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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Micronesia was 64.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.42 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.37 in 1975.

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 51.10
1961 50.86
1962 50.39
1963 49.86
1964 49.53
1965 49.47
1966 49.46
1967 49.66
1968 50.00
1969 50.37
1970 50.74
1971 50.35
1972 49.93
1973 49.47
1974 48.97
1975 48.37
1976 48.61
1977 48.80
1978 48.94
1979 49.04
1980 49.16
1981 49.48
1982 49.75
1983 50.03
1984 50.42
1985 50.91
1986 51.08
1987 51.40
1988 51.79
1989 52.13
1990 52.35
1991 52.41
1992 52.39
1993 52.43
1994 52.61
1995 52.97
1996 53.42
1997 53.90
1998 54.50
1999 55.22
2000 56.00
2001 56.11
2002 56.33
2003 56.61
2004 56.92
2005 57.26
2006 58.15
2007 58.94
2008 59.68
2009 60.41
2010 61.10
2011 61.67
2012 62.30
2013 62.89
2014 63.38
2015 63.76
2016 64.05
2017 64.21
2018 64.30
2019 64.35
2020 64.42

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