Viet Nam | 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
Viet Nam
Records
63
Source
Viet Nam | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 4.93604054
1961 5.00776092
1962 5.07147638
1963 5.11468028
1964 5.16530561
1965 5.2286459
1966 5.30245093
1967 5.38887049
1968 5.45796827
1969 5.49869057
1970 5.52148839
1971 5.51732471
1972 5.47731508
1973 5.42732668
1974 5.39225977
1975 5.38398696
1976 5.40597138
1977 5.43811838
1978 5.47128941
1979 5.51271167
1980 5.54101168
1981 5.54159482
1982 5.53316622
1983 5.5211362
1984 5.5121176
1985 5.51142385
1986 5.5231041
1987 5.54813797
1988 5.57672726
1989 5.60243608
1990 5.62429463
1991 5.64346927
1992 5.65818938
1993 5.676988
1994 5.71305848
1995 5.76756345
1996 5.8408785
1997 5.93139411
1998 6.02883709
1999 6.11981598
2000 6.20005151
2001 6.26760506
2002 6.3179851
2003 6.35411796
2004 6.38203283
2005 6.40467086
2006 6.42342447
2007 6.43913158
2008 6.45340426
2009 6.46750634
2010 6.48554841
2011 6.51500799
2012 6.55861262
2013 6.62881678
2014 6.78985621
2015 7.02375024
2016 7.23221257
2017 7.47151842
2018 7.75751139
2019 8.07365222
2020 8.42740855
2021 8.75313385
2022 9.11695859

Viet Nam | 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
Viet Nam
Records
63
Source