Trinidad and Tobago | 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
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source
Trinidad and Tobago | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.04977496 1960
3.11146177 1961
3.21325847 1962
3.32638005 1963
3.451666 1964
3.5881363 1965
3.73684886 1966
3.89648847 1967
4.05983469 1968
4.21911179 1969
4.31316713 1970
4.34658494 1971
4.37010319 1972
4.38862282 1973
4.42491785 1974
4.47151232 1975
4.50942965 1976
4.54334296 1977
4.58452683 1978
4.63072553 1979
4.67024929 1980
4.70003137 1981
4.72553019 1982
4.75030362 1983
4.77148286 1984
4.78431353 1985
4.79944622 1986
4.82068989 1987
4.84255198 1988
4.86833218 1989
4.89858616 1990
4.93667256 1991
4.97369899 1992
5.00840821 1993
5.04459258 1994
5.08532507 1995
5.13390852 1996
5.1777026 1997
5.22587609 1998
5.27028682 1999
5.3112421 2000
5.36943612 2001
5.44921909 2002
5.53752065 2003
5.64171698 2004
5.77484587 2005
5.92115225 2006
6.08389798 2007
6.26599967 2008
6.48666028 2009
6.74177619 2010
7.01757722 2011
7.32709185 2012
7.66982976 2013
8.04502223 2014
8.45284799 2015
8.8801729 2016
9.31112865 2017
9.67675477 2018
10.12776694 2019
10.67442744 2020
11.10061658 2021
11.51560258 2022
Trinidad and Tobago | 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
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Records
63
Source