South Africa | 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 South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.38081774 1960
3.36366988 1961
3.35077716 1962
3.3472858 1963
3.35326156 1964
3.36814231 1965
3.39090331 1966
3.41995025 1967
3.45366191 1968
3.49048568 1969
3.52863772 1970
3.56728222 1971
3.60459838 1972
3.64006778 1973
3.67484712 1974
3.70870245 1975
3.74327526 1976
3.77657955 1977
3.80689997 1978
3.83519874 1979
3.85940947 1980
3.88199326 1981
3.90112408 1982
3.91322176 1983
3.92390105 1984
3.94325073 1985
3.9437828 1986
3.91811084 1987
3.89376832 1988
3.87339533 1989
3.86192664 1990
3.8686285 1991
3.90267968 1992
3.95293025 1993
3.99961459 1994
4.04145206 1995
4.08607138 1996
4.11777962 1997
4.12974815 1998
4.13817897 1999
4.15696166 2000
4.19047424 2001
4.23573196 2002
4.29228114 2003
4.36278813 2004
4.44610735 2005
4.53021812 2006
4.61450544 2007
4.70263683 2008
4.79463973 2009
4.89346691 2010
4.99493019 2011
5.10559002 2012
5.2325205 2013
5.34771425 2014
5.43221083 2015
5.57024523 2016
5.73733423 2017
5.85412429 2018
5.95003827 2019
6.00053469 2020
5.97213054 2021
5.89299053 2022
South Africa | 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 South Africa
Records
63
Source