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

Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) in Norway was 17.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 17.53 in 2020, while its lowest value was 11.04 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 11.04
1961 11.21
1962 11.40
1963 11.60
1964 11.80
1965 11.98
1966 12.18
1967 12.36
1968 12.52
1969 12.69
1970 12.85
1971 13.01
1972 13.17
1973 13.34
1974 13.50
1975 13.67
1976 13.90
1977 14.11
1978 14.32
1979 14.53
1980 14.73
1981 14.96
1982 15.16
1983 15.34
1984 15.51
1985 15.69
1986 15.87
1987 16.05
1988 16.20
1989 16.30
1990 16.36
1991 16.37
1992 16.34
1993 16.26
1994 16.14
1995 16.01
1996 15.89
1997 15.75
1998 15.59
1999 15.42
2000 15.26
2001 15.15
2002 15.03
2003 14.93
2004 14.86
2005 14.82
2006 14.77
2007 14.73
2008 14.73
2009 14.77
2010 14.89
2011 15.11
2012 15.40
2013 15.73
2014 16.04
2015 16.30
2016 16.59
2017 16.83
2018 17.05
2019 17.27
2020 17.53

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