Mozambique | 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 Mozambique
Records
63
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Mozambique | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.92008765 1960
2.90399552 1961
2.88128443 1962
2.85630372 1963
2.82983047 1964
2.80294635 1965
2.77916023 1966
2.75988694 1967
2.74537014 1968
2.73623058 1969
2.73193475 1970
2.73203068 1971
2.73354396 1972
2.73603211 1973
2.74139651 1974
2.74936488 1975
2.76035223 1976
2.76964271 1977
2.77648226 1978
2.78680668 1979
2.80768864 1980
2.83397818 1981
2.8568429 1982
2.87614541 1983
2.88955461 1984
2.89836459 1985
2.90812861 1986
2.91759371 1987
2.92332072 1988
2.92586787 1989
2.92446509 1990
2.92304307 1991
2.92141175 1992
2.91766932 1993
2.91253057 1994
2.90663957 1995
2.89718244 1996
2.88524672 1997
2.86962961 1998
2.84598011 1999
2.82055235 2000
2.8035094 2001
2.79095484 2002
2.77488306 2003
2.75738388 2004
2.74138767 2005
2.72789582 2006
2.71466905 2007
2.7002133 2008
2.68265648 2009
2.65917858 2010
2.63112341 2011
2.60526231 2012
2.59011155 2013
2.58382094 2014
2.57693877 2015
2.56951489 2016
2.56929598 2017
2.57827669 2018
2.59259394 2019
2.600126 2020
2.58768007 2021
2.56835416 2022
Mozambique | 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 Mozambique
Records
63
Source
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