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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Gabon was 59.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 61.45 in 1960, while its lowest value was 52.40 in 1993.

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 61.45
1961 61.12
1962 60.87
1963 60.66
1964 60.48
1965 60.30
1966 59.95
1967 59.64
1968 59.37
1969 59.13
1970 58.91
1971 58.28
1972 57.74
1973 57.27
1974 56.84
1975 56.44
1976 55.97
1977 55.54
1978 55.17
1979 54.85
1980 54.59
1981 54.22
1982 53.93
1983 53.70
1984 53.51
1985 53.36
1986 53.11
1987 52.93
1988 52.79
1989 52.69
1990 52.62
1991 52.49
1992 52.42
1993 52.40
1994 52.45
1995 52.56
1996 52.68
1997 52.87
1998 53.12
1999 53.43
2000 53.77
2001 54.16
2002 54.59
2003 55.04
2004 55.50
2005 55.95
2006 56.54
2007 57.10
2008 57.62
2009 58.07
2010 58.48
2011 58.89
2012 59.27
2013 59.58
2014 59.84
2015 60.04
2016 59.81
2017 59.59
2018 59.41
2019 59.28
2020 59.21

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