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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Canada was 19.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 19.39 in 2020, while its lowest value was 8.02 in 1960.

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 8.02
1961 8.06
1962 8.11
1963 8.16
1964 8.23
1965 8.31
1966 8.38
1967 8.47
1968 8.59
1969 8.72
1970 8.86
1971 8.98
1972 9.10
1973 9.22
1974 9.37
1975 9.55
1976 9.76
1977 9.99
1978 10.23
1979 10.48
1980 10.72
1981 10.93
1982 11.12
1983 11.32
1984 11.55
1985 11.80
1986 12.01
1987 12.25
1988 12.49
1989 12.74
1990 12.97
1991 13.14
1992 13.29
1993 13.42
1994 13.55
1995 13.69
1996 13.79
1997 13.90
1998 14.01
1999 14.12
2000 14.23
2001 14.31
2002 14.38
2003 14.46
2004 14.56
2005 14.69
2006 14.81
2007 14.95
2008 15.11
2009 15.33
2010 15.60
2011 15.87
2012 16.19
2013 16.56
2014 16.96
2015 17.36
2016 17.75
2017 18.13
2018 18.52
2019 18.94
2020 19.39

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