Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 64.33957513
1961 64.09027505
1962 63.91601188
1963 63.77017387
1964 63.59070087
1965 63.38435018
1966 63.19152577
1967 63.03592572
1968 62.97922282
1969 62.97888366
1970 62.98919058
1971 63.02506777
1972 63.10297374
1973 63.25204719
1974 63.48890706
1975 63.77600719
1976 64.10204924
1977 64.40487378
1978 64.6801437
1979 64.98196759
1980 65.3404769
1981 65.80332493
1982 66.33075801
1983 66.86834847
1984 67.27029995
1985 67.42200536
1986 67.44328246
1987 67.4230016
1988 67.32402567
1989 67.1632819
1990 66.94849135
1991 66.70814864
1992 66.49929541
1993 66.33586189
1994 66.20934551
1995 66.07967471
1996 65.94449923
1997 65.81784754
1998 65.71725824
1999 65.64707794
2000 65.59024604
2001 65.56043256
2002 65.56419862
2003 65.58332978
2004 65.60136188
2005 65.67021914
2006 65.83448888
2007 66.00052386
2008 66.04711545
2009 65.97863426
2010 65.86850744
2011 65.67754764
2012 65.43506679
2013 65.21518416
2014 64.99452031
2015 64.80563047
2016 64.64676169
2017 64.47245175
2018 64.28818277
2019 64.11391254
2020 63.99888373
2021 63.89481923
2022 63.7372908

Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source