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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Eswatini was 58.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.54 in 2020, while its lowest value was 46.70 in 1984.

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 51.21
1961 50.84
1962 50.54
1963 50.30
1964 50.11
1965 49.95
1966 49.85
1967 49.82
1968 49.81
1969 49.81
1970 49.80
1971 49.48
1972 49.16
1973 48.86
1974 48.59
1975 48.35
1976 48.02
1977 47.78
1978 47.60
1979 47.43
1980 47.25
1981 47.10
1982 46.91
1983 46.75
1984 46.70
1985 46.79
1986 46.96
1987 47.33
1988 47.81
1989 48.32
1990 48.82
1991 49.31
1992 49.69
1993 50.05
1994 50.52
1995 51.13
1996 51.53
1997 52.11
1998 52.82
1999 53.52
2000 54.16
2001 54.57
2002 54.83
2003 55.02
2004 55.19
2005 55.38
2006 55.57
2007 55.75
2008 55.90
2009 56.03
2010 56.14
2011 56.25
2012 56.43
2013 56.64
2014 56.82
2015 56.95
2016 57.37
2017 57.65
2018 57.87
2019 58.15
2020 58.54

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