Zimbabwe | 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 Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source
Zimbabwe | Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
3.33550079 1960
3.3294086 1961
3.31886134 1962
3.30496124 1963
3.28885377 1964
3.27068008 1965
3.25100956 1966
3.23012393 1967
3.20685338 1968
3.17987313 1969
3.15836198 1970
3.14696417 1971
3.14026708 1972
3.13584889 1973
3.13185474 1974
3.13560625 1975
3.14933702 1976
3.19144732 1977
3.30736714 1978
3.45775653 1979
3.41004998 1980
3.28901145 1981
3.25038694 1982
3.21564338 1983
3.18799028 1984
3.15773558 1985
3.12523795 1986
3.09611809 1987
3.08259531 1988
3.08492105 1989
3.09444642 1990
3.10377473 1991
3.11651993 1992
3.16302542 1993
3.22501698 1994
3.24963754 1995
3.24044962 1996
3.2134624 1997
3.17183023 1998
3.12279197 1999
3.07569032 2000
3.02990666 2001
2.98291297 2002
2.94059741 2003
2.91391294 2004
2.9060711 2005
2.8968719 2006
2.89207689 2007
2.90259294 2008
2.91806423 2009
2.94034851 2010
2.9683163 2011
2.98909616 2012
2.99456568 2013
3.0281862 2014
3.09762594 2015
3.1674141 2016
3.23311799 2017
3.29335929 2018
3.34578074 2019
3.37626214 2020
3.36334256 2021
3.32184535 2022

Zimbabwe | 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 Zimbabwe
Records
63
Source