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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Iran was 68.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 70.93 in 2012, while its lowest value was 50.73 in 1988.

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 53.25
1961 52.80
1962 52.34
1963 51.96
1964 51.75
1965 51.74
1966 51.64
1967 51.74
1968 51.99
1969 52.28
1970 52.59
1971 52.73
1972 52.91
1973 53.10
1974 53.29
1975 53.46
1976 53.53
1977 53.57
1978 53.59
1979 53.55
1980 53.44
1981 53.01
1982 52.58
1983 52.16
1984 51.80
1985 51.52
1986 51.09
1987 50.82
1988 50.73
1989 50.84
1990 51.16
1991 51.53
1992 52.10
1993 52.85
1994 53.74
1995 54.73
1996 56.05
1997 57.38
1998 58.74
1999 60.17
2000 61.66
2001 63.12
2002 64.58
2003 65.98
2004 67.25
2005 68.34
2006 69.13
2007 69.78
2008 70.28
2009 70.62
2010 70.81
2011 70.93
2012 70.93
2013 70.82
2014 70.61
2015 70.31
2016 70.05
2017 69.71
2018 69.34
2019 68.99
2020 68.69

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