Afghanistan | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
Total population between the ages 15 to 64 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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Records
63
Source
Afghanistan | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
55.53978409 1960
55.48702296 1961
55.43177862 1962
55.33565541 1963
55.18168216 1964
54.94662027 1965
54.65833233 1966
54.37499688 1967
54.09962714 1968
53.83266142 1969
53.5777064 1970
53.33528295 1971
53.10291867 1972
52.87976658 1973
52.66146153 1974
52.45024712 1975
52.24759145 1976
52.05081632 1977
51.86062917 1978
51.67755513 1979
51.502597 1980
51.33698694 1981
51.18520847 1982
51.06466405 1983
50.95689916 1984
50.85054572 1985
50.74146226 1986
50.6349805 1987
50.52647916 1988
50.41321141 1989
50.27893005 1990
50.11098943 1991
49.9245652 1992
49.73340374 1993
49.50781934 1994
49.25417713 1995
48.98505375 1996
48.71189594 1997
48.4451498 1998
48.19916422 1999
47.99693445 2000
47.84920436 2001
47.76754512 2002
47.74465636 2003
47.78131645 2004
48.08510671 2005
48.46694431 2006
47.9988969 2007
47.79192263 2008
48.34519934 2009
48.67757064 2010
49.36175767 2011
50.17552488 2012
50.72909461 2013
51.35930018 2014
51.80207836 2015
52.08004369 2016
52.4815669 2017
52.88446243 2018
53.29089424 2019
53.77513484 2020
54.17139886 2021
54.47502674 2022
Afghanistan | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
Total population between the ages 15 to 64 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. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Records
63
Source