Pacific island small states - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Pacific island small states was 60.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 60.88 in 2010, while its lowest value was 50.33 in 1963.

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 50.53
1961 50.43
1962 50.36
1963 50.33
1964 50.38
1965 50.53
1966 50.66
1967 50.89
1968 51.23
1969 51.64
1970 52.10
1971 52.33
1972 52.57
1973 52.84
1974 53.14
1975 53.47
1976 53.70
1977 53.95
1978 54.20
1979 54.44
1980 54.66
1981 54.76
1982 54.86
1983 54.94
1984 55.00
1985 55.07
1986 55.19
1987 55.33
1988 55.49
1989 55.66
1990 55.84
1991 56.02
1992 56.20
1993 56.40
1994 56.67
1995 56.98
1996 57.14
1997 57.36
1998 57.62
1999 57.86
2000 58.07
2001 58.58
2002 59.01
2003 59.39
2004 59.76
2005 60.12
2006 60.28
2007 60.45
2008 60.61
2009 60.76
2010 60.88
2011 60.84
2012 60.81
2013 60.75
2014 60.62
2015 60.46
2016 60.45
2017 60.43
2018 60.43
2019 60.48
2020 60.59

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