Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.8982425 1960
2.90155136 1961
2.91482878 1962
2.92918138 1963
2.9419156 1964
2.95390436 1965
2.96547416 1966
2.97504447 1967
2.98308886 1968
2.99396339 1969
3.01017598 1970
3.0332226 1971
3.06124582 1972
3.09245525 1973
3.12784067 1974
3.16670843 1975
3.21042065 1976
3.25517446 1977
3.29815535 1978
3.34128007 1979
3.38568115 1980
3.43380053 1981
3.48660719 1982
3.54441433 1983
3.61141477 1984
3.69119319 1985
3.78311075 1986
3.88742637 1987
4.00241134 1988
4.12888564 1989
4.25409137 1990
4.37909525 1991
4.51905828 1992
4.67124354 1993
4.8308309 1994
4.99232017 1995
5.15842545 1996
5.34855748 1997
5.57708543 1998
5.83291134 1999
6.10060134 2000
6.36962825 2001
6.63665412 2002
6.91156513 2003
7.21578457 2004
7.54372815 2005
7.84628358 2006
8.09717548 2007
8.3232252 2008
8.56110193 2009
8.84571071 2010
9.1825661 2011
9.56218141 2012
9.99177872 2013
10.46215958 2014
10.96380057 2015
11.48717868 2016
12.03064845 2017
12.60279349 2018
13.20834872 2019
13.85036651 2020
14.51157673 2021
15.21233456 2022
Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source