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