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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Portugal was 25.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.08 in 2020, while its lowest value was 9.32 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 9.32
1961 9.46
1962 9.58
1963 9.70
1964 9.83
1965 10.00
1966 10.20
1967 10.43
1968 10.68
1969 10.94
1970 11.18
1971 11.40
1972 11.60
1973 11.78
1974 11.98
1975 12.19
1976 12.39
1977 12.61
1978 12.84
1979 13.06
1980 13.25
1981 13.41
1982 13.53
1983 13.64
1984 13.77
1985 13.96
1986 14.20
1987 14.49
1988 14.81
1989 15.15
1990 15.50
1991 15.80
1992 16.10
1993 16.39
1994 16.69
1995 17.00
1996 17.24
1997 17.51
1998 17.78
1999 18.07
2000 18.35
2001 18.59
2002 18.81
2003 19.03
2004 19.23
2005 19.44
2006 19.67
2007 19.90
2008 20.16
2009 20.46
2010 20.82
2011 21.18
2012 21.58
2013 22.01
2014 22.45
2015 22.90
2016 23.32
2017 23.75
2018 24.17
2019 24.61
2020 25.08

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