St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source
St. Lucia | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 49.78523908
1961 49.17772998
1962 48.58857323
1963 48.03134254
1964 47.50881984
1965 47.02960092
1966 46.61506634
1967 46.27253631
1968 46.01072704
1969 45.8496137
1970 46.04374818
1971 46.53874968
1972 47.04669491
1973 47.56852752
1974 48.07978823
1975 48.54076791
1976 48.95147745
1977 49.33440222
1978 49.70314403
1979 50.07345401
1980 50.4645121
1981 50.90369103
1982 51.3580335
1983 51.75820711
1984 52.09091709
1985 52.39659212
1986 52.72143284
1987 53.06769996
1988 53.42367454
1989 53.80633862
1990 54.29547227
1991 54.89105383
1992 55.64233028
1993 56.50272047
1994 57.30814318
1995 58.04342689
1996 58.72026187
1997 59.36032524
1998 59.96493577
1999 60.5046902
2000 61.0369906
2001 61.71513791
2002 62.52831436
2003 63.34511934
2004 64.11875377
2005 64.85151358
2006 65.55855577
2007 66.24153822
2008 66.87547456
2009 67.44279926
2010 68.12355574
2011 68.8984028
2012 69.55736928
2013 70.11584765
2014 70.62816248
2015 71.12080992
2016 71.56283391
2017 71.90702374
2018 72.16282155
2019 72.36642803
2020 72.51062144
2021 72.62728115
2022 72.72952198

St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source