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

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