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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Samoa was 57.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.72 in 2020, while its lowest value was 46.11 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 48.43
1961 48.24
1962 47.77
1963 47.17
1964 46.65
1965 46.34
1966 46.12
1967 46.11
1968 46.28
1969 46.53
1970 46.78
1971 46.91
1972 46.98
1973 47.06
1974 47.26
1975 47.59
1976 48.19
1977 48.84
1978 49.56
1979 50.30
1980 51.01
1981 51.64
1982 52.25
1983 52.89
1984 53.52
1985 54.12
1986 54.52
1987 54.85
1988 55.18
1989 55.51
1990 55.79
1991 55.86
1992 55.77
1993 55.59
1994 55.38
1995 55.15
1996 55.22
1997 55.23
1998 55.18
1999 55.04
2000 54.84
2001 55.14
2002 55.30
2003 55.39
2004 55.50
2005 55.64
2006 55.89
2007 56.15
2008 56.42
2009 56.62
2010 56.73
2011 56.93
2012 57.06
2013 57.06
2014 56.91
2015 56.67
2016 56.75
2017 56.77
2018 56.88
2019 57.20
2020 57.72

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