Denmark - Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Denmark was 20.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.16 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10.60 in 1960.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 10.60
1961 10.76
1962 10.93
1963 11.09
1964 11.25
1965 11.40
1966 11.59
1967 11.77
1968 11.94
1969 12.12
1970 12.30
1971 12.54
1972 12.77
1973 12.99
1974 13.21
1975 13.42
1976 13.65
1977 13.87
1978 14.08
1979 14.26
1980 14.43
1981 14.60
1982 14.75
1983 14.87
1984 14.99
1985 15.11
1986 15.26
1987 15.39
1988 15.50
1989 15.57
1990 15.60
1991 15.59
1992 15.54
1993 15.46
1994 15.36
1995 15.24
1996 15.18
1997 15.10
1998 15.02
1999 14.94
2000 14.85
2001 14.88
2002 14.90
2003 14.94
2004 15.02
2005 15.15
2006 15.39
2007 15.66
2008 15.96
2009 16.30
2010 16.67
2011 17.03
2012 17.49
2013 18.03
2014 18.57
2015 19.05
2016 19.42
2017 19.66
2018 19.81
2019 19.97
2020 20.16

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).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population