Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source
Timor-Leste | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 2.5269275
1961 2.48341465
1962 2.46232341
1963 2.45980082
1964 2.47076949
1965 2.49124591
1966 2.52306774
1967 2.56656526
1968 2.6125576
1969 2.64974037
1970 2.67399611
1971 2.68630542
1972 2.68800064
1973 2.68596686
1974 2.68286856
1975 2.62611518
1976 2.51939431
1977 2.41770042
1978 2.31920863
1979 2.22480849
1980 2.16707878
1981 2.18528904
1982 2.24579919
1983 2.29879592
1984 2.3376722
1985 2.35820082
1986 2.35621004
1987 2.33199861
1988 2.28784126
1989 2.23174666
1990 2.17852121
1991 2.18997988
1992 2.26494663
1993 2.35053846
1994 2.44804176
1995 2.55558451
1996 2.67049535
1997 2.78908532
1998 2.90474913
1999 3.00704207
2000 3.09850352
2001 3.18667056
2002 3.27294854
2003 3.36827191
2004 3.48302331
2005 3.62080999
2006 3.78477213
2007 3.97582017
2008 4.20333504
2009 4.48519061
2010 4.77920489
2011 4.99467194
2012 5.14311858
2013 5.28029237
2014 5.41178903
2015 5.48339585
2016 5.49331108
2017 5.48934835
2018 5.46730959
2019 5.429199
2020 5.37205912
2021 5.28535696
2022 5.20645704

Timor-Leste | 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
Timor-Leste
Records
63
Source