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