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

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Malta was 21.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.32 in 2020, while its lowest value was 7.95 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 7.95
1961 8.03
1962 8.10
1963 8.17
1964 8.26
1965 8.40
1966 8.61
1967 8.89
1968 9.21
1969 9.52
1970 9.83
1971 9.99
1972 10.07
1973 10.10
1974 10.09
1975 10.06
1976 10.04
1977 10.01
1978 9.97
1979 9.91
1980 9.85
1981 9.85
1982 9.82
1983 9.75
1984 9.66
1985 9.59
1986 9.74
1987 9.92
1988 10.12
1989 10.32
1990 10.49
1991 10.69
1992 10.87
1993 11.05
1994 11.24
1995 11.44
1996 11.63
1997 11.82
1998 12.01
1999 12.20
2000 12.40
2001 12.61
2002 12.84
2003 13.11
2004 13.39
2005 13.69
2006 13.96
2007 14.24
2008 14.60
2009 15.08
2010 15.69
2011 16.22
2012 16.84
2013 17.52
2014 18.19
2015 18.79
2016 19.38
2017 19.89
2018 20.35
2019 20.82
2020 21.32

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