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