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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Colombia was 68.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 68.76 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.61 in 1964.

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 50.39
1961 50.13
1962 49.89
1963 49.71
1964 49.61
1965 49.62
1966 49.65
1967 49.80
1968 50.05
1969 50.36
1970 50.75
1971 51.13
1972 51.60
1973 52.13
1974 52.72
1975 53.33
1976 54.04
1977 54.68
1978 55.27
1979 55.85
1980 56.44
1981 56.85
1982 57.33
1983 57.83
1984 58.27
1985 58.63
1986 58.94
1987 59.18
1988 59.38
1989 59.58
1990 59.80
1991 60.00
1992 60.19
1993 60.39
1994 60.61
1995 60.86
1996 61.07
1997 61.34
1998 61.64
1999 61.95
2000 62.22
2001 62.56
2002 62.85
2003 63.13
2004 63.45
2005 63.84
2006 64.24
2007 64.71
2008 65.23
2009 65.71
2010 66.15
2011 66.58
2012 66.95
2013 67.26
2014 67.53
2015 67.78
2016 68.02
2017 68.24
2018 68.44
2019 68.61
2020 68.76

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