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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Nepal was 65.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 54.04 in 1990.

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 57.04
1961 56.77
1962 56.40
1963 56.01
1964 55.76
1965 55.72
1966 55.56
1967 55.58
1968 55.74
1969 55.93
1970 56.08
1971 56.01
1972 55.97
1973 55.95
1974 55.94
1975 55.95
1976 55.75
1977 55.59
1978 55.46
1979 55.36
1980 55.30
1981 55.06
1982 54.88
1983 54.77
1984 54.68
1985 54.63
1986 54.41
1987 54.25
1988 54.13
1989 54.07
1990 54.04
1991 54.08
1992 54.19
1993 54.36
1994 54.57
1995 54.81
1996 54.84
1997 54.89
1998 54.96
1999 55.08
2000 55.27
2001 55.43
2002 55.64
2003 55.89
2004 56.15
2005 56.43
2006 56.95
2007 57.39
2008 57.80
2009 58.22
2010 58.70
2011 59.04
2012 59.50
2013 60.05
2014 60.60
2015 61.11
2016 62.08
2017 63.00
2018 63.86
2019 64.65
2020 65.36

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