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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Botswana was 62.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.08 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.11 in 1980.

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 52.07
1961 51.55
1962 50.89
1963 50.19
1964 49.63
1965 49.27
1966 48.86
1967 48.62
1968 48.49
1969 48.41
1970 48.33
1971 48.29
1972 48.30
1973 48.35
1974 48.42
1975 48.48
1976 48.48
1977 48.42
1978 48.33
1979 48.21
1980 48.11
1981 48.19
1982 48.32
1983 48.51
1984 48.75
1985 49.03
1986 49.42
1987 49.90
1988 50.48
1989 51.10
1990 51.75
1991 52.26
1992 52.76
1993 53.28
1994 53.89
1995 54.59
1996 55.18
1997 55.89
1998 56.65
1999 57.40
2000 58.09
2001 58.65
2002 59.12
2003 59.54
2004 59.94
2005 60.33
2006 60.62
2007 60.92
2008 61.23
2009 61.50
2010 61.71
2011 61.69
2012 61.60
2013 61.47
2014 61.35
2015 61.25
2016 61.33
2017 61.47
2018 61.66
2019 61.87
2020 62.08

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