Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 54.78615324
1961 54.41775886
1962 54.03500501
1963 53.66174891
1964 53.36979742
1965 53.15476173
1966 53.00922697
1967 53.07850901
1968 53.3159238
1969 53.65030538
1970 54.17794177
1971 54.74717461
1972 55.28462371
1973 55.95025989
1974 56.75490294
1975 57.66758023
1976 58.66424669
1977 59.63981001
1978 60.56122339
1979 61.35944673
1980 62.03455255
1981 62.62746178
1982 63.15153796
1983 63.75397254
1984 64.51963182
1985 65.37814433
1986 66.25549993
1987 67.10915155
1988 67.88542994
1989 68.58067924
1990 69.17894122
1991 69.64619149
1992 70.01962298
1993 70.33118178
1994 70.64548758
1995 71.03900582
1996 71.43837679
1997 71.73581671
1998 71.92217345
1999 71.97482866
2000 71.87609903
2001 71.74516555
2002 71.66242983
2003 71.61274036
2004 71.6060135
2005 71.67629863
2006 71.79805482
2007 71.94975857
2008 72.1586345
2009 72.37329021
2010 72.55390373
2011 72.80213989
2012 73.06354683
2013 73.20640716
2014 73.25218535
2015 73.27109402
2016 73.26644655
2017 73.07679118
2018 72.78707798
2019 72.48079411
2020 72.00451607
2021 71.45687956
2022 70.93722235

Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source