United States | 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 States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
59.95450017 1960
59.77757683 1961
59.87765689 1962
59.97398151 1963
59.94028665 1964
59.86533928 1965
60.16754046 1966
60.62801857 1967
61.00548153 1968
61.47552108 1969
61.91294352 1970
62.3714601 1971
62.89146514 1972
63.4330101 1973
63.94785651 1974
64.441994 1975
64.90512506 1976
65.30610465 1977
65.67270016 1978
65.99944961 1979
66.24882969 1980
66.39121739 1981
66.46896103 1982
66.56688961 1983
66.62663202 1984
66.65683796 1985
66.7058421 1986
66.68186291 1987
66.49019253 1988
66.28222246 1989
66.15887655 1990
65.98923767 1991
65.81114734 1992
65.71405904 1993
65.6551485 1994
65.65386746 1995
65.72928858 1996
65.83759184 1997
65.94885673 1998
66.07832097 1999
66.25696603 2000
66.41770684 2001
66.57260594 2002
66.72966689 2003
66.87972688 2004
67.02891501 2005
67.15843701 2006
67.22698497 2007
67.19343168 2008
67.13694708 2009
67.10493568 2010
66.98599109 2011
66.77333015 2012
66.57196242 2013
66.4410414 2014
66.37508637 2015
66.15348339 2016
65.87778583 2017
65.69128074 2018
65.47229921 2019
65.26525032 2020
65.07806981 2021
64.91244134 2022
United States | 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 States of America
Records
63
Source