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

Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) in United States was 18.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.16 in 2020, while its lowest value was 10.02 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10.02
1961 10.14
1962 10.26
1963 10.39
1964 10.52
1965 10.66
1966 10.82
1967 10.99
1968 11.17
1969 11.35
1970 11.54
1971 11.73
1972 11.93
1973 12.13
1974 12.33
1975 12.54
1976 12.72
1977 12.89
1978 13.06
1979 13.24
1980 13.43
1981 13.58
1982 13.71
1983 13.85
1984 14.00
1985 14.16
1986 14.28
1987 14.39
1988 14.51
1989 14.62
1990 14.72
1991 14.75
1992 14.76
1993 14.75
1994 14.74
1995 14.70
1996 14.62
1997 14.53
1998 14.43
1999 14.33
2000 14.24
2001 14.16
2002 14.08
2003 14.01
2004 13.97
2005 13.96
2006 14.00
2007 14.06
2008 14.17
2009 14.33
2010 14.54
2011 14.79
2012 15.09
2013 15.43
2014 15.79
2015 16.16
2016 16.55
2017 16.93
2018 17.32
2019 17.73
2020 18.16

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