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

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Lithuania was 20.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 7.93 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 7.93
1961 8.13
1962 8.33
1963 8.53
1964 8.74
1965 8.96
1966 9.18
1967 9.40
1968 9.63
1969 9.88
1970 10.15
1971 10.44
1972 10.72
1973 10.99
1974 11.21
1975 11.38
1976 11.46
1977 11.51
1978 11.52
1979 11.47
1980 11.35
1981 11.21
1982 10.98
1983 10.74
1984 10.53
1985 10.41
1986 10.40
1987 10.46
1988 10.57
1989 10.72
1990 10.88
1991 11.16
1992 11.45
1993 11.74
1994 12.02
1995 12.29
1996 12.65
1997 12.99
1998 13.30
1999 13.61
2000 13.91
2001 14.34
2002 14.76
2003 15.18
2004 15.59
2005 15.99
2006 16.32
2007 16.61
2008 16.87
2009 17.09
2010 17.27
2011 17.57
2012 17.85
2013 18.12
2014 18.40
2015 18.69
2016 18.97
2017 19.30
2018 19.71
2019 20.16
2020 20.62

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