Indicators on Youth and Elderly Populations

INDICATORS OF YOUTH AND ELDERLY POPULATIONS

Source: Statistics Division and Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat.

Country or area	% of total population under age 15, 2003		% of male population aged 60+, 2003		% of female population aged 60+, 2003		Sex ratio (men per 100 women) in the population aged 60+, 2003

Afghanistan	43		4		5		98
Albania	28		9		11		89
Algeria	33		5		7		83
American Samoa	41	a b	5	a b	6	a b	81	a b
Andorra	16	c	14	c	15	c	106	c
Angola	48		4		5		82
Antigua and Barbuda	28	d	9	d	12	d	73	d
Argentina	27		12		15		73
Armenia	20		11		15		72
Aruba	23	e	9	e	11	e	80	e
Australia	20		16		18		85
Austria	16		18		25		71
Azerbaijan	29		8		10		78
Bahamas	29		8		10		77
Bahrain	29		4		5		98
Bangladesh	38		5		5		96
Barbados	19		10		16		62
Belarus	16		14		23		55
Belgium	17		19		25		75
Belize	38		6		6		102
Benin	45		4		4		90
Bermuda	20	e	13	e	16	e	75	e
Bhutan	41		6		7		90
Bolivia	39		6		7		83
Bosnia and Herzegovina	17		13		18		74
Botswana	40		4		5		67
Brazil	28		7		9		79
Brunei Darussalam	30		5		4		114
Bulgaria	14		19		24		75
Burkina Faso	49		3		5		61
Burundi	46		3		5		63
Cambodia	41		3		6		56
Cameroon	42		5		6		85
Canada	18		16		19		80
Cape Verde	39		5		8		55
Central African Rep.	43		5		7		75
Chad	47		4		5		82
Chile	27		10		12		76
China^f	23		10		11		91
China, Hong Kong SAR	15		14		15		93
China, Macao SAR	19		9		10		80
Colombia	32		7		8		81
Comoros	42		4		5		83
Congo	47		4		5		80
Cook Islands	36	d	8	d	8	d	107	d
Costa Rica	30		7		9		90
Cote d'Ivoire	41		5		5		110
Croatia	17		18		25		67
Cuba	20		14		16		90
Cyprus	22		15		18		82
Czech Republic	15		16		22		69
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	47		4		5		77
Denmark	19		18		23		79
Djibouti	43		5		6		86
Dominica	33	g	12	g	14	g	88	g
Dominican Republic	32		7		7		93
Ecuador	33		7		8		87
Egypt	35		6		7		86
El Salvador	35		7		8		80
Equatorial Guinea	44		5		6		83
Eritrea	45		3		4		73
Estonia	16		17		26		54
Ethiopia	46		4		5		86
Fiji	32		6		7		87
Finland	18		17		24		71
France	19		18		23		73
French Guiana	35		6		6		101
French Polynesia	29		7		8		100
Gabon	41		6		7		84
Gambia	41		6		6		88
Georgia	19		16		22		67
Germany	15		21		27		73
Ghana	40		5		6		86
Greece	15		22		26		82
Guadeloupe	25		12		15		78
Guam	31		8		9		102
Guatemala	43		5		6		93
Guinea	44		4		5		87
Guinea-Bissau	47		4		5		84
Guyana	30		6		8		75
Haiti	38		5		6		82
Honduras	40		5		6		88
Hungary	16		16		24		62
Iceland	23		14		17		86
India	33		7		8		91
Indonesia	30		7		9		83
Iran (Islamic Republic)	32		6		6		101
Iraq	41		4		5		90
Ireland	21		14		17		81
Israel	28		11		15		75
Italy	14		22		28		74
Jamaica	30		9		10		85
Japan	14		22		28		77
Jordan	38		5		5		105
Kazakhstan	25		9		14		60
Kenya	41		4		4		87
Kiribati	...		...		6	b	...
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	26		10		12		80
Korea, Republic of	20		10		14		75
Kuwait	26		3		3		141
Kyrgyzstan	32		7		10		67
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	42		5		6		85
Latvia	16		17		27		53
Lebanon	29		8		9		82
Lesotho	40		7		7		78
Liberia	47		3		4		83
Libyan Arab Jamahariya	31		6		6		118
Lithuania	19		15		24		57
Luxembourg	19		16		21		73
Madagascar	45		4		5		86
Malawi	46		5		5		92
Malaysia	33		6		7		91
Maldives	42		5		5		113
Mali	49		3		4		75
Malta	19		15		20		76
Marshall Islands	49	h	3	h	4	h	93	h
Martinique	23		14		18		73
Mauritania	43		5		6		84
Mauritius	25		8		10		74
Mexico	32		7		8		84
Micronesia, Fed. States of	39		5		6		83
Monaco	12	b	19	b i	25	b i	70	b i
Mongolia	32		5		6		83
Morocco	31		6		7		79
Mozambique	44		5		6		75
Myanmar	32		7		7		86
Namibia	43		5		6		76
Nepal	40		5		6		89
Netherlands	18		16		21		77
Netherlands Antilles	24		11		14		74
New Caledonia	29		8		9		96
New Zealand	22		15		17		84
Nicaragua	42		4		5		83
Niger	50		3		4		86
Nigeria	44		5		5		89
Norway	20		17		22		77
Occ. Palestinian Territory	46		4		5		74
