Tonga | 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 Tonga
Records
63
Source
Tonga | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.09216429 1960
3.0637979 1961
3.04530842 1962
3.0425784 1963
3.04323942 1964
3.0455742 1965
3.06789984 1966
3.07555827 1967
3.06424548 1968
3.06246103 1969
3.06415059 1970
3.07151511 1971
3.08427284 1972
3.09842678 1973
3.13072304 1974
3.17992661 1975
3.23744607 1976
3.29692113 1977
3.35822253 1978
3.42880235 1979
3.50746577 1980
3.59438487 1981
3.68973806 1982
3.79507326 1983
3.91558659 1984
4.04669541 1985
4.1739847 1986
4.27961229 1987
4.35528418 1988
4.42266936 1989
4.50636604 1990
4.59804362 1991
4.69925096 1992
4.81096375 1993
4.91770404 1994
5.02418068 1995
5.13598483 1996
5.23207296 1997
5.29784988 1998
5.35192485 1999
5.39704198 2000
5.43893731 2001
5.48822781 2002
5.54685592 2003
5.61140942 2004
5.65966289 2005
5.68744703 2006
5.71140546 2007
5.7260689 2008
5.71427238 2009
5.74110548 2010
5.8293568 2011
5.90640174 2012
5.96092969 2013
5.9793389 2014
5.9865061 2015
6.00714235 2016
6.03898876 2017
6.09412223 2018
6.14718367 2019
6.18218785 2020
6.20183555 2021
6.21294715 2022

Tonga | 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 Tonga
Records
63
Source