East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
56.38896926 1960
56.61145671 1961
56.60365161 1962
56.23787737 1963
55.91714168 1964
55.79250943 1965
55.74137422 1966
55.84394153 1967
55.94892642 1968
55.99335085 1969
56.09763688 1970
56.20031232 1971
56.37447044 1972
56.55222524 1973
56.5724572 1974
56.56776758 1975
56.60566267 1976
56.9644965 1977
57.81590201 1978
58.70636506 1979
59.45535633 1980
60.13131891 1981
60.67874991 1982
61.31813766 1983
62.06685526 1984
62.75389113 1985
63.35000263 1986
63.81077748 1987
64.20440469 1988
64.50793191 1989
64.64795229 1990
64.76847514 1991
64.92888008 1992
65.07439337 1993
65.26648038 1994
65.51689393 1995
65.82110988 1996
66.20164251 1997
66.55971767 1998
66.87890363 1999
67.22586613 2000
67.62427069 2001
68.10717452 2002
68.59807039 2003
69.08107317 2004
69.58561646 2005
69.96320216 2006
70.17141462 2007
70.31593463 2008
70.40702006 2009
70.45485127 2010
70.45338567 2011
70.35281988 2012
70.17198375 2013
69.94655504 2014
69.6990837 2015
69.43197802 2016
69.09075888 2017
68.75993577 2018
68.48824867 2019
68.2585825 2020
68.12509301 2021
68.02083894 2022
East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source