Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source
Lao PDR | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 55.37997651
1961 55.24408594
1962 55.13476798
1963 55.01306737
1964 54.80291875
1965 54.65993067
1966 54.63362084
1967 54.59192825
1968 54.54024283
1969 54.47928897
1970 54.40715992
1971 54.33108746
1972 54.25249885
1973 54.16370771
1974 54.04553016
1975 53.86403317
1976 53.60905451
1977 53.30815851
1978 53.01041192
1979 52.7615962
1980 52.5877709
1981 52.4927373
1982 52.46002719
1983 52.46038149
1984 52.47219301
1985 52.49566129
1986 52.52873962
1987 52.56642112
1988 52.60780991
1989 52.64757162
1990 52.67699129
1991 52.68836409
1992 52.68451336
1993 52.67406798
1994 52.67903653
1995 52.72195537
1996 52.81025807
1997 52.96801547
1998 53.20262558
1999 53.49502454
2000 53.83523546
2001 54.226112
2002 54.67882223
2003 55.20431347
2004 55.80182094
2005 56.53104321
2006 57.35975205
2007 58.16302918
2008 58.90487424
2009 59.56956656
2010 60.1656683
2011 60.71474854
2012 61.22768186
2013 61.72869366
2014 62.2335594
2015 62.71960667
2016 63.14978352
2017 63.50634767
2018 63.80764237
2019 64.08125398
2020 64.34709325
2021 64.62608539
2022 64.90303109

Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source