Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.11298689 1960
3.10435708 1961
3.09891274 1962
3.09331887 1963
3.08770741 1964
3.08200585 1965
3.07622616 1966
3.07046866 1967
3.06600494 1968
3.06276741 1969
3.05907699 1970
3.05489935 1971
3.0512811 1972
3.04944566 1973
3.04851252 1974
3.04782717 1975
3.05001688 1976
3.05396112 1977
3.05852625 1978
3.06372149 1979
3.06139844 1980
3.05470447 1981
3.05136096 1982
3.04629648 1983
3.04127579 1984
3.03950236 1985
3.03686407 1986
3.03607462 1987
3.03351921 1988
3.02735297 1989
3.0226822 1990
3.01949606 1991
3.01598896 1992
3.00986131 1993
2.99998404 1994
2.98844625 1995
2.97958098 1996
2.97171623 1997
2.96246299 1998
2.95386086 1999
2.94786519 2000
2.94334281 2001
2.93932403 2002
2.93504664 2003
2.9306409 2004
2.92721078 2005
2.92452754 2006
2.92222702 2007
2.92037112 2008
2.92121174 2009
2.9267171 2010
2.93562784 2011
2.94571683 2012
2.95376154 2013
2.95951934 2014
2.96851679 2015
2.98382776 2016
3.00263125 2017
3.02370114 2018
3.0459739 2019
3.05747155 2020
3.05109512 2021
3.04227282 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
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