Yemen, Rep. | 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 Yemen
Records
63
Source
Yemen, Rep. | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
1960 3.78602676
1961 3.75077834
1962 3.71566446
1963 3.6765576
1964 3.63713001
1965 3.59997166
1966 3.56242292
1967 3.52450572
1968 3.48696025
1969 3.45366581
1970 3.42463411
1971 3.39614669
1972 3.36814104
1973 3.34102593
1974 3.31464878
1975 3.28805726
1976 3.2608893
1977 3.23339281
1978 3.20588316
1979 3.17716847
1980 3.14709904
1981 3.11665681
1982 3.08463323
1983 3.05216925
1984 3.02064704
1985 2.98900912
1986 2.95600851
1987 2.92335326
1988 2.89294906
1989 2.86371685
1990 2.83513697
1991 2.80733076
1992 2.78036835
1993 2.75477862
1994 2.73095756
1995 2.71065833
1996 2.69678401
1997 2.68845966
1998 2.68307257
1999 2.67950327
2000 2.67777669
2001 2.68000445
2002 2.68727348
2003 2.69728279
2004 2.7068008
2005 2.71527342
2006 2.72264591
2007 2.72933314
2008 2.73649702
2009 2.7450262
2010 2.75528816
2011 2.76922712
2012 2.78575915
2013 2.7955731
2014 2.7961914
2015 2.78637542
2016 2.77045136
2017 2.75700802
2018 2.74570941
2019 2.73673236
2020 2.71838453
2021 2.68903839
2022 2.66222891

Yemen, Rep. | 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 Yemen
Records
63
Source