World | 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).
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The World Bank
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World
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63
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World | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
57.60963961 1960
57.51486516 1961
57.39688756 1962
57.17101066 1963
56.97878579 1964
56.87781258 1965
56.83228832 1966
56.86023323 1967
56.89611813 1968
56.93105535 1969
57.00123587 1970
57.07632309 1971
57.17975954 1972
57.29351144 1973
57.35461302 1974
57.41073736 1975
57.48320259 1976
57.66943209 1977
58.03617321 1978
58.41399029 1979
58.74469665 1980
59.0610901 1981
59.32997781 1982
59.62220622 1983
59.93149592 1984
60.19936308 1985
60.43100905 1986
60.61308207 1987
60.76745578 1988
60.89441788 1989
60.97547216 1990
61.06189625 1991
61.15415584 1992
61.24401115 1993
61.37940239 1994
61.56334614 1995
61.78359434 1996
62.05008888 1997
62.32991906 1998
62.60758616 1999
62.89335516 2000
63.18928714 2001
63.49823823 2002
63.79953748 2003
64.09549608 2004
64.39539452 2005
64.6539998 2006
64.85505861 2007
65.0203644 2008
65.15240887 2009
65.26252541 2010
65.3297103 2011
65.3347802 2012
65.30256001 2013
65.24996304 2014
65.19078203 2015
65.12589567 2016
65.04243636 2017
64.96673765 2018
64.90901622 2019
64.87548952 2020
64.88754548 2021
64.91652988 2022
World | 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
World
Records
63
Source