Guyana | 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source
Guyana | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
49.58858582 1960
49.32275451 1961
49.13616723 1962
49.01265178 1963
48.93951247 1964
48.89185375 1965
48.85946436 1966
48.84518442 1967
48.85753776 1968
48.89990868 1969
48.96595093 1970
49.17198193 1971
49.52842373 1972
49.943654 1973
50.42235975 1974
50.95639088 1975
51.5398728 1976
52.15825779 1977
52.79365243 1978
53.42438338 1979
54.03421208 1980
54.73626562 1981
55.52387421 1982
56.26367838 1983
56.94446055 1984
57.55748566 1985
58.09646744 1986
58.56020416 1987
58.94508537 1988
59.24581981 1989
59.47131405 1990
59.68318625 1991
59.84727476 1992
59.93606709 1993
59.99585082 1994
60.01560485 1995
59.99372322 1996
59.93444216 1997
59.84843329 1998
59.75450321 1999
59.67299957 2000
59.62402418 2001
59.62909209 2002
59.77366722 2003
60.06243881 2004
60.42741365 2005
60.90358566 2006
61.4619677 2007
62.0333488 2008
62.60319358 2009
63.15471403 2010
63.66546632 2011
64.12504066 2012
64.41741965 2013
64.54783888 2014
64.63469712 2015
64.6763151 2016
64.669729 2017
65.19450958 2018
65.37214884 2019
65.0810585 2020
65.12266847 2021
65.10923669 2022

Guyana | 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
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Records
63
Source