Africa Eastern and Southern | 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
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
Africa Eastern and Southern | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 52.82741578
1961 52.76049028
1962 52.68267584
1963 52.58650966
1964 52.48552001
1965 52.37662819
1966 52.25776182
1967 52.14215374
1968 52.03157611
1969 51.92189826
1970 51.80144227
1971 51.6792374
1972 51.56387569
1973 51.48046458
1974 51.44197331
1975 51.41422138
1976 51.36999407
1977 51.34133418
1978 51.35254397
1979 51.3619443
1980 51.38687508
1981 51.40084663
1982 51.39553258
1983 51.42812476
1984 51.49157251
1985 51.5528418
1986 51.59710322
1987 51.60095369
1988 51.57389656
1989 51.55223381
1990 51.5369286
1991 51.51864686
1992 51.49266824
1993 51.46070313
1994 51.54441725
1995 51.67427617
1996 51.71219425
1997 51.77011253
1998 51.91319177
1999 52.10097423
2000 52.29256574
2001 52.49528941
2002 52.69527811
2003 52.8812795
2004 53.05303164
2005 53.20140255
2006 53.33356692
2007 53.45488762
2008 53.56174799
2009 53.66134077
2010 53.76713151
2011 53.8800734
2012 53.99082736
2013 54.10482721
2014 54.23439635
2015 54.39035791
2016 54.53068556
2017 54.66607765
2018 54.8342732
2019 55.02154508
2020 55.23520013
2021 55.47193199
2022 55.72199641

Africa Eastern and Southern | 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
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source