Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source
Upper middle income | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.99797594 1960
3.97001961 1961
3.9551839 1962
3.93518648 1963
3.92086252 1964
3.92767419 1965
3.95191643 1966
3.99067469 1967
4.03729719 1968
4.08295195 1969
4.1267024 1970
4.17708173 1971
4.23382727 1972
4.29436846 1973
4.36759489 1974
4.44600089 1975
4.52111681 1976
4.59880894 1977
4.68577055 1978
4.77539947 1979
4.84705792 1980
4.89333005 1981
4.92403617 1982
4.95672674 1983
4.99762262 1984
5.04204728 1985
5.09151923 1986
5.14448783 1987
5.21095435 1988
5.30163864 1989
5.39894406 1990
5.50302882 1991
5.62527692 1992
5.76684538 1993
5.90830506 1994
6.04717794 1995
6.18094786 1996
6.31234815 1997
6.45474613 1998
6.59751231 1999
6.74157106 2000
6.89570946 2001
7.05784946 2002
7.22037036 2003
7.37182862 2004
7.51604387 2005
7.65899891 2006
7.78079333 2007
7.87187393 2008
7.9578177 2009
8.06025307 2010
8.2007346 2011
8.37771357 2012
8.58213141 2013
8.82043725 2014
9.10340919 2015
9.41394947 2016
9.75762586 2017
10.13105581 2018
10.51538725 2019
10.90698903 2020
11.26574561 2021
11.63411109 2022
Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source