Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
53.68887079 1960
53.52290476 1961
53.38566364 1962
53.28523986 1963
53.23306804 1964
53.22068123 1965
53.23400477 1966
53.27891501 1967
53.35866891 1968
53.47088157 1969
53.61694835 1970
53.80251022 1971
54.02017919 1972
54.25420521 1973
54.50214509 1974
54.76049309 1975
55.0237967 1976
55.29669098 1977
55.5800213 1978
55.86924861 1979
56.16555661 1980
56.46394348 1981
56.74955679 1982
57.02136723 1983
57.28799999 1984
57.5542402 1985
57.82531158 1986
58.10208721 1987
58.38167596 1988
58.66077237 1989
58.94799055 1990
59.24601927 1991
59.54858845 1992
59.85486276 1993
60.16544396 1994
60.48140895 1995
60.8072693 1996
61.14660614 1997
61.49264663 1998
61.84013501 1999
62.18592333 2000
62.52823891 2001
62.87138365 2002
63.21809298 2003
63.56501969 2004
63.90418455 2005
64.23375409 2006
64.5544515 2007
64.86647486 2008
65.16954624 2009
65.46806268 2010
65.74701721 2011
66.00346153 2012
66.24908398 2013
66.47138952 2014
66.66434147 2015
66.83865599 2016
66.98913139 2017
67.10824427 2018
67.21534977 2019
67.33441994 2020
67.46220799 2021
67.57378602 2022
Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source