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

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