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)
1960 55.53978409
1961 55.48702296
1962 55.43177862
1963 55.33565541
1964 55.18168216
1965 54.94662027
1966 54.65833233
1967 54.37499688
1968 54.09962714
1969 53.83266142
1970 53.5777064
1971 53.33528295
1972 53.10291867
1973 52.87976658
1974 52.66146153
1975 52.45024712
1976 52.24759145
1977 52.05081632
1978 51.86062917
1979 51.67755513
1980 51.502597
1981 51.33698694
1982 51.18520847
1983 51.06466405
1984 50.95689916
1985 50.85054572
1986 50.74146226
1987 50.6349805
1988 50.52647916
1989 50.41321141
1990 50.27893005
1991 50.11098943
1992 49.9245652
1993 49.73340374
1994 49.50781934
1995 49.25417713
1996 48.98505375
1997 48.71189594
1998 48.4451498
1999 48.19916422
2000 47.99693445
2001 47.84920436
2002 47.76754512
2003 47.74465636
2004 47.78131645
2005 48.08510671
2006 48.46694431
2007 47.9988969
2008 47.79192263
2009 48.34519934
2010 48.67757064
2011 49.36175767
2012 50.17552488
2013 50.72909461
2014 51.35930018
2015 51.80207836
2016 52.08004369
2017 52.4815669
2018 52.88446243
2019 53.29089424
2020 53.77513484
2021 54.17139886
2022 54.47502674

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