Dem. Rep. Congo - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 51.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 53.77 in 1965, while its lowest value was 50.59 in 2014.

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 53.70
1961 53.59
1962 53.58
1963 53.64
1964 53.71
1965 53.77
1966 53.58
1967 53.43
1968 53.33
1969 53.27
1970 53.26
1971 53.04
1972 52.90
1973 52.83
1974 52.81
1975 52.81
1976 52.63
1977 52.53
1978 52.47
1979 52.47
1980 52.51
1981 52.35
1982 52.25
1983 52.21
1984 52.20
1985 52.22
1986 52.07
1987 51.99
1988 51.97
1989 51.96
1990 51.93
1991 51.79
1992 51.67
1993 51.59
1994 51.55
1995 51.60
1996 51.46
1997 51.40
1998 51.41
1999 51.46
2000 51.51
2001 51.41
2002 51.34
2003 51.29
2004 51.26
2005 51.26
2006 51.11
2007 51.01
2008 50.95
2009 50.90
2010 50.87
2011 50.73
2012 50.64
2013 50.60
2014 50.59
2015 50.64
2016 50.63
2017 50.70
2018 50.82
2019 50.98
2020 51.19

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