Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
53.48625045 1960
53.31367138 1961
53.17444133 1962
53.07727987 1963
53.03217293 1964
53.02813762 1965
53.0511607 1966
53.10733424 1967
53.19860177 1968
53.32156366 1969
53.47562016 1970
53.66776041 1971
53.89205962 1972
54.13137833 1973
54.38289211 1974
54.64167067 1975
54.90108362 1976
55.16525729 1977
55.4350317 1978
55.70773981 1979
55.98579909 1980
56.26232925 1981
56.52620177 1982
56.78062289 1983
57.03265988 1984
57.28585563 1985
57.54478892 1986
57.81175781 1987
58.08574322 1988
58.36407828 1989
58.65519852 1990
58.96033126 1991
59.27191786 1992
59.58877696 1993
59.91206447 1994
60.24279222 1995
60.58419506 1996
60.93762121 1997
61.29531434 1998
61.65338924 1999
62.00926462 2000
62.36138448 2001
62.71402485 2002
63.06902904 2003
63.42276119 2004
63.76811782 2005
64.1041656 2006
64.43280421 2007
64.75468551 2008
65.06907241 2009
65.37930372 2010
65.66953142 2011
65.93638631 2012
66.19112725 2013
66.42092468 2014
66.62054069 2015
66.80118328 2016
66.95756767 2017
67.08227646 2018
67.19611802 2019
67.32316748 2020
67.45707464 2021
67.57419802 2022

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source