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