Channel Islands - Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Channel Islands was 17.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.92 in 2020, while its lowest value was 13.17 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 13.17
1961 13.22
1962 13.29
1963 13.39
1964 13.48
1965 13.57
1966 13.63
1967 13.71
1968 13.77
1969 13.84
1970 13.92
1971 14.04
1972 14.14
1973 14.22
1974 14.30
1975 14.38
1976 14.60
1977 14.79
1978 14.92
1979 14.99
1980 15.00
1981 15.04
1982 15.02
1983 14.97
1984 14.90
1985 14.84
1986 14.82
1987 14.78
1988 14.74
1989 14.68
1990 14.60
1991 14.62
1992 14.61
1993 14.59
1994 14.55
1995 14.48
1996 14.50
1997 14.50
1998 14.49
1999 14.49
2000 14.52
2001 14.67
2002 14.80
2003 14.87
2004 14.91
2005 14.98
2006 15.14
2007 15.27
2008 15.33
2009 15.34
2010 15.38
2011 15.62
2012 15.88
2013 16.12
2014 16.32
2015 16.47
2016 16.72
2017 17.00
2018 17.30
2019 17.60
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