FRED Graph

Notes

Population ages 65 and above for the United States (SPPOP65UPTOZSUSA)

Release: World Development Indicators

Units: Percent of Total, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Annual

Notes:

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--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.

World Bank Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

Source Indicator: SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS

Suggested Citation:

World Bank, Population ages 65 and above for the United States [SPPOP65UPTOZSUSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPPOP65UPTOZSUSA, .

Fertility Rate, Total for the United States (SPDYNTFRTINUSA)

Source: World Bank

Release: World Development Indicators

Units: Births per Woman, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Annual

Notes:

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.

World Bank Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Program, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database

Source Indicator: SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Suggested Citation:

World Bank, Fertility Rate, Total for the United States [SPDYNTFRTINUSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNTFRTINUSA, .

Age Dependency Ratio: Older Dependents to Working-Age Population for the United States (SPPOPDPNDOLUSA)

Source: World Bank

Release: World Development Indicators

Units: Percent of Working-Age Population, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Annual

Notes:

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents (people older than 64) to the working-age population (those ages 15-64). Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source Indicator: SP.POP.DPND.OL

Suggested Citation:

World Bank, Age Dependency Ratio: Older Dependents to Working-Age Population for the United States [SPPOPDPNDOLUSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPPOPDPNDOLUSA, .