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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Japan was 31.29 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.29 in 2020, while its lowest value was 6.27 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 6.27
1961 6.37
1962 6.48
1963 6.59
1964 6.70
1965 6.82
1966 6.97
1967 7.12
1968 7.29
1969 7.45
1970 7.62
1971 7.81
1972 7.99
1973 8.18
1974 8.38
1975 8.62
1976 8.88
1977 9.18
1978 9.51
1979 9.83
1980 10.14
1981 10.47
1982 10.77
1983 11.07
1984 11.39
1985 11.75
1986 12.13
1987 12.54
1988 12.99
1989 13.47
1990 13.97
1991 14.46
1992 14.97
1993 15.50
1994 16.05
1995 16.61
1996 17.18
1997 17.75
1998 18.33
1999 18.92
2000 19.50
2001 20.05
2002 20.60
2003 21.15
2004 21.72
2005 22.32
2006 22.86
2007 23.41
2008 23.98
2009 24.60
2010 25.30
2011 25.97
2012 26.70
2013 27.46
2014 28.20
2015 28.89
2016 29.46
2017 29.98
2018 30.45
2019 30.88
2020 31.29

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