Zambia | 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
Republic of Zambia
Records
63
Source
Zambia | Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
51.20564513 1960
51.00332324 1961
50.78352857 1962
50.51743736 1963
50.24470304 1964
50.01926586 1965
49.82123949 1966
49.64161836 1967
49.4800235 1968
49.30205103 1969
49.01301384 1970
48.65589571 1971
48.33365959 1972
48.04908958 1973
47.80781652 1974
47.6043445 1975
47.43982952 1976
47.31928774 1977
47.23938112 1978
47.20039975 1979
47.21851257 1980
47.30868592 1981
47.4781384 1982
47.6591464 1983
47.79829415 1984
47.93501753 1985
48.09751665 1986
48.25481307 1987
48.38457294 1988
48.49194239 1989
48.59047167 1990
48.68291727 1991
48.75448915 1992
48.80783782 1993
48.84476629 1994
48.85900259 1995
48.88048992 1996
48.95943697 1997
49.06151873 1998
49.17832564 1999
49.35372688 2000
49.62051475 2001
49.88454597 2002
50.11573197 2003
50.32987458 2004
50.53425376 2005
50.74613245 2006
50.96907186 2007
51.20734588 2008
51.44618743 2009
51.67066274 2010
51.85978171 2011
52.04765685 2012
52.26904854 2013
52.53315379 2014
52.82639401 2015
53.13540827 2016
53.46135043 2017
53.8100279 2018
54.18786885 2019
54.58976691 2020
54.99870719 2021
55.39595383 2022

Zambia | 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
Republic of Zambia
Records
63
Source