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Ageing and Older Persons.Indicators for Central America and the Dominican RepublicSeparate

Central America and the Dominican Republic

Source: Demographic Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELADE) – Population Division of ECLAC, population estimates and projections, [online] ‹www.eclac.cl/celade_proyecciones/basedatos_BD.htm›; for Belize, United Nations, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision”, [online], ‹http://esa.un.org/unpp›.Note: The countries that make up Central America are Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Nota: Los países que conforman Centroamérica son Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá.

Ageing and older persons

This brochure has been prepared by the Demographic Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC in the Framework of the joint programme ECLAC-SIDA “Protection and Social Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean, Component 3 ‘Social Protection Strategies for an Ageing Population’ and with support from the 2010 Annual Workplan Project of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Director: Dirk Jaspers_FaijerProduction: Daniela González, Pablo TapaiaDesign: Alejandro Vicuña Leyton

Central America and the Dominican Republic

Source: Demographic Center for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELADE) – Population Division of ECLAC, population estimates and projections, [online] ‹www.eclac.cl/celade_proyecciones/basedatos_BD.htm›; for Belize, United Nations, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, “World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision”, [online], ‹http://esa.un.org/unpp›.Note: The countries that make up Central America are Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Nota: Los países que conforman Centroamérica son Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá.

Indicator definitions• Percentage of the population 60 years of age or older: it is the quotient between the population of 60 years of age or older and the total population, multiplied by one hundred. • Sex ratio: it is the quotient between the total of men with respect to the total of women 60 years of age or more, multiplied by one hundred. • Parent support ratio: it is the quotient between persons 85 years of age or more and persons between 50 and 64 years, multiplied by one hundred. It is used to express the family demand for support its older members.

Internal Ageing and Sex Ratio

Percentage of the population between 60 and 64 years in the total population

20105.5 persons between 60 and 65 years of age in the total population20308.4 persons between 60 and 65 years of age in the total population205012.2 persons between 60 and 65 years of age in the total population Sex ratio in the population of

60 years or more

201089.1 men for every 100 womens

203081.8 men for every 100 womens

205077.9 men for every 100 women

Percentage of the population of 75 years or more in the total population

20102.2 persons of 75 years or more in the total population20303.4 persons of 75 years or more in the total population20505.8 persons of 75 years or more in the total population

Parent support ratio

Parent support ratio

20105.5 persons of 85 years or more for every 100 between 50 and 64 years of age20307.1 persons of 85 years or more for every 100 between 50 and 64 years of age205010.1 persons of 85 years or more for every 100 between 50 and 64 years of age

Number of countries located below the average for Central America and the Dominican Republic

20102 (Dominican Republicy El Salvador)

20303 (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador)

20505 (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua y Panamá)

Increase in the parent support ratio between 2010 and 2030

1.3 timesIncrease in the parent support ratio between 2010 and 2050

1.8 times

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Internal ageing and sex ratio

Parent support ratio