Costa Rica | 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 Costa Rica
Records
63
Source
Costa Rica | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
51.16162644 1960
50.98853086 1961
50.887071 1962
50.8678998 1963
50.93248913 1964
51.04001812 1965
51.194837 1966
51.43765333 1967
51.78249227 1968
52.2087733 1969
52.69369065 1970
53.24268979 1971
53.85522469 1972
54.52420501 1973
55.22234943 1974
55.92636788 1975
56.61290922 1976
57.25771068 1977
57.84413943 1978
58.35766016 1979
58.7968453 1980
59.15885182 1981
59.43246772 1982
59.59434249 1983
59.66565908 1984
59.6780473 1985
59.64212984 1986
59.58556655 1987
59.52776672 1988
59.50054904 1989
59.52867621 1990
59.62859955 1991
59.80838905 1992
60.05760898 1993
60.37712029 1994
60.75582111 1995
61.18188825 1996
61.6523973 1997
62.1687113 1998
62.71588879 1999
63.27194525 2000
63.83105048 2001
64.38979504 2002
64.94216877 2003
65.47665838 2004
65.98585644 2005
66.45576812 2006
66.87287825 2007
67.23311004 2008
67.54839745 2009
67.8334898 2010
68.07555631 2011
68.27378157 2012
68.43540744 2013
68.57189657 2014
68.70185376 2015
68.80776429 2016
68.85943417 2017
68.86718283 2018
68.86986539 2019
68.88122535 2020
68.92125798 2021
68.98462582 2022
Costa Rica | 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 Costa Rica
Records
63
Source