South Asia - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in South Asia was 66.27 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.27 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.93 in 1967.

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 56.32
1961 56.01
1962 55.68
1963 55.38
1964 55.18
1965 55.12
1966 54.95
1967 54.93
1968 55.02
1969 55.15
1970 55.29
1971 55.31
1972 55.36
1973 55.45
1974 55.57
1975 55.74
1976 55.76
1977 55.85
1978 55.98
1979 56.14
1980 56.30
1981 56.33
1982 56.38
1983 56.45
1984 56.56
1985 56.71
1986 56.72
1987 56.81
1988 56.95
1989 57.13
1990 57.32
1991 57.44
1992 57.60
1993 57.79
1994 58.03
1995 58.32
1996 58.55
1997 58.83
1998 59.15
1999 59.49
2000 59.85
2001 60.13
2002 60.44
2003 60.77
2004 61.11
2005 61.47
2006 61.75
2007 62.05
2008 62.36
2009 62.70
2010 63.06
2011 63.38
2012 63.75
2013 64.14
2014 64.52
2015 64.87
2016 65.21
2017 65.49
2018 65.74
2019 66.00
2020 66.27

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