Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 57.73642179
1961 57.73250453
1962 57.9642433
1963 58.17424663
1964 58.08592687
1965 57.73153915
1966 57.55312123
1967 57.63250693
1968 57.74662605
1969 57.80275735
1970 57.75202012
1971 57.71106053
1972 57.8138738
1973 57.94403862
1974 58.03067009
1975 58.08740533
1976 58.13790736
1977 58.22514876
1978 58.39357255
1979 58.57350074
1980 58.69790148
1981 58.81848064
1982 58.9884655
1983 59.20748434
1984 59.43859962
1985 59.71570004
1986 60.02272113
1987 60.30894783
1988 60.58381432
1989 60.92279351
1990 61.39346001
1991 61.92891786
1992 62.46544081
1993 63.04127535
1994 63.68323572
1995 64.3880595
1996 65.087456
1997 65.71244317
1998 66.24350614
1999 66.70096856
2000 67.10577653
2001 67.48889663
2002 67.81501994
2003 68.01279711
2004 68.17708384
2005 68.45254756
2006 68.842992
2007 69.03575916
2008 68.7977082
2009 68.24358012
2010 67.55139974
2011 66.8824256
2012 66.3338007
2013 65.90638969
2014 65.65576648
2015 65.52287302
2016 65.41576566
2017 65.35304363
2018 65.31133371
2019 65.29904194
2020 65.27784714
2021 65.25776663
2022 65.27958733

Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source