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