Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source
Lesotho | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 50.41032042
1961 50.40879491
1962 50.45126618
1963 50.60011432
1964 50.9036345
1965 51.02517439
1966 50.91660556
1967 51.02663662
1968 51.36540949
1969 51.77359453
1970 52.23191626
1971 52.71030938
1972 53.18703622
1973 53.64891692
1974 54.07170004
1975 54.41904159
1976 54.65342224
1977 54.60092627
1978 54.35863921
1979 54.13606308
1980 53.91214931
1981 53.69013689
1982 53.48307141
1983 53.30026641
1984 53.13675301
1985 53.07398356
1986 53.2877895
1987 53.46322028
1988 53.4255563
1989 53.42309665
1990 53.48916646
1991 53.61912578
1992 53.79772581
1993 54.01829138
1994 54.28617711
1995 54.58387547
1996 54.87624019
1997 55.21275833
1998 55.60839609
1999 56.01436234
2000 56.41516939
2001 56.78476278
2002 57.13248364
2003 57.46426296
2004 57.77444061
2005 58.0789957
2006 58.39142444
2007 58.76635081
2008 59.12551469
2009 59.39497872
2010 59.66487653
2011 59.94381346
2012 60.204101
2013 60.41157922
2014 60.54907725
2015 60.68787156
2016 60.85356309
2017 61.03506515
2018 61.23665104
2019 61.41717566
2020 61.56159886
2021 61.69358188
2022 61.82438784

Lesotho | 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
Kingdom of Lesotho
Records
63
Source