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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Moldova was 71.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 74.20 in 2014, while its lowest value was 59.87 in 1965.

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 62.03
1961 61.51
1962 60.93
1963 60.38
1964 60.01
1965 59.87
1966 59.89
1967 60.11
1968 60.51
1969 61.01
1970 61.55
1971 62.28
1972 62.89
1973 63.40
1974 63.86
1975 64.33
1976 64.50
1977 64.78
1978 65.11
1979 65.38
1980 65.52
1981 65.60
1982 65.58
1983 65.48
1984 65.37
1985 65.25
1986 64.91
1987 64.55
1988 64.22
1989 63.96
1990 63.79
1991 63.63
1992 63.62
1993 63.76
1994 64.02
1995 64.39
1996 64.80
1997 65.25
1998 65.77
1999 66.38
2000 67.12
2001 67.91
2002 68.80
2003 69.75
2004 70.69
2005 71.56
2006 72.04
2007 72.45
2008 72.80
2009 73.09
2010 73.34
2011 73.60
2012 73.86
2013 74.08
2014 74.20
2015 74.16
2016 73.80
2017 73.27
2018 72.67
2019 72.10
2020 71.62

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