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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Peru was 66.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.58 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.63 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 52.82
1961 52.50
1962 52.21
1963 51.97
1964 51.83
1965 51.79
1966 51.64
1967 51.63
1968 51.71
1969 51.84
1970 51.99
1971 52.03
1972 52.11
1973 52.23
1974 52.40
1975 52.64
1976 52.80
1977 53.05
1978 53.35
1979 53.68
1980 54.03
1981 54.30
1982 54.59
1983 54.90
1984 55.22
1985 55.56
1986 55.81
1987 56.08
1988 56.37
1989 56.67
1990 56.98
1991 57.25
1992 57.56
1993 57.88
1994 58.22
1995 58.57
1996 58.96
1997 59.37
1998 59.79
1999 60.23
2000 60.70
2001 61.09
2002 61.47
2003 61.81
2004 62.15
2005 62.47
2006 62.76
2007 63.02
2008 63.25
2009 63.47
2010 63.69
2011 63.91
2012 64.17
2013 64.41
2014 64.56
2015 64.59
2016 65.34
2017 65.83
2018 66.12
2019 66.35
2020 66.58

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