Vanuatu | 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 Vanuatu
Records
63
Source
Vanuatu | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.81763868 1960
3.65474749 1961
3.49829289 1962
3.34659091 1963
3.20097664 1964
3.06856909 1965
2.95017838 1966
2.8520634 1967
2.76099875 1968
2.64672583 1969
2.51440786 1970
2.38040882 1971
2.24788805 1972
2.1199327 1973
2.00221681 1974
1.90570486 1975
1.83405243 1976
1.78773364 1977
1.97085172 1978
2.77215448 1979
3.37983945 1980
3.41558646 1981
3.45946383 1982
3.50906953 1983
3.5611713 1984
3.61293279 1985
3.66663614 1986
3.72009775 1987
3.77000923 1988
3.82012624 1989
3.83245241 1990
3.80856944 1991
3.78710725 1992
3.7628885 1993
3.73590219 1994
3.70578771 1995
3.67313532 1996
3.6333447 1997
3.58707288 1998
3.53461522 1999
3.53353395 2000
3.56335344 2001
3.57129605 2002
3.58393021 2003
3.60415495 2004
3.63272949 2005
3.66225931 2006
3.68938161 2007
3.71613896 2008
3.75758537 2009
3.77791268 2010
3.76948912 2011
3.76175366 2012
3.75720734 2013
3.75323699 2014
3.74567942 2015
3.72875312 2016
3.70711724 2017
3.69898217 2018
3.70395313 2019
3.71336445 2020
3.72317175 2021
3.73736956 2022
Vanuatu | 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 Vanuatu
Records
63
Source