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