BERMUDA’S POPULATION FROM 2000 TO 2030

“Bermuda’s greying population will be one of the greatest challenges facing it in the 21st century” warned the authors of a new report yesterday. Here is what the Island can expect over the next 24 years:

l<$>Structure of the population:

<$> - Bermuda’s population to increase from 62,000 to 65,000

- The proportion of seniors to double from 11 percent of the population to 22 percent. Seven percent more seniors will be aged over 75

- There will be 36 dependant seniors for every 100 people of working age in 2030, compared to just 16 in 2000

- The proportion of people aged under 14 will drop by three percent, with 22-44 year olds declining by eight percent.

l<$>The black population:

<$>- To remain constant at 37,000, but the mid-point age to climb from 36 years to 44

- The percentage of under 14’s to fall from 32 percent to 24 percent

- The proportion of seniors to climb from 11 percent to 25 percent

- The old-age dependency ratio - the number of seniors compared to those of working age - to rocket from 16 percent to 43 percent

l<$>The white population:

<$>- To rise from 25,000 to 29,000

- The number of under 14’s to fall from 16 percent to 15 percent

- The proportion of seniors to rise from 11 percent to 19 percent of the population

- The old-age dependency ratio to advance from 15 percent to 28 percent

l<$>The population with Bermudian status:

<$>- To increase from 49,000 to 51,000

- The proportion of under-14s to drop from 20 percent to 16 percent

- The proportion of seniors to double from 13 percent to 26 percent

- The old age dependency ratio to soar from 19 percent to 45 percent

l<$>The non-Bermudian population:

<$>- To increase from 13,000 to 14,000

- The old-age dependency ratio to triple from 4 percent to 12 percent