Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source
Dominica | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 49.60423719
1961 49.18494234
1962 48.85215644
1963 48.52331899
1964 48.16886392
1965 47.7252761
1966 47.18628095
1967 46.59899635
1968 45.98818515
1969 45.40013969
1970 45.35379926
1971 46.00349995
1972 46.82873071
1973 47.62490403
1974 48.38502432
1975 49.09853367
1976 49.76131573
1977 50.39158881
1978 51.00133143
1979 51.61403364
1980 52.26917701
1981 53.19064334
1982 54.37446644
1983 55.48367903
1984 56.39596308
1985 57.11532149
1986 57.65749953
1987 58.050644
1988 58.247214
1989 58.17833639
1990 57.85209012
1991 57.67272675
1992 57.90642657
1993 58.22695138
1994 58.50126809
1995 58.75348622
1996 58.99243131
1997 59.24928707
1998 59.52232441
1999 59.8187707
2000 60.1366576
2001 60.55683944
2002 61.09768246
2003 61.65029039
2004 62.18100155
2005 62.71487546
2006 63.24517762
2007 63.79789168
2008 64.34823064
2009 64.82522006
2010 65.22143844
2011 65.76401618
2012 66.48061723
2013 67.03502692
2014 67.88715746
2015 68.74433088
2016 69.25651088
2017 69.78395807
2018 70.16414275
2019 70.46186369
2020 70.70262312
2021 70.81926463
2022 70.84722461

Dominica | 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
Commonwealth of Dominica
Records
63
Source