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