South Africa - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in South Africa was 65.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.70 in 2014, while its lowest value was 54.16 in 1966.

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 55.36
1961 55.10
1962 54.79
1963 54.50
1964 54.31
1965 54.25
1966 54.16
1967 54.21
1968 54.36
1969 54.53
1970 54.68
1971 54.71
1972 54.74
1973 54.78
1974 54.87
1975 55.00
1976 54.97
1977 55.03
1978 55.13
1979 55.22
1980 55.28
1981 55.31
1982 55.28
1983 55.25
1984 55.26
1985 55.35
1986 55.29
1987 55.36
1988 55.51
1989 55.70
1990 55.91
1991 56.31
1992 56.74
1993 57.22
1994 57.76
1995 58.36
1996 58.93
1997 59.54
1998 60.19
1999 60.89
2000 61.62
2001 62.18
2002 62.79
2003 63.41
2004 63.99
2005 64.51
2006 64.83
2007 65.08
2008 65.27
2009 65.43
2010 65.58
2011 65.58
2012 65.63
2013 65.68
2014 65.70
2015 65.68
2016 65.66
2017 65.63
2018 65.60
2019 65.62
2020 65.69

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