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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Poland was 66.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 71.31 in 2010, while its lowest value was 60.56 in 1961.

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 60.75
1961 60.56
1962 60.66
1963 60.99
1964 61.40
1965 61.82
1966 62.42
1967 62.95
1968 63.44
1969 63.97
1970 64.56
1971 64.97
1972 65.45
1973 65.92
1974 66.28
1975 66.49
1976 66.47
1977 66.34
1978 66.13
1979 65.93
1980 65.76
1981 65.60
1982 65.49
1983 65.39
1984 65.29
1985 65.19
1986 65.03
1987 64.92
1988 64.87
1989 64.88
1990 64.93
1991 65.07
1992 65.20
1993 65.36
1994 65.63
1995 66.01
1996 66.32
1997 66.79
1998 67.34
1999 67.90
2000 68.42
2001 68.87
2002 69.25
2003 69.59
2004 69.94
2005 70.31
2006 70.63
2007 70.92
2008 71.16
2009 71.30
2010 71.31
2011 71.06
2012 70.78
2013 70.43
2014 69.98
2015 69.42
2016 68.88
2017 68.19
2018 67.43
2019 66.70
2020 66.04

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