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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Iraq was 58.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.84 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.94 in 1979.

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 55.43
1961 55.22
1962 54.49
1963 53.57
1964 52.84
1965 52.45
1966 51.93
1967 51.71
1968 51.67
1969 51.58
1970 51.38
1971 50.93
1972 50.53
1973 50.16
1974 49.82
1975 49.53
1976 49.33
1977 49.12
1978 48.96
1979 48.94
1980 49.07
1981 49.03
1982 49.15
1983 49.38
1984 49.63
1985 49.87
1986 49.97
1987 50.04
1988 50.11
1989 50.23
1990 50.38
1991 50.73
1992 51.11
1993 51.51
1994 51.88
1995 52.21
1996 52.54
1997 52.82
1998 53.07
1999 53.32
2000 53.59
2001 53.74
2002 53.93
2003 54.15
2004 54.37
2005 54.60
2006 54.62
2007 54.64
2008 54.68
2009 54.75
2010 54.83
2011 55.44
2012 56.01
2013 56.55
2014 57.07
2015 57.59
2016 57.75
2017 57.99
2018 58.29
2019 58.58
2020 58.84

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