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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Liberia was 56.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 56.31 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.24 in 1987.

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 55.71
1961 55.35
1962 54.94
1963 54.53
1964 54.21
1965 54.04
1966 53.64
1967 53.41
1968 53.31
1969 53.26
1970 53.23
1971 52.97
1972 52.78
1973 52.65
1974 52.57
1975 52.53
1976 52.28
1977 52.13
1978 52.04
1979 51.98
1980 51.93
1981 51.70
1982 51.51
1983 51.36
1984 51.32
1985 51.44
1986 51.29
1987 51.24
1988 51.32
1989 51.51
1990 51.79
1991 51.91
1992 52.20
1993 52.57
1994 52.91
1995 53.02
1996 53.22
1997 53.38
1998 53.49
1999 53.60
2000 53.84
2001 53.72
2002 53.68
2003 53.72
2004 53.76
2005 53.75
2006 53.66
2007 53.58
2008 53.52
2009 53.52
2010 53.62
2011 53.72
2012 53.88
2013 54.12
2014 54.41
2015 54.73
2016 55.00
2017 55.30
2018 55.62
2019 55.96
2020 56.31

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