South 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
54.16701649 1960
54.33462014 1961
54.42470058 1962
54.52950483 1963
54.57106685 1964
54.53485017 1965
54.48939253 1966
54.44797838 1967
54.42105869 1968
54.39416617 1969
54.36037592 1970
54.42032047 1971
54.59905976 1972
54.81432533 1973
55.01475136 1974
55.19120604 1975
55.34066939 1976
55.59897922 1977
55.98233324 1978
56.33352404 1979
56.64025233 1980
56.82070968 1981
56.91680863 1982
57.07753348 1983
57.29570674 1984
57.56176109 1985
57.82388404 1986
57.95470669 1987
57.93299904 1988
57.81545604 1989
57.64163413 1990
57.36356434 1991
57.03466448 1992
56.83484454 1993
56.85270758 1994
57.06974165 1995
57.42782724 1996
58.01993013 1997
58.80925823 1998
59.66762977 1999
60.60243223 2000
61.57383041 2001
62.53243799 2002
63.42861454 2003
64.20510939 2004
64.82689247 2005
65.32607269 2006
65.72967915 2007
65.9946675 2008
66.18642839 2009
66.37068572 2010
66.48385122 2011
66.46615687 2012
66.34372937 2013
66.25739721 2014
66.29243752 2015
66.06390116 2016
65.67656981 2017
65.46434591 2018
65.30469224 2019
65.25979298 2020
65.35490697 2021
65.55621358 2022

South 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source