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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Suriname was 66.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.20 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.65 in 1968.

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 48.62
1961 48.34
1962 48.19
1963 48.14
1964 48.14
1965 48.18
1966 47.87
1967 47.69
1968 47.65
1969 47.77
1970 48.03
1971 48.23
1972 48.36
1973 48.45
1974 48.50
1975 48.55
1976 49.95
1977 51.39
1978 52.89
1979 54.38
1980 55.77
1981 57.06
1982 58.01
1983 58.72
1984 59.30
1985 59.81
1986 59.95
1987 60.28
1988 60.66
1989 60.92
1990 60.98
1991 60.99
1992 60.84
1993 60.61
1994 60.43
1995 60.38
1996 60.53
1997 60.78
1998 61.09
1999 61.45
2000 61.80
2001 61.98
2002 62.16
2003 62.34
2004 62.54
2005 62.77
2006 63.06
2007 63.39
2008 63.76
2009 64.11
2010 64.42
2011 64.69
2012 64.91
2013 65.10
2014 65.29
2015 65.49
2016 65.61
2017 65.76
2018 65.92
2019 66.07
2020 66.20

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