Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source
Greenland | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 54.24604657
1961 53.84776432
1962 53.48860686
1963 53.07136593
1964 52.59084068
1965 52.10306443
1966 52.09287771
1967 52.58889507
1968 53.13410141
1969 53.6712276
1970 54.19789362
1971 54.87747155
1972 55.81577471
1973 56.93050213
1974 58.20252227
1975 59.66978973
1976 61.3669834
1977 63.04409015
1978 64.53532794
1979 65.88125358
1980 67.21250948
1981 68.56534469
1982 69.77659181
1983 70.75542475
1984 71.42341487
1985 71.77189027
1986 71.85054209
1987 71.69599159
1988 71.35620139
1989 70.90969918
1990 70.35648123
1991 69.78035305
1992 69.25970819
1993 68.75224384
1994 68.27766358
1995 67.99372619
1996 67.89045747
1997 67.83242973
1998 67.82752016
1999 67.89498543
2000 68.07899046
2001 68.34852623
2002 68.65199328
2003 68.95563958
2004 69.2452432
2005 69.5440083
2006 69.83242682
2007 70.09240319
2008 70.30003093
2009 70.43956628
2010 70.59235861
2011 70.77859205
2012 70.93872612
2013 71.05760488
2014 71.11567848
2015 71.11433146
2016 71.07089205
2017 70.95883063
2018 70.76576496
2019 70.48837396
2020 70.11146511
2021 69.65311239
2022 69.12743952

Greenland | 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
Greenland
Records
63
Source