Jamaica | 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
Jamaica
Records
63
Source
Jamaica | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
54.33413068 1960
53.66522144 1961
53.06183597 1962
52.44982371 1963
51.73068797 1964
51.00950069 1965
50.38072368 1966
49.76651414 1967
49.20678321 1968
48.79247144 1969
48.54793244 1970
48.51319637 1971
48.68192904 1972
49.0002542 1973
49.39367187 1974
49.87704022 1975
50.39888188 1976
50.82145274 1977
51.21498112 1978
51.67722148 1979
52.20369873 1980
52.76949697 1981
53.3570103 1982
53.90968619 1983
54.40428639 1984
54.8484313 1985
55.25379004 1986
55.63357011 1987
55.98882795 1988
56.32580745 1989
56.67557612 1990
57.0175304 1991
57.2866752 1992
57.52282781 1993
57.78480759 1994
58.09545177 1995
58.49301234 1996
58.95355475 1997
59.4495311 1998
60.02069122 1999
60.70505569 2000
61.46023919 2001
62.22056455 2002
62.96135422 2003
63.65504521 2004
64.2741896 2005
64.85712602 2006
65.49976844 2007
66.19369596 2008
66.88185045 2009
67.5785948 2010
68.221317 2011
68.80660928 2012
69.40625553 2013
69.99827261 2014
70.44596878 2015
70.75633083 2016
71.08395939 2017
71.43482815 2018
71.78205207 2019
72.12426946 2020
72.46433446 2021
72.71135048 2022
Jamaica | 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
Jamaica
Records
63
Source