Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 8.20878747
1961 8.23951166
1962 8.27820349
1963 8.32603077
1964 8.38533074
1965 8.45641385
1966 8.54048691
1967 8.63944796
1968 8.74941957
1969 8.86401628
1970 8.98162163
1971 9.09637402
1972 9.20095857
1973 9.30346262
1974 9.41800123
1975 9.54634775
1976 9.69195398
1977 9.86356982
1978 10.05035989
1979 10.2254407
1980 10.37928058
1981 10.50878332
1982 10.60512406
1983 10.67901809
1984 10.75788123
1985 10.85363404
1986 10.96420662
1987 11.09312286
1988 11.23515336
1989 11.38304364
1990 11.53882123
1991 11.70190542
1992 11.86933449
1993 12.03871052
1994 12.20254581
1995 12.359131
1996 12.51116682
1997 12.65974622
1998 12.80732759
1999 12.95392781
2000 13.10296427
2001 13.25722772
2002 13.41141427
2003 13.56006166
2004 13.69809171
2005 13.82995269
2006 13.95424892
2007 14.0624256
2008 14.15881986
2009 14.24927545
2010 14.33714693
2011 14.42493428
2012 14.51657566
2013 14.60185281
2014 14.67127542
2015 14.73868346
2016 14.81700855
2017 14.9128755
2018 15.03027976
2019 15.16674574
2020 15.33815201
2021 15.45851971
2022 15.57949669
Uruguay | 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source