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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in World was 65.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.58 in 2014, while its lowest value was 56.87 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 57.86
1961 57.63
1962 57.38
1963 57.16
1964 57.04
1965 57.02
1966 56.88
1967 56.87
1968 56.95
1969 57.06
1970 57.15
1971 57.17
1972 57.21
1973 57.28
1974 57.40
1975 57.57
1976 57.71
1977 57.91
1978 58.16
1979 58.46
1980 58.78
1981 59.08
1982 59.38
1983 59.68
1984 59.98
1985 60.26
1986 60.39
1987 60.54
1988 60.68
1989 60.83
1990 60.98
1991 61.03
1992 61.15
1993 61.32
1994 61.51
1995 61.71
1996 61.96
1997 62.17
1998 62.38
1999 62.64
2000 62.97
2001 63.22
2002 63.54
2003 63.91
2004 64.26
2005 64.56
2006 64.80
2007 64.99
2008 65.16
2009 65.30
2010 65.42
2011 65.47
2012 65.53
2013 65.57
2014 65.58
2015 65.57
2016 65.51
2017 65.43
2018 65.34
2019 65.26
2020 65.20

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