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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Bhutan was 5.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 5.98 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.44 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.

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Year Value
1960 2.48
1961 2.49
1962 2.50
1963 2.50
1964 2.49
1965 2.47
1966 2.48
1967 2.48
1968 2.47
1969 2.46
1970 2.44
1971 2.45
1972 2.46
1973 2.46
1974 2.46
1975 2.45
1976 2.46
1977 2.48
1978 2.48
1979 2.49
1980 2.49
1981 2.52
1982 2.54
1983 2.56
1984 2.58
1985 2.60
1986 2.63
1987 2.67
1988 2.69
1989 2.72
1990 2.76
1991 2.87
1992 2.98
1993 3.10
1994 3.23
1995 3.35
1996 3.43
1997 3.50
1998 3.58
1999 3.65
2000 3.72
2001 3.83
2002 3.93
2003 4.03
2004 4.14
2005 4.25
2006 4.39
2007 4.53
2008 4.67
2009 4.80
2010 4.93
2011 5.05
2012 5.17
2013 5.28
2014 5.38
2015 5.48
2016 5.58
2017 5.67
2018 5.75
2019 5.86
2020 5.98

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