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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Guatemala was 61.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 61.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.39 in 1986.

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 51.44
1961 51.19
1962 50.93
1963 50.72
1964 50.64
1965 50.71
1966 50.66
1967 50.74
1968 50.93
1969 51.15
1970 51.38
1971 51.37
1972 51.38
1973 51.42
1974 51.46
1975 51.50
1976 51.33
1977 51.16
1978 51.01
1979 50.89
1980 50.81
1981 50.63
1982 50.50
1983 50.42
1984 50.39
1985 50.41
1986 50.39
1987 50.44
1988 50.54
1989 50.67
1990 50.79
1991 50.91
1992 50.98
1993 51.04
1994 51.16
1995 51.33
1996 51.43
1997 51.62
1998 51.86
1999 52.10
2000 52.29
2001 52.54
2002 52.75
2003 52.96
2004 53.22
2005 53.58
2006 54.01
2007 54.54
2008 55.15
2009 55.76
2010 56.34
2011 57.00
2012 57.59
2013 58.14
2014 58.70
2015 59.26
2016 59.75
2017 60.25
2018 60.75
2019 61.21
2020 61.62

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