South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
Origin
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
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63
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
55.96827048 1960
55.69585009 1961
55.41063136 1962
55.12001987 1963
54.90976021 1964
54.8115608 1965
54.7618559 1966
54.7488596 1967
54.75954391 1968
54.78510767 1969
54.83645747 1970
54.88962416 1971
54.93763839 1972
54.99363154 1973
55.0516557 1974
55.13058046 1975
55.22547464 1976
55.33464114 1977
55.46315523 1978
55.59265027 1979
55.723194 1980
55.84758818 1981
55.95902905 1982
56.06203914 1983
56.14960996 1984
56.24257776 1985
56.35238629 1986
56.47876905 1987
56.6270412 1988
56.78622233 1989
56.95702501 1990
57.13722521 1991
57.29774243 1992
57.46143524 1993
57.66118824 1994
57.89318372 1995
58.1604655 1996
58.44795325 1997
58.74603437 1998
59.05586204 1999
59.38089733 2000
59.70631606 2001
60.00401218 2002
60.2961311 2003
60.61528495 2004
60.95033839 2005
61.29313554 2006
61.63553628 2007
61.97547605 2008
62.32445384 2009
62.68382851 2010
63.04573016 2011
63.39799835 2012
63.73772292 2013
64.06355654 2014
64.37239651 2015
64.67946909 2016
64.99103272 2017
65.28503036 2018
65.55827651 2019
65.838687 2020
66.12702257 2021
66.40168668 2022
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source