Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
53.55863851 1960
53.3820334 1961
53.23428188 1962
53.12547804 1963
53.06841891 1964
53.05224022 1965
53.06054432 1966
53.10007624 1967
53.17436359 1968
53.27974327 1969
53.41473388 1970
53.58635582 1971
53.79064256 1972
54.01161222 1973
54.24768848 1974
54.49626829 1975
54.75133176 1976
55.01772917 1977
55.29660462 1978
55.5830839 1979
55.87809337 1980
56.17632345 1981
56.46191882 1982
56.73375063 1983
57.00225768 1984
57.27308091 1985
57.55149122 1986
57.83796516 1987
58.12902402 1988
58.42141089 1989
58.72341411 1990
59.03675936 1991
59.35423214 1992
59.67425964 1993
59.99729532 1994
60.32484122 1995
60.66187408 1996
61.01276985 1997
61.36990347 1998
61.72696442 1999
62.08115564 2000
62.42956027 2001
62.77711868 2002
63.12724588 2003
63.47628507 2004
63.81751829 2005
64.15022347 2006
64.47640329 2007
64.79721646 2008
65.11217311 2009
65.42496027 2010
65.71879106 2011
65.99060107 2012
66.25290364 2013
66.49134038 2014
66.6994708 2015
66.89093446 2016
67.065647 2017
67.21900471 2018
67.36124256 2019
67.50448595 2020
67.64830044 2021
67.76295549 2022
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source