Gambia, The | 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
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 56.38917699
1961 56.56004177
1962 56.65641749
1963 56.60306306
1964 56.36549986
1965 56.082217
1966 55.85448757
1967 55.6621246
1968 55.49783532
1969 55.34797069
1970 55.21072605
1971 55.08605747
1972 54.96478035
1973 54.84373701
1974 54.57040127
1975 54.15803977
1976 53.76118957
1977 53.37457473
1978 52.99915004
1979 52.63581503
1980 52.28041757
1981 51.91971149
1982 51.57366141
1983 51.24119649
1984 51.0499231
1985 51.0013628
1986 50.94720916
1987 50.89074801
1988 50.84098552
1989 50.80176487
1990 50.76663763
1991 50.73006342
1992 50.69260814
1993 50.65117647
1994 50.59978895
1995 50.54777807
1996 50.51568718
1997 50.5069848
1998 50.51169122
1999 50.54468353
2000 50.6182441
2001 50.72082555
2002 50.84742868
2003 50.95325991
2004 51.02017398
2005 51.08159757
2006 51.1426441
2007 51.20536285
2008 51.27155849
2009 51.32930874
2010 51.37739867
2011 51.43110441
2012 51.51202272
2013 51.6453834
2014 51.83232763
2015 52.04669408
2016 52.28653652
2017 52.55519161
2018 52.86665326
2019 53.22273832
2020 53.61960688
2021 54.06125688
2022 54.51795497
Gambia, The | 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
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source