Turkmenistan | 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
Turkmenistan
Records
63
Source
Turkmenistan | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 5.08357565
1961 4.92801325
1962 4.7886922
1963 4.67164531
1964 4.58300744
1965 4.52001613
1966 4.48298568
1967 4.47335996
1968 4.47798174
1969 4.48207269
1970 4.48380872
1971 4.47895589
1972 4.46446844
1973 4.44883443
1974 4.44306963
1975 4.44541357
1976 4.45303062
1977 4.4684345
1978 4.48040532
1979 4.46576492
1980 4.42035507
1981 4.34535935
1982 4.23832886
1983 4.11728301
1984 4.00526222
1985 3.90943695
1986 3.82582271
1987 3.75663843
1988 3.70862238
1989 3.68089833
1990 3.67922724
1991 3.71024612
1992 3.76155377
1993 3.82286771
1994 3.88802518
1995 3.94534833
1996 3.99217129
1997 4.02358335
1998 4.03887607
1999 4.05428298
2000 4.08202258
2001 4.12638881
2002 4.18448219
2003 4.24931774
2004 4.30713608
2005 4.33709084
2006 4.32954672
2007 4.27890618
2008 4.18508916
2009 4.07167054
2010 3.97124547
2011 3.9068059
2012 3.88402365
2013 3.89960998
2014 3.94547065
2015 4.01951363
2016 4.12219417
2017 4.24598254
2018 4.38470909
2019 4.54222836
2020 4.71578152
2021 4.91425616
2022 5.14761023

Turkmenistan | 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
Turkmenistan
Records
63
Source