Oman	37		3		4		120
Pakistan	41		6		6		96
Palau	...		...		10	b	...
Panama	31		8		9		95
Papua New Guinea	41		4		4		116
Paraguay	38		5		6		81
Peru	33		7		8		89
Philippines	36		5		6		84
Poland	17		14		19		66
Portugal	17		18		24		72
Puerto Rico	23		15		18		77
Qatar	26		3		3		199
Republic of Moldova	20		11		16		64
Reunion	27		8		11		71
Romania	17		16		21		74
Russian Federation	16		13		22		53
Rwanda	45		4		4		81
Saint Kitts and Nevis	31	d	11	d	13	d	90	d
Saint Lucia	30		7		9		74
Saint Vincent/Grenadines	30		8		10		81
Samoa	40		5		8		77
San Marino	14	e	19	e	22	e	81	e
Sao Tome and Principe	41		6		7		88
Saudi Arabia	39		4		4		110
Senegal	43		4		5		76
Serbia and Montenegro	19		16		21		78
Seychelles	39	d k	8	d	12	d	67	d
Sierra Leone	44		4		5		80
Singapore	21		11		12		88
Slovakia	18		13		18		65
Slovenia	15		17		23		67
Solomon Islands	42		4		4		106
Somalia	48		3		4		85
South Africa	33		5		7		67
Spain	14		19		24		77
Sri Lanka	25		10		11		103
Sudan	39		5		6		88
Suriname	31		7		9		76
Swaziland	43		5		5		82
Sweden	18		21		26		80
Switzerland	16		20		25		77
Syrian Arab Republic	37		4		5		86
Tajikistan	36		6		7		80
Thailand	25		8		10		83
The FYR of Macedonia	22		13		16		82
Timor-Leste	36		5		6		100
Togo	44		5		5		84
Tonga	37		7		9		87
Trinidad and Tobago	22		9		11		84
Tunisia	28		8		9		89
Turkey	30		8		9		85
Turkmenistan	34		5		7		72
Tuvalu	41	j	8	j	10	j	78	j
Uganda	50		4		4		84
Ukraine	16		16		25		56
United Arab Emirates	25		2		3		176
United Kingdom	18		19		23		78
United Rep. of Tanzania	45		4		4		83
United States of America	21		15		18		77
U.S. Virgin Islands	25		14		15		82
Uruguay	24		15		20		70
Uzbekistan	34		6		8		76
Vanuatu	41		5		5		106
Venezuela	33		6		8		85
Viet Nam	31		7		8		88
Western Sahara	35		7		6		128
Yemen	49		3		4		94
Zambia	47		4		5		81
Zimbabwe	43		5		6		86

Sources:

Calculated by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat from estimates of population by age and sex prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and contained in World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision, data set in digital form (POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2002/4/F1,F2 and F3), supplemented by Demographic Yearbook 2000 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.01.XIII.1) and data compiled from national statistical reports.

Footnotes:

...	Not available.
a	De jure population but including armed forces stationed in the area.
b	Data refer to 1990.
c	Data refer to 1994.
d	Data refer to 1996.
e	Data refer to 1997.
f	For statistical purposes the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions.
g	Data refer to 1998.
h	Data refer to 1995.
i	Data for population aged 65+.
j	Data refer to 1991.
k	Data for population under age 20.

Technical notes:

Estimates and projections of the total population and population by age and sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. In general, these population figures are estimates of persons resident in the country or area at mid-year. They are usually based on population census data adjusted to the specified year, taking account of birth, death and international migration rates as determined from population surveys and registers and other national sources as available. Short-term residents and visitors in the country or area for less than one year are usually excluded.

The percentages of population under age 15 and of population of each sex aged 60 or over are calculated by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat from the estimates of population by sex and age prepared by the Population Division or those published in the supplementary sources. Men per 100 women aged 60 or over are calculated by the Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat from the same sources.

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