Tonga | 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
Kingdom of Tonga
Records
63
Source
Tonga | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 50.50460859
1961 50.40495165
1962 50.28400933
1963 50.15590746
1964 50.07644501
1965 50.02542269
1966 50.0093992
1967 49.89476904
1968 49.68956011
1969 49.56880831
1970 49.55483095
1971 49.63966577
1972 49.82385985
1973 50.09629127
1974 50.39969568
1975 50.69268376
1976 50.98845876
1977 51.41058145
1978 51.91553262
1979 52.3609931
1980 52.76657567
1981 53.14495769
1982 53.52209304
1983 53.89406172
1984 54.21886676
1985 54.46166844
1986 54.61306688
1987 54.81969772
1988 55.0830368
1989 55.25338104
1990 55.32022648
1991 55.31539903
1992 55.26770468
1993 55.20974154
1994 55.17213719
1995 55.14195836
1996 55.15644493
1997 55.38655646
1998 55.76458167
1999 56.08685847
2000 56.3202651
2001 56.44344755
2002 56.45110015
2003 56.35304878
2004 56.19977912
2005 56.06128738
2006 55.96760524
2007 56.03516587
2008 56.25958553
2009 56.49406406
2010 56.68375495
2011 56.76304822
2012 56.82219866
2013 56.93628664
2014 57.05999034
2015 57.24826143
2016 57.49071731
2017 57.74415406
2018 58.03824043
2019 58.36561045
2020 58.74408574
2021 59.178245
2022 59.52881174
Tonga | 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
Kingdom of Tonga
Records
63
Source