Benin | 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
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source
Benin | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 55.59114734
1961 55.37444588
1962 55.0799415
1963 54.6905944
1964 54.14021016
1965 53.6485829
1966 53.31851489
1967 53.0000116
1968 52.69849641
1969 52.41252939
1970 52.14574907
1971 51.89783124
1972 51.67087081
1973 51.47284353
1974 51.3068354
1975 51.17209178
1976 51.07697114
1977 51.01679029
1978 50.98048435
1979 50.9534161
1980 50.91646619
1981 50.86858812
1982 50.81682559
1983 50.77308031
1984 50.73710064
1985 50.70521854
1986 50.68185341
1987 50.66675027
1988 50.65546795
1989 50.6596709
1990 50.67816881
1991 50.70046158
1992 50.7329128
1993 51.25743043
1994 51.45728108
1995 51.08356299
1996 50.99633938
1997 51.0720639
1998 51.21008939
1999 51.36740492
2000 51.53967771
2001 51.720841
2002 51.9009301
2003 52.06701868
2004 52.21093554
2005 52.39751447
2006 52.53787177
2007 52.61744934
2008 52.74494038
2009 52.93387653
2010 53.13258363
2011 53.28355702
2012 53.41279779
2013 53.5268528
2014 53.64828254
2015 53.7484164
2016 53.81214502
2017 53.87677276
2018 53.96225434
2019 54.07251357
2020 54.19847612
2021 54.34561101
2022 54.50441568

Benin | 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
Republic of Benin
Records
63
Source