Uganda | 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 Uganda
Records
63
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Uganda | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.12163152 1960
2.1402154 1961
2.16582879 1962
2.19663944 1963
2.23119634 1964
2.26845895 1965
2.30714914 1966
2.34723581 1967
2.38847115 1968
2.43036382 1969
2.47296932 1970
2.51154388 1971
2.54746137 1972
2.58997801 1973
2.63350278 1974
2.67640097 1975
2.72125631 1976
2.76366741 1977
2.8001182 1978
2.83113545 1979
2.86004409 1980
2.88498427 1981
2.90247472 1982
2.91147652 1983
2.91175685 1984
2.9075402 1985
2.89923555 1986
2.88359692 1987
2.86224001 1988
2.83481673 1989
2.80132976 1990
2.76205856 1991
2.71684613 1992
2.66601819 1993
2.61126926 1994
2.5548925 1995
2.49664317 1996
2.43625078 1997
2.3730838 1998
2.30699907 1999
2.23813026 2000
2.16702927 2001
2.09450031 2002
2.02120025 2003
1.9473601 2004
1.87505004 2005
1.80591322 2006
1.7404621 2007
1.6793488 2008
1.62580557 2009
1.58186971 2010
1.54786628 2011
1.52644647 2012
1.52108222 2013
1.53361054 2014
1.55414646 2015
1.57608854 2016
1.59957669 2017
1.62235118 2018
1.64536586 2019
1.66481585 2020
1.67717151 2021
1.69406356 2022
Uganda | 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 Uganda
Records
63
Source
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