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