Ireland - Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Ireland was 15.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.31 in 2020, while its lowest value was 11.74 in 2005.

Definition: Female population 65 years of age or older as a percentage of the total female 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 11.90
1961 11.95
1962 12.00
1963 12.05
1964 12.07
1965 12.08
1966 12.13
1967 12.18
1968 12.22
1969 12.22
1970 12.18
1971 12.12
1972 12.02
1973 11.90
1974 11.81
1975 11.76
1976 11.76
1977 11.79
1978 11.85
1979 11.88
1980 11.88
1981 11.95
1982 11.97
1983 11.98
1984 12.01
1985 12.06
1986 12.18
1987 12.32
1988 12.48
1989 12.60
1990 12.69
1991 12.70
1992 12.67
1993 12.60
1994 12.53
1995 12.47
1996 12.34
1997 12.21
1998 12.10
1999 12.01
2000 11.94
2001 11.86
2002 11.81
2003 11.78
2004 11.76
2005 11.74
2006 11.75
2007 11.75
2008 11.77
2009 11.83
2010 11.94
2011 12.20
2012 12.50
2013 12.84
2014 13.19
2015 13.55
2016 13.90
2017 14.24
2018 14.60
2019 14.95
2020 15.31

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population