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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Ghana was 59.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 59.73 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.32 in 1978.

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 53.53
1961 53.32
1962 53.30
1963 53.36
1964 53.38
1965 53.31
1966 52.80
1967 52.28
1968 51.78
1969 51.36
1970 51.04
1971 50.77
1972 50.60
1973 50.53
1974 50.56
1975 50.66
1976 50.45
1977 50.34
1978 50.32
1979 50.36
1980 50.43
1981 50.72
1982 51.04
1983 51.36
1984 51.70
1985 52.03
1986 52.19
1987 52.38
1988 52.57
1989 52.77
1990 52.99
1991 53.09
1992 53.25
1993 53.43
1994 53.63
1995 53.84
1996 53.96
1997 54.08
1998 54.22
1999 54.41
2000 54.67
2001 54.90
2002 55.22
2003 55.58
2004 55.96
2005 56.31
2006 56.64
2007 56.96
2008 57.26
2009 57.57
2010 57.88
2011 58.04
2012 58.22
2013 58.40
2014 58.59
2015 58.80
2016 58.95
2017 59.13
2018 59.34
2019 59.54
2020 59.73

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