IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source
IBRD only | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 56.39065834
1961 56.33035045
1962 56.17598197
1963 55.84339178
1964 55.59588005
1965 55.51387337
1966 55.49320817
1967 55.57820754
1968 55.68074954
1969 55.76254328
1970 55.89312041
1971 56.01729614
1972 56.18345834
1973 56.35070399
1974 56.42164594
1975 56.4716656
1976 56.53677035
1977 56.77650736
1978 57.29201523
1979 57.81865891
1980 58.26097453
1981 58.6779489
1982 59.02538244
1983 59.40502289
1984 59.83126345
1985 60.22267524
1986 60.56575632
1987 60.83617317
1988 61.07715556
1989 61.28009452
1990 61.41985848
1991 61.56396116
1992 61.72725315
1993 61.88563242
1994 62.09150225
1995 62.35812296
1996 62.67943233
1997 63.06757015
1998 63.46501254
1999 63.85820347
2000 64.26740406
2001 64.698998
2002 65.16191601
2003 65.61334835
2004 66.05163108
2005 66.49578588
2006 66.87600538
2007 67.17208765
2008 67.42684553
2009 67.63867621
2010 67.8143792
2011 67.93696294
2012 67.99094273
2013 68.00067814
2014 67.96934819
2015 67.91039329
2016 67.83915455
2017 67.73203203
2018 67.62495527
2019 67.54747534
2020 67.50792667
2021 67.53426758
2022 67.57916742
IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source