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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Libya was 67.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.95 in 1977.

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 54.37
1961 54.10
1962 53.78
1963 53.44
1964 53.11
1965 52.82
1966 52.33
1967 51.89
1968 51.49
1969 51.10
1970 50.73
1971 50.26
1972 49.89
1973 49.59
1974 49.35
1975 49.18
1976 49.02
1977 48.95
1978 48.97
1979 49.10
1980 49.35
1981 49.80
1982 50.35
1983 50.99
1984 51.67
1985 52.37
1986 52.85
1987 53.34
1988 53.87
1989 54.46
1990 55.14
1991 55.77
1992 56.52
1993 57.34
1994 58.15
1995 58.93
1996 59.67
1997 60.35
1998 60.99
1999 61.67
2000 62.38
2001 63.11
2002 63.86
2003 64.60
2004 65.27
2005 65.85
2006 66.23
2007 66.51
2008 66.72
2009 66.90
2010 67.07
2011 67.04
2012 67.01
2013 66.99
2014 66.95
2015 66.89
2016 67.00
2017 67.13
2018 67.29
2019 67.47
2020 67.69

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