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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Burundi was 52.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 53.24 in 1960, while its lowest value was 46.98 in 1997.

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 53.24
1961 52.92
1962 52.53
1963 52.14
1964 51.87
1965 51.77
1966 51.42
1967 51.26
1968 51.26
1969 51.35
1970 51.51
1971 51.28
1972 51.16
1973 51.15
1974 51.21
1975 51.31
1976 51.47
1977 51.66
1978 51.85
1979 52.03
1980 52.18
1981 51.88
1982 51.63
1983 51.40
1984 51.14
1985 50.86
1986 50.42
1987 50.03
1988 49.70
1989 49.46
1990 49.33
1991 48.60
1992 48.02
1993 47.59
1994 47.30
1995 47.15
1996 47.01
1997 46.98
1998 47.06
1999 47.22
2000 47.43
2001 48.09
2002 48.77
2003 49.45
2004 50.11
2005 50.75
2006 51.22
2007 51.69
2008 52.11
2009 52.45
2010 52.70
2011 52.69
2012 52.64
2013 52.57
2014 52.47
2015 52.38
2016 52.30
2017 52.26
2018 52.25
2019 52.29
2020 52.37

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