IBRD only - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in IBRD only was 67.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.26 in 2014, while its lowest value was 55.52 in 1966.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 56.76
1961 56.50
1962 56.17
1963 55.84
1964 55.66
1965 55.65
1966 55.52
1967 55.57
1968 55.75
1969 55.95
1970 56.11
1971 56.15
1972 56.23
1973 56.33
1974 56.48
1975 56.70
1976 56.91
1977 57.19
1978 57.52
1979 57.90
1980 58.31
1981 58.71
1982 59.11
1983 59.51
1984 59.90
1985 60.28
1986 60.50
1987 60.72
1988 60.93
1989 61.15
1990 61.38
1991 61.48
1992 61.69
1993 61.97
1994 62.26
1995 62.53
1996 62.93
1997 63.23
1998 63.52
1999 63.87
2000 64.33
2001 64.69
2002 65.17
2003 65.70
2004 66.21
2005 66.65
2006 67.00
2007 67.30
2008 67.54
2009 67.74
2010 67.92
2011 68.04
2012 68.14
2013 68.22
2014 68.26
2015 68.25
2016 68.18
2017 68.07
2018 67.94
2019 67.83
2020 67.74

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).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population