Zambia | 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 Zambia
Records
63
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Zambia | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2.69510819 1960
2.69325422 1961
2.69869024 1962
2.70871951 1963
2.71823112 1964
2.72679967 1965
2.73591199 1966
2.74450387 1967
2.75238898 1968
2.76158434 1969
2.77767722 1970
2.79819924 1971
2.81691682 1972
2.83372685 1973
2.84889157 1974
2.86157697 1975
2.87228219 1976
2.88169473 1977
2.88870821 1978
2.89242072 1979
2.89196412 1980
2.88551986 1981
2.87151085 1982
2.85347303 1983
2.83514138 1984
2.81520131 1985
2.79213353 1986
2.76859569 1987
2.74551792 1988
2.72039121 1989
2.69233937 1990
2.66101666 1991
2.62636408 1992
2.58832228 1993
2.54623555 1994
2.50057735 1995
2.45181458 1996
2.39924171 1997
2.34484013 1998
2.28877498 1999
2.23004224 2000
2.16931692 2001
2.11161288 2002
2.05724816 2003
2.00414014 2004
1.95205402 2005
1.90196898 2006
1.85543578 2007
1.81326636 2008
1.77711333 2009
1.74807126 2010
1.7260354 2011
1.70865611 2012
1.69145655 2013
1.6778242 2014
1.67316071 2015
1.67471977 2016
1.68135103 2017
1.6937896 2018
1.7122271 2019
1.72986015 2020
1.73892994 2021
1.74749315 2022
Zambia | 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 Zambia
Records
63
Source
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