IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source
IDA blend | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 54.84473043
1961 54.6541167
1962 54.42552439
1963 54.15854321
1964 53.85460109
1965 53.56526494
1966 53.31406037
1967 53.09592319
1968 52.91531288
1969 52.76997062
1970 52.65442027
1971 52.54756853
1972 52.45257029
1973 52.38507385
1974 52.34006412
1975 52.31832798
1976 52.31378834
1977 52.32306598
1978 52.3293233
1979 52.35374532
1980 52.48865008
1981 52.6444681
1982 52.68337037
1983 52.61410443
1984 52.48144379
1985 52.38293753
1986 52.33198283
1987 52.28810728
1988 52.25448776
1989 52.23835637
1990 52.24739477
1991 52.27292089
1992 52.23640515
1993 52.23762815
1994 52.34071823
1995 52.49221479
1996 52.70476253
1997 52.95042722
1998 53.22513926
1999 53.50433806
2000 53.81033137
2001 54.11179117
2002 54.32497336
2003 54.49788549
2004 54.68992843
2005 54.88175431
2006 55.06875845
2007 55.24489096
2008 55.39635164
2009 55.5414381
2010 55.69060474
2011 55.81563082
2012 55.89486678
2013 55.9538479
2014 56.03079729
2015 56.12010853
2016 56.21675702
2017 56.355074
2018 56.52702925
2019 56.70598444
2020 56.9138448
2021 57.15255901
2022 57.42152738
IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source