Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 61.9763189
1961 61.51730309
1962 61.36600694
1963 61.35061946
1964 61.48967236
1965 61.70421685
1966 61.91115568
1967 62.12221136
1968 62.32934182
1969 62.59158011
1970 62.92370643
1971 63.22187984
1972 63.45504031
1973 63.68405124
1974 63.87965321
1975 64.04511002
1976 64.18285392
1977 64.2639196
1978 64.32957098
1979 64.35135734
1980 64.3615332
1981 64.43942002
1982 64.56271301
1983 64.66572517
1984 64.69563182
1985 64.70984205
1986 64.71797448
1987 64.69639139
1988 64.64580738
1989 64.57995719
1990 64.52901254
1991 64.49298236
1992 64.45103608
1993 64.42021727
1994 64.4550211
1995 64.57273899
1996 64.78605422
1997 65.10389743
1998 65.55914412
1999 66.11266877
2000 66.63837605
2001 67.12521988
2002 67.55453847
2003 67.87801053
2004 68.12061971
2005 68.35600625
2006 68.58516719
2007 68.82881301
2008 69.10080853
2009 69.34293227
2010 69.53346183
2011 69.56451496
2012 69.4015907
2013 69.14958632
2014 68.80039345
2015 68.39089324
2016 67.99117225
2017 67.60214368
2018 67.21679283
2019 66.83846165
2020 66.5137345
2021 66.27878836
2022 66.07625449

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source