Lao PDR - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Lao PDR was 63.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 63.79 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.89 in 1993.

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 55.25
1961 55.06
1962 54.91
1963 54.81
1964 54.78
1965 54.81
1966 54.68
1967 54.64
1968 54.65
1969 54.69
1970 54.72
1971 54.58
1972 54.46
1973 54.36
1974 54.31
1975 54.31
1976 53.75
1977 53.26
1978 52.83
1979 52.44
1980 52.07
1981 51.98
1982 51.93
1983 51.91
1984 51.92
1985 51.96
1986 51.96
1987 51.99
1988 52.05
1989 52.12
1990 52.21
1991 52.05
1992 51.94
1993 51.89
1994 51.91
1995 52.03
1996 52.01
1997 52.12
1998 52.36
1999 52.68
2000 53.07
2001 53.58
2002 54.10
2003 54.67
2004 55.31
2005 56.03
2006 56.83
2007 57.63
2008 58.42
2009 59.18
2010 59.89
2011 60.50
2012 61.11
2013 61.68
2014 62.16
2015 62.55
2016 62.88
2017 63.13
2018 63.32
2019 63.53
2020 63.79

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