United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 9.23044004
1961 9.31051392
1962 9.37583989
1963 9.45139207
1964 9.51857755
1965 9.55391057
1966 9.57878075
1967 9.65321378
1968 9.71448735
1969 9.73887438
1970 9.8032515
1971 9.87925942
1972 9.97579157
1973 10.11180248
1974 10.26818884
1975 10.44572785
1976 10.65495436
1977 10.86475881
1978 11.03858887
1979 11.17498567
1980 11.27859033
1981 11.38145084
1982 11.48005621
1983 11.54951307
1984 11.66261842
1985 11.81146245
1986 11.91886902
1987 11.99946375
1988 12.15079249
1989 12.27493997
1990 12.28447619
1991 12.32690698
1992 12.39684551
1993 12.42734838
1994 12.48397854
1995 12.54363352
1996 12.55036764
1997 12.51400269
1998 12.46147274
1999 12.39617073
2000 12.31762964
2001 12.29694532
2002 12.28745779
2003 12.2779343
2004 12.30471923
2005 12.36016288
2006 12.42207195
2007 12.5078037
2008 12.6708585
2009 12.85625857
2010 13.0281785
2011 13.27020312
2012 13.58443693
2013 13.89107568
2014 14.13556338
2015 14.3277541
2016 14.6723115
2017 15.0662904
2018 15.39769758
2019 15.79180083
2020 16.22340015
2021 16.67889549
2022 17.12812055
United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source