983 8.21454283
1984 8.21970626
1985 8.28392853
1986 8.42635531
1987 8.62699122
1988 8.82904025
1989 9.02674103
1990 9.20800719
1991 9.35885739
1992 9.53180959
1993 9.7362323
1994 9.89599013
1995 10.00760664
1996 10.07170113
1997 10.11234152
1998 10.1777889
1999 10.26824855
2000 10.37924081
2001 10.48509452
2002 10.55253804
2003 10.54958229
2004 10.56113109
2005 10.62486661
2006 10.70814062
2007 10.79019708
2008 10.79464708
2009 10.69195364
2010 10.54069859
2011 10.4296191
2012 10.38640473
2013 10.52361453
2014 10.89851188
2015 11.3583439
2016 11.80880543
2017 12.229815
2018 12.61333736
2019 13.00341439
2020 13.35531389
2021 13.60611189
2022 12.98363945

Moldova | 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 Moldova
Records
63
Source