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