Least developed countries: UN classification | 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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Least developed countries: UN classification
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Least developed countries: UN classification | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 54.44359952
1961 54.31216632
1962 54.17014496
1963 53.99452627
1964 53.79554149
1965 53.61989251
1966 53.46936204
1967 53.32411555
1968 53.18634367
1969 53.04820373
1970 52.90497194
1971 52.74576119
1972 52.58165615
1973 52.44940387
1974 52.35589624
1975 52.29560355
1976 52.24111835
1977 52.18483084
1978 52.13971393
1979 52.09333841
1980 52.02337493
1981 51.95221805
1982 51.91936873
1983 51.92304152
1984 51.93945198
1985 51.95791301
1986 51.9926938
1987 52.03894024
1988 52.08846264
1989 52.13706784
1990 52.19056278
1991 52.27021448
1992 52.3728421
1993 52.46553587
1994 52.60964664
1995 52.77752898
1996 52.88791487
1997 52.99768838
1998 53.17114728
1999 53.37181748
2000 53.55622721
2001 53.73324865
2002 53.89054202
2003 54.04201354
2004 54.2042298
2005 54.37372909
2006 54.52642537
2007 54.64786531
2008 54.77511108
2009 54.93078553
2010 55.10290128
2011 55.29681173
2012 55.49667238
2013 55.69749976
2014 55.90794602
2015 56.10963153
2016 56.31658006
2017 56.53456534
2018 56.74523843
2019 56.95059999
2020 57.171432
2021 57.39822657
2022 57.60831216
Least developed countries: UN classification | 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
Least developed countries: UN classification
Records
63
Source