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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in Sweden was 21.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 21.77 in 2020, while its lowest value was 12.74 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 12.74
1961 12.96
1962 13.19
1963 13.43
1964 13.67
1965 13.91
1966 14.16
1967 14.41
1968 14.66
1969 14.91
1970 15.18
1971 15.52
1972 15.86
1973 16.20
1974 16.54
1975 16.88
1976 17.19
1977 17.49
1978 17.78
1979 18.06
1980 18.31
1981 18.58
1982 18.82
1983 19.04
1984 19.26
1985 19.49
1986 19.67
1987 19.85
1988 20.02
1989 20.14
1990 20.22
1991 20.22
1992 20.19
1993 20.12
1994 20.03
1995 19.95
1996 19.90
1997 19.85
1998 19.81
1999 19.76
2000 19.70
2001 19.66
2002 19.57
2003 19.47
2004 19.43
2005 19.46
2006 19.48
2007 19.55
2008 19.68
2009 19.85
2010 20.04
2011 20.26
2012 20.51
2013 20.78
2014 21.01
2015 21.19
2016 21.39
2017 21.51
2018 21.58
2019 21.66
2020 21.77

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