Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source
Arab World | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 53.00786718
1961 52.76665351
1962 52.56089742
1963 52.37047878
1964 52.20185776
1965 52.04799331
1966 51.90803331
1967 51.80052162
1968 51.74296515
1969 51.71800268
1970 51.69872658
1971 51.68361061
1972 51.66913434
1973 51.66491645
1974 51.69676105
1975 51.69461476
1976 51.66136068
1977 51.71140693
1978 51.82223019
1979 51.94357536
1980 52.07665484
1981 52.21134675
1982 52.34595659
1983 52.48040992
1984 52.60995246
1985 52.74202581
1986 52.87363979
1987 53.00830769
1988 53.16938969
1989 53.3632136
1990 53.5488307
1991 53.83258784
1992 54.1611158
1993 54.51139748
1994 54.902497
1995 55.33218042
1996 55.7946567
1997 56.29090564
1998 56.8056318
1999 57.32676638
2000 57.84672063
2001 58.35402306
2002 58.84210097
2003 59.31032011
2004 59.75722874
2005 60.22447623
2006 60.76455733
2007 61.3325419
2008 61.79715311
2009 62.1448374
2010 62.36565445
2011 62.42974535
2012 62.41115197
2013 62.33510634
2014 62.23732821
2015 62.17095594
2016 62.16159897
2017 62.18895564
2018 62.23349142
2019 62.29130109
2020 62.30166535
2021 62.33738573
2022 62.49075233

Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source