Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 50.12821998
1961 49.95236187
1962 49.81001759
1963 49.69422384
1964 49.65200054
1965 49.70859027
1966 49.82335984
1967 49.99909016
1968 50.24765627
1969 50.56436231
1970 50.94868017
1971 51.38085746
1972 51.86229207
1973 52.39800472
1974 52.96033096
1975 53.53276578
1976 54.0981418
1977 54.67050495
1978 55.25129813
1979 55.81833812
1980 56.37335863
1981 56.89876518
1982 57.38631621
1983 57.84571246
1984 58.25935675
1985 58.61723347
1986 58.9201111
1987 59.17375059
1988 59.40169775
1989 59.61496492
1990 59.82456731
1991 60.02858656
1992 60.24176465
1993 60.48366541
1994 60.75891458
1995 61.05842044
1996 61.37109452
1997 61.70378266
1998 62.04732188
1999 62.39655672
2000 62.75518671
2001 63.12793039
2002 63.5182468
2003 63.9223608
2004 64.34171087
2005 64.77318956
2006 65.21735679
2007 65.66845388
2008 66.11137526
2009 66.54207187
2010 66.95213025
2011 67.33191677
2012 67.6764903
2013 67.98938664
2014 68.26257483
2015 68.49477145
2016 68.71255108
2017 68.96950644
2018 69.24974869
2019 69.46792817
2020 69.60532764
2021 69.68431919
2022 69.65804793
Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source