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

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