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

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Sweden was 20.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.33 in 2020, while its lowest value was 11.76 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 11.76
1961 11.94
1962 12.12
1963 12.31
1964 12.50
1965 12.68
1966 12.89
1967 13.09
1968 13.29
1969 13.49
1970 13.70
1971 14.00
1972 14.29
1973 14.58
1974 14.86
1975 15.14
1976 15.41
1977 15.67
1978 15.91
1979 16.13
1980 16.32
1981 16.56
1982 16.76
1983 16.93
1984 17.10
1985 17.27
1986 17.43
1987 17.58
1988 17.71
1989 17.79
1990 17.82
1991 17.82
1992 17.78
1993 17.70
1994 17.61
1995 17.51
1996 17.46
1997 17.43
1998 17.39
1999 17.35
2000 17.30
2001 17.30
2002 17.26
2003 17.22
2004 17.22
2005 17.31
2006 17.40
2007 17.55
2008 17.75
2009 17.97
2010 18.22
2011 18.50
2012 18.81
2013 19.12
2014 19.39
2015 19.61
2016 19.84
2017 19.99
2018 20.10
2019 20.20
2020 20.33

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