Maldives - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Maldives was 76.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 76.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.62 in 1992.

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 59.00
1961 58.21
1962 57.48
1963 56.77
1964 56.07
1965 55.41
1966 54.43
1967 53.49
1968 52.64
1969 51.92
1970 51.39
1971 51.17
1972 51.16
1973 51.30
1974 51.54
1975 51.83
1976 51.78
1977 51.85
1978 51.97
1979 52.06
1980 52.06
1981 51.97
1982 51.76
1983 51.49
1984 51.26
1985 51.10
1986 50.55
1987 50.21
1988 49.99
1989 49.83
1990 49.70
1991 49.64
1992 49.62
1993 49.71
1994 49.98
1995 50.47
1996 51.24
1997 52.20
1998 53.30
1999 54.51
2000 55.77
2001 57.55
2002 59.30
2003 61.01
2004 62.62
2005 64.11
2006 65.58
2007 66.93
2008 68.14
2009 69.21
2010 70.15
2011 71.30
2012 72.41
2013 73.39
2014 74.21
2015 74.84
2016 75.40
2017 75.83
2018 76.15
2019 76.45
2020 76.81

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