St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source
St. Lucia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.94756231 1960
3.99357492 1961
4.04696052 1962
4.10277488 1963
4.15900196 1964
4.21235983 1965
4.2608483 1966
4.31206017 1967
4.36601411 1968
4.41612125 1969
4.46212048 1970
4.50508916 1971
4.54549724 1972
4.58314642 1973
4.62135675 1974
4.65438532 1975
4.68253373 1976
4.71595095 1977
4.75395453 1978
4.78936905 1979
4.82106007 1980
4.87052946 1981
4.93725905 1982
5.01438409 1983
5.10011522 1984
5.18677825 1985
5.27077098 1986
5.34763854 1987
5.42299662 1988
5.49387177 1989
5.55161243 1990
5.59408325 1991
5.67408824 1992
5.8073764 1993
5.95836253 1994
6.12873159 1995
6.31620651 1996
6.51832696 1997
6.73552007 1998
6.95362878 1999
7.16332288 2000
7.30259942 2001
7.33624022 2002
7.33011748 2003
7.33230232 2004
7.36310015 2005
7.4208789 2006
7.49531394 2007
7.5897518 2008
7.70622468 2009
7.80764618 2010
7.88460924 2011
7.97000994 2012
8.05961656 2013
8.14457376 2014
8.23041401 2015
8.32164205 2016
8.43204159 2017
8.5688748 2018
8.72757002 2019
8.91643164 2020
9.07896678 2021
9.23147492 2022
St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source