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

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