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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Paraguay was 64.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.30 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.83 in 1960.

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 48.83
1961 48.93
1962 48.95
1963 48.93
1964 48.94
1965 49.01
1966 49.24
1967 49.51
1968 49.79
1969 50.08
1970 50.36
1971 50.75
1972 51.17
1973 51.58
1974 51.95
1975 52.25
1976 52.72
1977 53.04
1978 53.27
1979 53.48
1980 53.69
1981 53.86
1982 54.07
1983 54.28
1984 54.43
1985 54.50
1986 54.50
1987 54.49
1988 54.47
1989 54.48
1990 54.52
1991 54.57
1992 54.65
1993 54.78
1994 54.98
1995 55.24
1996 55.53
1997 55.87
1998 56.25
1999 56.69
2000 57.17
2001 57.61
2002 58.13
2003 58.69
2004 59.24
2005 59.76
2006 60.27
2007 60.68
2008 61.05
2009 61.43
2010 61.84
2011 62.21
2012 62.62
2013 63.05
2014 63.42
2015 63.68
2016 63.92
2017 64.05
2018 64.13
2019 64.20
2020 64.30

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