Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source
Venezuela, RB | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.2787414 1960
2.30491004 1961
2.33162084 1962
2.35768883 1963
2.38452737 1964
2.41339448 1965
2.44516234 1966
2.48002969 1967
2.51836153 1968
2.55838654 1969
2.60316291 1970
2.65410165 1971
2.70701166 1972
2.76030109 1973
2.8141709 1974
2.86910592 1975
2.92483959 1976
2.98131075 1977
3.03899159 1978
3.09785828 1979
3.1572748 1980
3.22069487 1981
3.28913886 1982
3.36136622 1983
3.43665393 1984
3.51274453 1985
3.59060587 1986
3.6690882 1987
3.74721089 1988
3.82566438 1989
3.90434377 1990
3.98525409 1991
4.06743608 1992
4.14990483 1993
4.23237174 1994
4.31617441 1995
4.40112368 1996
4.49006516 1997
4.58233192 1998
4.66869191 1999
4.75159407 2000
4.82291282 2001
4.89715961 2002
4.97940067 2003
5.06141074 2004
5.15383256 2005
5.25253956 2006
5.35987384 2007
5.47071002 2008
5.58427019 2009
5.7097623 2010
5.84504298 2011
5.98757208 2012
6.13435948 2013
6.28547926 2014
6.4463505 2015
6.6242048 2016
6.86215114 2017
7.21271731 2018
7.62256015 2019
7.99434274 2020
8.33813699 2021
8.60852135 2022
Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source