Samoa | 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
Independent State of Samoa
Records
63
Source
Samoa | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 46.41484795
1961 45.97605708
1962 45.57831621
1963 45.31241771
1964 45.12410927
1965 44.99033046
1966 44.87539105
1967 44.89235926
1968 45.06509064
1969 45.2861018
1970 45.58243621
1971 45.95144212
1972 46.37297523
1973 46.82592739
1974 47.32494745
1975 47.86909953
1976 48.44785501
1977 49.03218967
1978 49.58469274
1979 50.11132247
1980 50.61960104
1981 51.13634996
1982 51.78566078
1983 52.5435252
1984 53.28414634
1985 53.97122808
1986 54.53714863
1987 54.86499613
1988 55.01516853
1989 55.14158417
1990 55.26530151
1991 55.35740748
1992 55.42507487
1993 55.48079504
1994 55.47840353
1995 55.4107443
1996 55.29276284
1997 55.14062399
1998 54.97075699
1999 54.79252076
2000 54.61773401
2001 54.4332453
2002 54.3753801
2003 54.46770825
2004 54.58956206
2005 54.77134647
2006 55.08677067
2007 55.42792343
2008 55.70033422
2009 55.96580321
2010 56.20134432
2011 56.3860128
2012 56.55220973
2013 56.70704565
2014 56.8228116
2015 56.89945252
2016 56.94522827
2017 56.96348544
2018 56.97183132
2019 56.9947453
2020 57.06057102
2021 57.17119819
2022 57.2116898
Samoa | 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
Independent State of Samoa
Records
63
Source