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

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