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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Nicaragua was 64.82 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.82 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.20 in 1966.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 50.17
1961 49.75
1962 49.22
1963 48.69
1964 48.34
1965 48.24
1966 48.20
1967 48.35
1968 48.63
1969 48.96
1970 49.29
1971 49.48
1972 49.67
1973 49.85
1974 50.02
1975 50.19
1976 50.19
1977 50.21
1978 50.24
1979 50.26
1980 50.27
1981 50.19
1982 50.10
1983 50.01
1984 49.98
1985 50.03
1986 50.09
1987 50.24
1988 50.46
1989 50.71
1990 50.97
1991 51.38
1992 51.78
1993 52.20
1994 52.68
1995 53.24
1996 53.82
1997 54.48
1998 55.19
1999 55.89
2000 56.55
2001 57.26
2002 57.90
2003 58.49
2004 59.06
2005 59.61
2006 60.18
2007 60.73
2008 61.24
2009 61.71
2010 62.15
2011 62.60
2012 63.02
2013 63.40
2014 63.72
2015 63.97
2016 64.21
2017 64.40
2018 64.55
2019 64.69
2020 64.82

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