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