American Samoa | 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
American Samoa
Records
63
Source
American Samoa | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 48.42050235
1961 48.87763018
1962 49.35596089
1963 49.68107886
1964 49.85434322
1965 49.95511094
1966 50.01036398
1967 50.0583548
1968 50.12593475
1969 50.26613377
1970 50.61865189
1971 51.13523112
1972 51.64273242
1973 52.09786533
1974 52.52137047
1975 52.95798461
1976 53.44151006
1977 53.9825737
1978 54.53735522
1979 55.09353887
1980 55.60353347
1981 55.97997622
1982 56.28631615
1983 56.57002858
1984 56.81853909
1985 57.02345986
1986 57.17422156
1987 57.24872788
1988 57.24310608
1989 57.17140512
1990 57.05801163
1991 56.95069553
1992 56.85387649
1993 56.75831477
1994 56.66733603
1995 56.58882792
1996 56.53211009
1997 56.51657595
1998 56.54558946
1999 56.58228288
2000 56.66629458
2001 56.8659557
2002 57.15059216
2003 57.47447813
2004 57.87541974
2005 58.39766654
2006 59.01473499
2007 59.67188401
2008 60.31347009
2009 60.85142506
2010 61.38433349
2011 61.95452035
2012 62.43260106
2013 62.8370601
2014 63.20320205
2015 63.55318486
2016 63.89946083
2017 64.25611063
2018 64.63117462
2019 65.00353969
2020 65.34781008
2021 65.64338848
2022 65.59037777

American Samoa | 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
American Samoa
Records
63
Source