China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
55.68803937 1960
56.13026599 1961
56.16303264 1962
55.59218615 1963
55.07344873 1964
54.87520025 1965
54.82143827 1966
55.01061893 1967
55.19771055 1968
55.26022677 1969
55.39428829 1970
55.49752729 1971
55.71614899 1972
55.91864197 1973
55.84591606 1974
55.70829503 1975
55.62885711 1976
56.04281315 1977
57.21828958 1978
58.46001484 1979
59.48499003 1980
60.41361314 1981
61.13204097 1982
61.96692678 1983
62.96914133 1984
63.86557231 1985
64.60233336 1986
65.11024172 1987
65.51262443 1988
65.78672371 1989
65.81963171 1990
65.84886836 1991
65.96161188 1992
66.0524499 1993
66.22079677 1994
66.48034718 1995
66.82733861 1996
67.30362716 1997
67.73510597 1998
68.1052273 1999
68.54547244 2000
69.09541946 2001
69.79273708 2002
70.50086743 2003
71.19266749 2004
71.92589336 2005
72.45969398 2006
72.72013858 2007
72.87353752 2008
72.93735327 2009
72.9288796 2010
72.84686481 2011
72.6444674 2012
72.35233192 2013
72.00595844 2014
71.62337797 2015
71.19571189 2016
70.6489643 2017
70.12939609 2018
69.71637325 2019
69.37661758 2020
69.18217451 2021
69.03102566 2022
China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source