Northern Mariana Islands | 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
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Records
63
Source
Northern Mariana Islands | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 2.67754539
1961 2.67150028
1962 2.70211846
1963 2.71415124
1964 2.70475228
1965 2.70309903
1966 2.6992531
1967 2.71934325
1968 2.7252263
1969 2.6778537
1970 2.68165237
1971 2.65537725
1972 2.60398256
1973 2.60749255
1974 2.64349693
1975 2.70482677
1976 2.78606008
1977 2.88032199
1978 2.95171051
1979 2.99815079
1980 2.91253868
1981 2.67805552
1982 2.41312315
1983 2.1782449
1984 2.0010092
1985 1.85852722
1986 1.75413858
1987 1.6930646
1988 1.63870602
1989 1.5907282
1990 1.58845893
1991 1.64071881
1992 1.71521775
1993 1.78735297
1994 1.84805358
1995 1.8617731
1996 1.7482714
1997 1.56864035
1998 1.42845673
1999 1.33007155
2000 1.32875272
2001 1.4450358
2002 1.59470721
2003 1.74545211
2004 1.9068548
2005 2.06735192
2006 2.21919467
2007 2.37432494
2008 2.5428105
2009 2.74114255
2010 3.03859487
2011 3.40254572
2012 3.76248591
2013 4.17717513
2014 4.65134218
2015 5.1704391
2016 5.74384448
2017 6.38589367
2018 7.1117605
2019 7.91949136
2020 8.81288254
2021 9.78749634
2022 10.79493855

Northern Mariana Islands | 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
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Records
63
Source