Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source
Iraq | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
57.00168025 1960
56.76548477 1961
56.19593277 1962
55.51255073 1963
54.90377774 1964
54.2801928 1965
53.71670657 1966
53.29374961 1967
52.96775429 1968
52.6390968 1969
52.18788755 1970
51.64910812 1971
50.94946711 1972
50.1060141 1973
49.39502028 1974
48.81347711 1975
48.38858866 1976
48.30268118 1977
48.44515746 1978
48.62409824 1979
48.80819704 1980
48.97221989 1981
49.14292075 1982
49.34796385 1983
49.58791137 1984
49.85876791 1985
50.15495515 1986
50.45985307 1987
50.75702376 1988
51.07025817 1989
51.39101225 1990
51.67242755 1991
51.91070515 1992
52.11928564 1993
52.30606389 1994
52.49296883 1995
52.6829052 1996
52.86430114 1997
53.03268527 1998
53.20955055 1999
53.39239237 2000
53.5743768 2001
53.76306263 2002
53.95534375 2003
54.15101281 2004
54.3753739 2005
54.63489661 2006
54.91403668 2007
55.20614994 2008
55.49156138 2009
55.73605044 2010
55.91196304 2011
56.06861969 2012
56.23779031 2013
56.42162593 2014
56.6500893 2015
56.90963858 2016
57.18080728 2017
57.46763615 2018
57.77401484 2019
58.11139904 2020
58.46926371 2021
58.85953903 2022
Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source