Middle East & North Africa (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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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 53.14171002
1961 52.84172571
1962 52.59679244
1963 52.38815616
1964 52.24928922
1965 52.15393152
1966 52.06151794
1967 51.99262765
1968 51.96371473
1969 51.9629941
1970 51.97375007
1971 51.99126128
1972 52.01150589
1973 52.0460586
1974 52.10646112
1975 52.13955041
1976 52.12249296
1977 52.15251249
1978 52.23123397
1979 52.2977719
1980 52.35960999
1981 52.54688613
1982 52.71496218
1983 52.74859865
1984 52.79010958
1985 52.84175163
1986 52.90307122
1987 52.97978346
1988 53.08509607
1989 53.24410464
1990 53.57642297
1991 53.96679807
1992 54.2852777
1993 54.55053459
1994 54.9160778
1995 55.47364604
1996 56.11400355
1997 56.83489276
1998 57.61161948
1999 58.40821247
2000 59.21044909
2001 60.00097714
2002 60.71709336
2003 61.39438063
2004 62.06353694
2005 62.67046034
2006 63.25083258
2007 63.79277709
2008 64.17644269
2009 64.40812584
2010 64.54340654
2011 64.53231581
2012 64.39617438
2013 64.18109674
2014 63.91256204
2015 63.6576526
2016 63.49010556
2017 63.38375465
2018 63.31936407
2019 63.32593387
2020 63.38352621
2021 63.49089593
2022 63.65942434

Middle East & North Africa (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
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source