Morocco | 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
Kingdom of Morocco
Records
63
Source
Morocco | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 2.79318011
1961 2.81744815
1962 2.8462346
1963 2.88033743
1964 2.92370878
1965 2.9681927
1966 3.01153295
1967 3.05334855
1968 3.08970052
1969 3.11435478
1970 3.12379567
1971 3.12135062
1972 3.10835085
1973 3.08267361
1974 3.04379853
1975 2.99316454
1976 2.93341047
1977 2.86648608
1978 2.79747554
1979 2.73400338
1980 2.67997568
1981 2.63622901
1982 2.60429036
1983 2.58771852
1984 2.59170126
1985 2.61747021
1986 2.66491469
1987 2.7328706
1988 2.81808758
1989 2.91920854
1990 3.0329297
1991 3.15913396
1992 3.29753041
1993 3.44267903
1994 3.58735443
1995 3.72691541
1996 3.86070747
1997 3.9860178
1998 4.10077244
1999 4.2042398
2000 4.29498723
2001 4.37879106
2002 4.46593132
2003 4.55395369
2004 4.6287758
2005 4.69537691
2006 4.77627193
2007 4.87284405
2008 4.96729863
2009 5.05649196
2010 5.15267967
2011 5.26398111
2012 5.38919823
2013 5.52447818
2014 5.68052359
2015 5.86796028
2016 6.08584033
2017 6.3307708
2018 6.59479723
2019 6.87411852
2020 7.15127379
2021 7.4249234
2022 7.72048368

Morocco | 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
Kingdom of Morocco
Records
63
Source