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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Bangladesh was 68.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.02 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.83 in 1977.

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 55.25
1961 54.86
1962 54.60
1963 54.40
1964 54.20
1965 53.96
1966 53.55
1967 53.15
1968 52.79
1969 52.54
1970 52.45
1971 52.25
1972 52.12
1973 52.06
1974 52.03
1975 51.99
1976 51.85
1977 51.83
1978 51.88
1979 52.01
1980 52.20
1981 52.26
1982 52.43
1983 52.68
1984 52.96
1985 53.26
1986 53.47
1987 53.72
1988 54.00
1989 54.35
1990 54.76
1991 55.09
1992 55.48
1993 55.91
1994 56.38
1995 56.86
1996 57.30
1997 57.75
1998 58.21
1999 58.70
2000 59.19
2001 59.58
2002 60.00
2003 60.43
2004 60.88
2005 61.33
2006 61.68
2007 62.04
2008 62.43
2009 62.83
2010 63.24
2011 63.71
2012 64.17
2013 64.63
2014 65.11
2015 65.62
2016 66.11
2017 66.63
2018 67.14
2019 67.61
2020 68.02

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