IDA & IBRD total | 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).
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The World Bank
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IDA & IBRD total
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63
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IDA & IBRD total | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 56.04998134
1961 55.96882486
1962 55.80922658
1963 55.49949315
1964 55.25602615
1965 55.15274004
1966 55.10540597
1967 55.14742424
1968 55.2067165
1969 55.25101022
1970 55.33693279
1971 55.41737702
1972 55.53182077
1973 55.65078111
1974 55.69558784
1975 55.72766095
1976 55.77391676
1977 55.96278251
1978 56.37520219
1979 56.79444435
1980 57.14716997
1981 57.47968156
1982 57.75147976
1983 58.04539525
1984 58.37291294
1985 58.67292384
1986 58.93869526
1987 59.14864345
1988 59.33839372
1989 59.49796053
1990 59.60748427
1991 59.72464144
1992 59.85392169
1993 59.97893859
1994 60.15580787
1995 60.38761965
1996 60.6590926
1997 60.98564885
1998 61.32777442
1999 61.66738819
2000 62.01706687
2001 62.38133543
2002 62.75884551
2003 63.12259594
2004 63.47874548
2005 63.83903233
2006 64.14680437
2007 64.38482055
2008 64.58684797
2009 64.75632101
2010 64.89963308
2011 65.0028951
2012 65.05102795
2013 65.06263217
2014 65.04727228
2015 65.0154344
2016 64.97920397
2017 64.92290609
2018 64.86958445
2019 64.83906312
2020 64.84013725
2021 64.89188533
2022 64.95553644
IDA & IBRD total | 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 & IBRD total
Records
63
Source