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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Panama was 64.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.97 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.89 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 52.51
1961 52.33
1962 52.18
1963 52.07
1964 52.00
1965 51.96
1966 51.90
1967 51.89
1968 51.92
1969 52.01
1970 52.13
1971 52.25
1972 52.41
1973 52.61
1974 52.85
1975 53.15
1976 53.42
1977 53.76
1978 54.14
1979 54.54
1980 54.96
1981 55.38
1982 55.80
1983 56.23
1984 56.68
1985 57.14
1986 57.58
1987 58.04
1988 58.49
1989 58.93
1990 59.37
1991 59.76
1992 60.17
1993 60.56
1994 60.93
1995 61.25
1996 61.56
1997 61.81
1998 62.04
1999 62.26
2000 62.50
2001 62.67
2002 62.89
2003 63.11
2004 63.32
2005 63.49
2006 63.65
2007 63.78
2008 63.88
2009 63.99
2010 64.11
2011 64.20
2012 64.30
2013 64.41
2014 64.51
2015 64.60
2016 64.67
2017 64.75
2018 64.83
2019 64.91
2020 64.97

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