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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Ireland was 64.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 69.29 in 2005, while its lowest value was 57.82 in 1960.

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 57.82
1961 57.82
1962 57.83
1963 57.86
1964 57.91
1965 57.98
1966 58.01
1967 58.09
1968 58.20
1969 58.26
1970 58.25
1971 58.41
1972 58.45
1973 58.42
1974 58.40
1975 58.44
1976 58.33
1977 58.36
1978 58.48
1979 58.63
1980 58.79
1981 58.85
1982 58.89
1983 58.95
1984 59.09
1985 59.35
1986 59.53
1987 59.83
1988 60.25
1989 60.74
1990 61.25
1991 61.99
1992 62.69
1993 63.38
1994 64.09
1995 64.81
1996 65.55
1997 66.28
1998 66.96
1999 67.55
2000 68.01
2001 68.47
2002 68.83
2003 69.08
2004 69.23
2005 69.29
2006 69.16
2007 68.97
2008 68.74
2009 68.48
2010 68.20
2011 67.61
2012 67.02
2013 66.45
2014 65.88
2015 65.34
2016 65.10
2017 64.89
2018 64.73
2019 64.63
2020 64.59

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