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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Malawi was 54.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 54.37 in 2020, while its lowest value was 50.58 in 2002.

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 53.00
1961 52.89
1962 52.97
1963 53.14
1964 53.30
1965 53.39
1966 53.15
1967 52.92
1968 52.71
1969 52.58
1970 52.53
1971 52.22
1972 52.03
1973 51.94
1974 51.88
1975 51.85
1976 51.62
1977 51.46
1978 51.35
1979 51.29
1980 51.29
1981 51.04
1982 50.90
1983 50.83
1984 50.79
1985 50.71
1986 50.87
1987 51.05
1988 51.27
1989 51.60
1990 52.10
1991 51.84
1992 51.74
1993 51.74
1994 51.72
1995 51.60
1996 51.39
1997 51.17
1998 50.96
1999 50.82
2000 50.80
2001 50.63
2002 50.58
2003 50.63
2004 50.70
2005 50.75
2006 50.76
2007 50.76
2008 50.78
2009 50.85
2010 50.99
2011 51.10
2012 51.31
2013 51.60
2014 51.93
2015 52.28
2016 52.67
2017 53.05
2018 53.45
2019 53.89
2020 54.37

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