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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Jordan was 63.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 63.19 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.84 in 1980.

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 52.20
1961 51.96
1962 51.80
1963 51.66
1964 51.48
1965 51.20
1966 50.86
1967 50.68
1968 50.60
1969 50.61
1970 50.74
1971 50.34
1972 50.00
1973 49.75
1974 49.62
1975 49.63
1976 48.77
1977 48.26
1978 48.02
1979 47.90
1980 47.84
1981 48.17
1982 48.42
1983 48.65
1984 48.96
1985 49.34
1986 49.60
1987 49.98
1988 50.40
1989 50.75
1990 51.03
1991 52.26
1992 53.31
1993 54.27
1994 55.25
1995 56.28
1996 56.36
1997 56.57
1998 56.83
1999 57.10
2000 57.33
2001 57.58
2002 57.82
2003 58.04
2004 58.25
2005 58.41
2006 58.50
2007 58.61
2008 58.71
2009 58.80
2010 58.89
2011 59.04
2012 59.24
2013 59.49
2014 59.82
2015 60.27
2016 60.76
2017 61.30
2018 61.91
2019 62.54
2020 63.19

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