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

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 17.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.44 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 3.44
1961 3.54
1962 3.65
1963 3.77
1964 3.89
1965 4.00
1966 4.11
1967 4.22
1968 4.31
1969 4.40
1970 4.50
1971 4.69
1972 4.87
1973 5.03
1974 5.17
1975 5.29
1976 5.44
1977 5.58
1978 5.70
1979 5.77
1980 5.79
1981 5.75
1982 5.66
1983 5.56
1984 5.48
1985 5.46
1986 5.57
1987 5.74
1988 5.96
1989 6.24
1990 6.58
1991 7.05
1992 7.56
1993 8.10
1994 8.67
1995 9.22
1996 9.60
1997 9.93
1998 10.25
1999 10.59
2000 10.98
2001 11.51
2002 12.10
2003 12.70
2004 13.19
2005 13.52
2006 13.76
2007 13.84
2008 13.82
2009 13.84
2010 13.96
2011 14.01
2012 14.12
2013 14.23
2014 14.34
2015 14.48
2016 15.08
2017 15.75
2018 16.47
2019 17.20
2020 17.92

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