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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Madagascar was 56.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 56.84 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.28 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 54.05
1961 53.48
1962 52.91
1963 52.39
1964 52.01
1965 51.80
1966 51.41
1967 51.21
1968 51.14
1969 51.12
1970 51.11
1971 50.86
1972 50.68
1973 50.55
1974 50.49
1975 50.50
1976 50.34
1977 50.28
1978 50.28
1979 50.35
1980 50.47
1981 50.43
1982 50.47
1983 50.57
1984 50.70
1985 50.86
1986 50.90
1987 50.98
1988 51.09
1989 51.23
1990 51.41
1991 51.44
1992 51.51
1993 51.62
1994 51.73
1995 51.83
1996 51.79
1997 51.77
1998 51.77
1999 51.81
2000 51.88
2001 51.86
2002 51.92
2003 52.03
2004 52.19
2005 52.38
2006 52.56
2007 52.77
2008 53.01
2009 53.30
2010 53.64
2011 53.97
2012 54.35
2013 54.76
2014 55.16
2015 55.52
2016 55.83
2017 56.10
2018 56.35
2019 56.59
2020 56.84

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