Australia | 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
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 61.23085886
1961 61.22119992
1962 61.34465086
1963 61.49128797
1964 61.63206505
1965 61.80500055
1966 61.99766827
1967 62.22544713
1968 62.46987313
1969 62.65937913
1970 62.80320233
1971 62.94302601
1972 63.08344276
1973 63.26952184
1974 63.5189263
1975 63.79528208
1976 64.09661882
1977 64.40868673
1978 64.69390954
1979 64.93734008
1980 65.13068207
1981 65.30012537
1982 65.48071671
1983 65.69146834
1984 65.92767947
1985 66.1768293
1986 66.42914612
1987 66.64933294
1988 66.79878249
1989 66.88266093
1990 66.89125407
1991 66.82435508
1992 66.73511428
1993 66.65400562
1994 66.60152108
1995 66.59102742
1996 66.61647772
1997 66.66743617
1998 66.73101663
1999 66.81086107
2000 66.89425413
2001 66.97542113
2002 67.07535756
2003 67.17709108
2004 67.26392388
2005 67.34260107
2006 67.40710548
2007 67.45661046
2008 67.49496997
2009 67.47907935
2010 67.3774398
2011 67.19165655
2012 66.93877837
2013 66.67349724
2014 66.4238211
2015 66.17456968
2016 65.93490377
2017 65.73102597
2018 65.55102179
2019 65.38960775
2020 65.22467885
2021 65.05751552
2022 64.91786899

Australia | 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
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source