Early-demographic dividend | 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).
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The World Bank
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Early-demographic dividend
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63
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Early-demographic dividend | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
55.24020362 1960
54.97573706 1961
54.71151238 1962
54.45311116 1963
54.25699039 1964
54.13877064 1965
54.04867928 1966
53.98437453 1967
53.95472484 1968
53.95664533 1969
53.98480557 1970
54.02832762 1971
54.08746493 1972
54.1630647 1973
54.25175335 1974
54.3588303 1975
54.46893784 1976
54.59281527 1977
54.73714356 1978
54.88436757 1979
55.03702692 1980
55.19735468 1981
55.34823789 1982
55.49574458 1983
55.64164928 1984
55.78856129 1985
55.9497022 1986
56.11758985 1987
56.29293667 1988
56.47911961 1989
56.6809226 1990
56.89836313 1991
57.10169324 1992
57.31144079 1993
57.56095649 1994
57.85489929 1995
58.17638632 1996
58.52369645 1997
58.89761687 1998
59.28366951 1999
59.6688787 2000
60.0448257 2001
60.40054143 2002
60.75153555 2003
61.1120924 2004
61.47181367 2005
61.83262394 2006
62.18949259 2007
62.5233366 2008
62.84092232 2009
63.15190749 2010
63.43722102 2011
63.69626453 2012
63.93857877 2013
64.16255979 2014
64.37719271 2015
64.59304374 2016
64.80700621 2017
65.00468824 2018
65.19234047 2019
65.39151209 2020
65.61033567 2021
65.83776863 2022

Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source