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