Tuvalu | 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
Tuvalu
Records
63
Source
Tuvalu | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
4.08956329 1960
4.35062546 1961
4.82544325 1962
5.36022531 1963
5.57466063 1964
5.45192394 1965
5.29374944 1966
5.12639208 1967
4.91359749 1968
4.77549961 1969
4.7217683 1970
4.65453924 1971
4.61682084 1972
4.65116279 1973
4.6147541 1974
4.52088067 1975
4.47057062 1976
4.39576174 1977
4.30343315 1978
4.25715042 1979
4.28174116 1980
4.35610871 1981
4.45389716 1982
4.61168045 1983
4.80082962 1984
4.95227805 1985
5.06120527 1986
5.15868436 1987
5.269109 1988
5.39011812 1989
5.52137218 1990
5.69305608 1991
5.86308895 1992
5.97877482 1993
6.05711895 1994
6.12415232 1995
6.19602539 1996
6.2100836 1997
6.15528337 1998
6.09408226 1999
6.00747043 2000
5.83069168 2001
5.68217296 2002
5.64720484 2003
5.67328806 2004
5.73518285 2005
5.77737899 2006
5.74933491 2007
5.64154984 2008
5.51525342 2009
5.39836011 2010
5.30349049 2011
5.28352296 2012
5.33980583 2013
5.42251583 2014
5.47945205 2015
5.47364541 2016
5.51835604 2017
5.66958122 2018
5.82329317 2019
5.99421809 2020
6.22127014 2021
6.43150776 2022
Tuvalu | 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
Tuvalu
Records
63
Source