Guinea-Bissau | 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 Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source
Guinea-Bissau | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 58.33024042
1961 58.01082991
1962 57.39503506
1963 56.73768864
1964 55.58413868
1965 54.15814057
1966 53.26429694
1967 53.15785343
1968 53.53858652
1969 53.57934747
1970 53.6210255
1971 53.64267374
1972 53.61716587
1973 53.94684708
1974 53.9799912
1975 53.49302759
1976 52.6231213
1977 51.53481469
1978 50.44657217
1979 50.0975233
1980 50.01121518
1981 49.53997659
1982 49.08164697
1983 48.66439438
1984 48.31385807
1985 48.04163593
1986 47.84599438
1987 47.71824456
1988 47.64980047
1989 47.63456716
1990 47.68412116
1991 47.95214194
1992 48.38731279
1993 48.78472994
1994 49.17590309
1995 49.61167073
1996 50.07528902
1997 50.54254296
1998 50.97933316
1999 51.3842818
2000 51.77913781
2001 52.14895258
2002 52.46848451
2003 52.7327294
2004 52.95614209
2005 53.12255271
2006 53.23608833
2007 53.33687217
2008 53.45408909
2009 53.60122525
2010 53.76652488
2011 53.92764651
2012 54.08362288
2013 54.24197579
2014 54.41315911
2015 54.61370805
2016 54.84732917
2017 55.13522126
2018 55.47375276
2019 55.834346
2020 56.21737073
2021 56.62610319
2022 57.06671201

Guinea-Bissau | 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 Guinea-Bissau
Records
63
Source