Cameroon | 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 Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
57.12973299 1960
56.73427648 1961
56.41037848 1962
56.11492599 1963
55.71122325 1964
55.30687544 1965
54.9561718 1966
54.60583632 1967
54.26096046 1968
53.92880823 1969
53.60925857 1970
53.30003697 1971
53.01037812 1972
52.74544315 1973
52.50608556 1974
52.29397962 1975
52.05714246 1976
51.79274256 1977
51.59274374 1978
51.42554753 1979
51.41438127 1980
51.4724634 1981
51.10096888 1982
50.63530286 1983
50.47470069 1984
50.39250052 1985
50.3149798 1986
50.23757405 1987
50.15017789 1988
50.07001393 1989
50.02236994 1990
49.99772239 1991
50.00278474 1992
50.05399313 1993
50.14955604 1994
50.28884929 1995
50.48600131 1996
50.73902993 1997
50.99643556 1998
51.22117375 1999
51.43773244 2000
51.67614897 2001
51.93072366 2002
52.16164518 2003
52.35451197 2004
52.52095196 2005
52.66750538 2006
52.81419993 2007
52.95694256 2008
53.0784076 2009
53.1779585 2010
53.25788614 2011
53.33542785 2012
53.43534023 2013
53.64875176 2014
53.89218272 2015
54.04283257 2016
54.14049824 2017
54.25906028 2018
54.43356753 2019
54.6378496 2020
54.86784848 2021
55.12070745 2022
Cameroon | 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 Cameroon
Records
63
Source