Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 53.91476747
1961 53.83016124
1962 53.72863073
1963 53.59448429
1964 53.42514654
1965 53.26389051
1966 53.12497758
1967 52.9911517
1968 52.86304609
1969 52.73662836
1970 52.6084184
1971 52.47891991
1972 52.35074672
1973 52.24250917
1974 52.15917787
1975 52.07970144
1976 51.99381144
1977 51.92026603
1978 51.86379851
1979 51.80209744
1980 51.74684487
1981 51.68343317
1982 51.6125064
1983 51.55904141
1984 51.51597577
1985 51.48086166
1986 51.45581589
1987 51.43051567
1988 51.42151631
1989 51.43177407
1990 51.44569417
1991 51.46902974
1992 51.50170422
1993 51.54109454
1994 51.65344762
1995 51.79780136
1996 51.88551331
1997 51.97927207
1998 52.12653384
1999 52.29139342
2000 52.43991893
2001 52.57916819
2002 52.71132383
2003 52.83779184
2004 52.95533844
2005 53.05225625
2006 53.13110537
2007 53.20187378
2008 53.26383313
2009 53.32109661
2010 53.38125399
2011 53.44341945
2012 53.50194524
2013 53.57214734
2014 53.67368762
2015 53.80485794
2016 53.93666588
2017 54.07820433
2018 54.24746453
2019 54.43359214
2020 54.64745258
2021 54.8848666
2022 55.13473214

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source