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CodeSP.POP.65UP.TO
Indicator NamePopulation ages 65 and above, total
Short definitionTotal population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Long definitionTotal population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
SourceWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
TopicHealth: Population: Structure
DatasetWDI
Unit of measureUnit
PeriodicityAnnual
Reference period1960-2024
Aggregation methodSum
Statistical concept and methodologyMethodology: Estimates are calculated using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the population in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. Statistical concept(s): Estimates of population by age and/or sex describe the size of the population in the category. Population estimates are dependent on the demographic components of change that are fertility, mortality and migration. As the size of population continues to change throughout the time even within a year, a reference time in the year that the estimate refers to is needed, such as mid-year, end-year or beginning of year. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Development relevancePatterns 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.
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