Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
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Tanzania | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.37956695 1960
2.39206914 1961
2.40419517 1962
2.41601834 1963
2.42717705 1964
2.43833445 1965
2.44942552 1966
2.46028239 1967
2.47237345 1968
2.48872589 1969
2.51048386 1970
2.53656673 1971
2.56617377 1972
2.60042241 1973
2.63747801 1974
2.67430846 1975
2.71154283 1976
2.74939697 1977
2.7866059 1978
2.82158281 1979
2.85557694 1980
2.88843702 1981
2.91713793 1982
2.93236873 1983
2.94197201 1984
2.94472764 1985
2.93837486 1986
2.92659795 1987
2.91867336 1988
2.92219749 1989
2.9276698 1990
2.935115 1991
2.94371906 1992
2.92367664 1993
2.86431426 1994
2.81834097 1995
2.82107999 1996
2.82645773 1997
2.81505546 1998
2.8032668 1999
2.78465135 2000
2.77096908 2001
2.76519628 2002
2.76317771 2003
2.76383005 2004
2.76681714 2005
2.77422109 2006
2.78781917 2007
2.81103491 2008
2.85103825 2009
2.89840769 2010
2.94415519 2011
2.99204764 2012
3.03210462 2013
3.0576399 2014
3.07038315 2015
3.0781113 2016
3.087187 2017
3.10113318 2018
3.1205053 2019
3.12767778 2020
3.11768665 2021
3.10342578 2022
Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source
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