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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Algeria was 62.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.26 in 2009, while its lowest value was 49.02 in 1966.

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 52.18
1961 51.60
1962 50.88
1963 50.14
1964 49.59
1965 49.29
1966 49.02
1967 49.03
1968 49.22
1969 49.43
1970 49.59
1971 49.57
1972 49.53
1973 49.49
1974 49.51
1975 49.61
1976 49.62
1977 49.72
1978 49.88
1979 50.06
1980 50.23
1981 50.33
1982 50.48
1983 50.68
1984 50.92
1985 51.23
1986 51.51
1987 51.87
1988 52.29
1989 52.76
1990 53.29
1991 53.83
1992 54.42
1993 55.07
1994 55.81
1995 56.63
1996 57.45
1997 58.37
1998 59.35
1999 60.35
2000 61.33
2001 62.40
2002 63.39
2003 64.30
2004 65.14
2005 65.89
2006 66.45
2007 66.86
2008 67.13
2009 67.26
2010 67.26
2011 67.02
2012 66.77
2013 66.45
2014 66.00
2015 65.43
2016 64.86
2017 64.18
2018 63.49
2019 62.90
2020 62.47

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