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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Australia was 17.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.12 in 2020, while its lowest value was 9.61 in 1970.

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 9.89
1961 9.95
1962 10.00
1963 10.04
1964 10.08
1965 10.10
1966 10.00
1967 9.89
1968 9.78
1969 9.68
1970 9.61
1971 9.72
1972 9.83
1973 9.95
1974 10.09
1975 10.25
1976 10.40
1977 10.59
1978 10.80
1979 10.99
1980 11.16
1981 11.33
1982 11.46
1983 11.57
1984 11.70
1985 11.87
1986 11.99
1987 12.15
1988 12.33
1989 12.50
1990 12.65
1991 12.83
1992 12.99
1993 13.13
1994 13.26
1995 13.38
1996 13.46
1997 13.53
1998 13.59
1999 13.66
2000 13.74
2001 13.78
2002 13.84
2003 13.92
2004 14.00
2005 14.10
2006 14.12
2007 14.14
2008 14.19
2009 14.29
2010 14.46
2011 14.65
2012 14.90
2013 15.19
2014 15.47
2015 15.74
2016 16.02
2017 16.28
2018 16.54
2019 16.81
2020 17.12

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