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

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