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

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