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

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