Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Dem. Rep. | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 54.04329123
1961 54.18498446
1962 54.30603727
1963 54.36228048
1964 54.33517068
1965 54.26276622
1966 54.17175153
1967 54.07428661
1968 53.97243855
1969 53.85025294
1970 53.70555227
1971 53.51325827
1972 53.29938312
1973 53.11592704
1974 52.95191993
1975 52.79802286
1976 52.64349853
1977 52.50347495
1978 52.59827873
1979 52.82159893
1980 52.86884849
1981 52.81185944
1982 52.75359405
1983 52.69993027
1984 52.70624253
1985 52.70157994
1986 52.6411017
1987 52.59202623
1988 52.54673611
1989 52.50048229
1990 52.49624797
1991 52.47265264
1992 52.32336226
1993 52.23803019
1994 52.68460542
1995 52.84419831
1996 52.18242274
1997 51.48062293
1998 51.13622026
1999 51.01340829
2000 50.92593501
2001 50.90371425
2002 50.90445899
2003 50.86010948
2004 50.82607678
2005 50.83092874
2006 50.83753185
2007 50.8314908
2008 50.79194889
2009 50.72753822
2010 50.72375569
2011 50.77550822
2012 50.76500993
2013 50.72915443
2014 50.70274625
2015 50.67288913
2016 50.68312917
2017 50.68430541
2018 50.62489727
2019 50.54272008
2020 50.50535838
2021 50.51259478
2022 50.54208045
Congo, Dem. Rep. | 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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Records
63
Source