Solomon Islands - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Solomon Islands was 56.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 56.30 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.24 in 1976.

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 54.72
1961 54.44
1962 54.09
1963 53.70
1964 53.35
1965 53.10
1966 53.03
1967 53.06
1968 53.16
1969 53.25
1970 53.24
1971 52.55
1972 51.74
1973 50.87
1974 50.05
1975 49.37
1976 49.24
1977 49.27
1978 49.37
1979 49.45
1980 49.46
1981 49.39
1982 49.31
1983 49.26
1984 49.32
1985 49.52
1986 49.80
1987 50.18
1988 50.64
1989 51.18
1990 51.75
1991 52.15
1992 52.62
1993 53.11
1994 53.58
1995 53.99
1996 54.25
1997 54.50
1998 54.74
1999 54.97
2000 55.22
2001 55.32
2002 55.40
2003 55.47
2004 55.55
2005 55.67
2006 55.73
2007 55.81
2008 55.89
2009 55.92
2010 55.91
2011 55.98
2012 56.00
2013 55.99
2014 56.00
2015 56.05
2016 56.02
2017 56.07
2018 56.16
2019 56.24
2020 56.30

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