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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Morocco was 65.63 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.89 in 2015, while its lowest value was 48.60 in 1967.

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 52.31
1961 51.56
1962 50.73
1963 49.95
1964 49.37
1965 49.07
1966 48.72
1967 48.60
1968 48.65
1969 48.78
1970 48.97
1971 49.16
1972 49.44
1973 49.79
1974 50.22
1975 50.71
1976 51.22
1977 51.77
1978 52.34
1979 52.89
1980 53.40
1981 53.75
1982 54.08
1983 54.40
1984 54.70
1985 55.02
1986 55.22
1987 55.49
1988 55.81
1989 56.13
1990 56.42
1991 56.79
1992 57.08
1993 57.36
1994 57.73
1995 58.22
1996 58.68
1997 59.29
1998 59.99
1999 60.66
2000 61.24
2001 61.85
2002 62.31
2003 62.70
2004 63.08
2005 63.49
2006 63.87
2007 64.29
2008 64.72
2009 65.08
2010 65.34
2011 65.60
2012 65.76
2013 65.83
2014 65.87
2015 65.89
2016 65.82
2017 65.79
2018 65.78
2019 65.73
2020 65.63

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