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

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Luxembourg was 14.39 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.42 in 2005, while its lowest value was 10.82 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 10.82
1961 10.97
1962 11.10
1963 11.24
1964 11.37
1965 11.52
1966 11.75
1967 11.97
1968 12.18
1969 12.38
1970 12.56
1971 12.76
1972 12.92
1973 13.05
1974 13.15
1975 13.23
1976 13.42
1977 13.58
1978 13.68
1979 13.70
1980 13.64
1981 13.65
1982 13.59
1983 13.48
1984 13.37
1985 13.29
1986 13.27
1987 13.27
1988 13.29
1989 13.34
1990 13.40
1991 13.51
1992 13.64
1993 13.76
1994 13.85
1995 13.91
1996 14.00
1997 14.05
1998 14.07
1999 14.08
2000 14.07
2001 14.18
2002 14.26
2003 14.33
2004 14.39
2005 14.42
2006 14.33
2007 14.23
2008 14.13
2009 14.04
2010 13.99
2011 13.96
2012 13.94
2013 13.94
2014 13.96
2015 13.99
2016 14.04
2017 14.11
2018 14.18
2019 14.27
2020 14.39

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