Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 70.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 70.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.57 in 1971.

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 59.06
1961 58.43
1962 58.95
1963 59.97
1964 60.49
1965 60.06
1966 60.08
1967 58.82
1968 57.01
1969 55.69
1970 55.23
1971 54.57
1972 54.86
1973 55.70
1974 56.50
1975 57.02
1976 57.64
1977 58.12
1978 58.54
1979 59.08
1980 59.80
1981 60.90
1982 61.84
1983 62.73
1984 63.70
1985 64.80
1986 65.39
1987 66.33
1988 67.36
1989 68.15
1990 68.53
1991 68.85
1992 68.75
1993 68.40
1994 68.08
1995 67.95
1996 67.79
1997 67.82
1998 67.98
1999 68.13
2000 68.17
2001 68.15
2002 68.04
2003 67.91
2004 67.84
2005 67.87
2006 67.87
2007 67.99
2008 68.20
2009 68.42
2010 68.60
2011 68.77
2012 68.85
2013 68.92
2014 69.08
2015 69.36
2016 69.63
2017 70.04
2018 70.46
2019 70.75
2020 70.81

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