Cabo Verde - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Cabo Verde was 67.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.13 in 2020, while its lowest value was 46.63 in 1976.

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 52.81
1961 52.04
1962 50.81
1963 49.45
1964 48.44
1965 47.97
1966 47.29
1967 47.15
1968 47.29
1969 47.41
1970 47.45
1971 47.44
1972 47.21
1973 46.92
1974 46.75
1975 46.78
1976 46.63
1977 46.73
1978 47.03
1979 47.40
1980 47.74
1981 48.46
1982 49.07
1983 49.55
1984 49.93
1985 50.22
1986 50.19
1987 50.12
1988 50.02
1989 49.87
1990 49.66
1991 49.62
1992 49.56
1993 49.54
1994 49.61
1995 49.83
1996 50.01
1997 50.37
1998 50.86
1999 51.42
2000 52.02
2001 52.92
2002 53.77
2003 54.64
2004 55.61
2005 56.69
2006 57.80
2007 59.00
2008 60.22
2009 61.37
2010 62.36
2011 63.28
2012 64.03
2013 64.62
2014 65.11
2015 65.55
2016 65.93
2017 66.28
2018 66.61
2019 66.90
2020 67.13

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