Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source
Burkina Faso | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 57.43798318
1961 57.38589782
1962 57.27104717
1963 56.99331452
1964 56.58594739
1965 56.18669819
1966 55.81029021
1967 55.44937327
1968 55.10647221
1969 54.78172356
1970 54.48076382
1971 54.18555824
1972 53.89688151
1973 53.62279308
1974 53.36343898
1975 53.11164742
1976 52.86384361
1977 52.63255955
1978 52.39423882
1979 52.14057135
1980 51.89760401
1981 51.66078363
1982 51.42854567
1983 51.22144805
1984 51.01927039
1985 50.79168805
1986 50.53696916
1987 50.275747
1988 50.04309061
1989 49.85404262
1990 49.70788307
1991 49.56844395
1992 49.46046566
1993 49.43366285
1994 49.47623963
1995 49.55900133
1996 49.64492983
1997 49.74949421
1998 49.93864422
1999 50.20090512
2000 50.48792432
2001 50.79124582
2002 51.09339423
2003 51.36117003
2004 51.58391242
2005 51.7581599
2006 51.8593969
2007 51.87581563
2008 51.82267107
2009 51.74583626
2010 51.6732183
2011 51.62337172
2012 51.61749782
2013 51.64748263
2014 51.72165361
2015 51.8415156
2016 52.00723219
2017 52.21548137
2018 52.44482064
2019 52.69623298
2020 53.00106502
2021 53.36183381
2022 53.74359138

Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source