Middle East & North Africa | 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
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
53.26536926 1960
52.98370193 1961
52.75954309 1962
52.56648809 1963
52.43966103 1964
52.35590668 1965
52.27250114 1966
52.21327241 1967
52.18901002 1968
52.19257923 1969
52.20646073 1970
52.22881994 1971
52.25956549 1972
52.30946073 1973
52.38176551 1974
52.41067572 1975
52.38476984 1976
52.41589671 1977
52.50065579 1978
52.58090461 1979
52.66125443 1980
52.85432622 1981
53.03118546 1982
53.09028569 1983
53.15468473 1984
53.2323099 1985
53.32107229 1986
53.42373727 1987
53.5562355 1988
53.74062972 1989
54.02984648 1990
54.42213229 1991
54.76292156 1992
55.06508824 1993
55.46595115 1994
56.03079452 1995
56.66216256 1996
57.36470858 1997
58.1173124 1998
58.88247391 1999
59.64755683 2000
60.39779712 2001
61.07818459 2002
61.72331779 2003
62.36127765 2004
62.98818131 2005
63.65545193 2006
64.31175594 2007
64.82640682 2008
65.18685269 2009
65.40242294 2010
65.44305436 2011
65.37217454 2012
65.22882082 2013
65.02473061 2014
64.83188524 2015
64.71972135 2016
64.65568473 2017
64.61703422 2018
64.618866 2019
64.59965111 2020
64.61897357 2021
64.75269523 2022
Middle East & North Africa | 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
Records
63
Source