Togo | 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
Togolese Republic
Records
63
Source
Togo | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.47484841
1961 3.40066762
1962 3.33030532
1963 3.26363875
1964 3.20158723
1965 3.14538791
1966 3.09462416
1967 3.05015318
1968 3.01233835
1969 2.98037808
1970 2.95380914
1971 2.93234728
1972 2.91560038
1973 2.90343547
1974 2.89591015
1975 2.89282139
1976 2.89408644
1977 2.89875815
1978 2.90474864
1979 2.91046723
1980 2.91537326
1981 2.91952928
1982 2.92320455
1983 2.92618055
1984 2.92855366
1985 2.93051853
1986 2.93161248
1987 2.93148491
1988 2.93071971
1989 2.92923877
1990 2.9256205
1991 2.91965434
1992 2.91203416
1993 2.90238162
1994 2.89000032
1995 2.87710249
1996 2.86432382
1997 2.85153159
1998 2.83758613
1999 2.82253803
2000 2.80780757
2001 2.79464686
2002 2.78435967
2003 2.77694127
2004 2.76981937
2005 2.76308861
2006 2.75769268
2007 2.75373286
2008 2.75235027
2009 2.75465454
2010 2.76104692
2011 2.7759163
2012 2.79879789
2013 2.82646394
2014 2.85439857
2015 2.88312474
2016 2.91532691
2017 2.94928112
2018 2.98443619
2019 3.02076484
2020 3.05815284
2021 3.09590276
2022 3.13477739

Togo | 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
Togolese Republic
Records
63
Source