Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
7.07971334 1960
6.9889708 1961
6.4418199 1962
5.95862 1963
5.53255158 1964
5.1141888 1965
4.7082495 1966
4.36631112 1967
4.09538529 1968
3.88425552 1969
3.71263525 1970
3.64906948 1971
3.68575842 1972
3.73796666 1973
3.8107694 1974
3.88909713 1975
3.98054585 1976
4.10349374 1977
4.25304318 1978
4.44519905 1979
4.57574503 1980
4.62960133 1981
4.7113387 1982
4.80985842 1983
4.91697431 1984
5.05433583 1985
5.21017308 1986
5.36753197 1987
5.54975893 1988
5.7511539 1989
5.94130208 1990
6.18763463 1991
6.47116758 1992
6.72090382 1993
6.97771846 1994
7.22353521 1995
7.4217966 1996
7.61780971 1997
7.84702695 1998
8.10650394 1999
8.40319823 2000
8.75506916 2001
9.16728166 2002
9.62316382 2003
10.1247857 2004
10.62959589 2005
11.13463425 2006
11.69318305 2007
12.30818354 2008
12.98054796 2009
13.70051441 2010
14.45731161 2011
15.21861548 2012
15.9560053 2013
16.63813199 2014
17.25379 2015
17.8091296 2016
18.31057132 2017
18.78270992 2018
19.24791597 2019
19.64457277 2020
20.00479564 2021
20.41723219 2022

Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source