United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source
United Kingdom | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1960 64.91653877
1961 64.85417078
1962 64.8940031
1963 64.88689725
1964 64.71098558
1965 64.40894958
1966 64.07341523
1967 63.72809008
1968 63.41422043
1969 63.13873026
1970 62.86716614
1971 62.62315528
1972 62.4732012
1973 62.43865853
1974 62.48490142
1975 62.61690089
1976 62.84914332
1977 63.14255583
1978 63.44561209
1979 63.74655852
1980 64.0425291
1981 64.36625523
1982 64.76148338
1983 65.18610478
1984 65.48320544
1985 65.57572925
1986 65.59103379
1987 65.57728741
1988 65.50518775
1989 65.40333897
1990 65.25544178
1991 65.06818793
1992 64.88409602
1993 64.7580724
1994 64.71845208
1995 64.74484262
1996 64.79262198
1997 64.84347027
1998 64.93054446
1999 65.06136736
2000 65.22325425
2001 65.39544953
2002 65.57689162
2003 65.7608117
2004 65.9197814
2005 66.08694826
2006 66.25662336
2007 66.34230171
2008 66.31210068
2009 66.19623027
2010 66.02917715
2011 65.77292988
2012 65.40506442
2013 65.04278222
2014 64.74633517
2015 64.48011513
2016 64.22565094
2017 63.98046709
2018 63.76951161
2019 63.59520936
2020 63.48913802
2021 63.42269132
2022 63.36339506
United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source