Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 63.50371312
1961 63.18742536
1962 63.06979527
1963 63.02912332
1964 63.02421686
1965 63.02280071
1966 63.00818941
1967 62.99467318
1968 62.99959322
1969 63.05077892
1970 63.14607996
1971 63.24003737
1972 63.32462676
1973 63.43225957
1974 63.54567583
1975 63.66931568
1976 63.81055686
1977 63.93734124
1978 64.07112731
1979 64.21395722
1980 64.40039779
1981 64.68204658
1982 65.01298467
1983 65.33294258
1984 65.56771323
1985 65.68836032
1986 65.74444119
1987 65.77572805
1988 65.77474186
1989 65.7601213
1990 65.74509564
1991 65.73936457
1992 65.72423917
1993 65.69801262
1994 65.71272378
1995 65.77333895
1996 65.88484641
1997 66.052076
1998 66.2873493
1999 66.56313858
2000 66.80978754
2001 67.03284588
2002 67.23337082
2003 67.38840849
2004 67.49247117
2005 67.57603281
2006 67.66026023
2007 67.76450917
2008 67.86301052
2009 67.90907724
2010 67.93031673
2011 67.85201566
2012 67.6302665
2013 67.35384012
2014 67.03059811
2015 66.69573233
2016 66.3773509
2017 66.06536744
2018 65.76493099
2019 65.47501657
2020 65.22388786
2021 65.03041615
2022 64.8466582

Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source