The Gambia - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in The Gambia was 53.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 56.14 in 1965, while its lowest value was 50.36 in 2000.

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 55.31
1962 55.43
1963 55.66
1964 55.92
1965 56.14
1966 55.97
1967 55.83
1968 55.73
1969 55.67
1970 55.68
1971 55.36
1972 55.17
1973 55.07
1974 55.00
1975 54.92
1976 54.65
1977 54.43
1978 54.26
1979 54.17
1980 54.17
1981 53.88
1982 53.78
1983 53.76
1984 53.73
1985 53.62
1986 53.63
1987 53.64
1988 53.64
1989 53.68
1990 53.79
1991 53.16
1992 52.67
1993 52.28
1994 51.94
1995 51.65
1996 51.20
1997 50.87
1998 50.61
1999 50.45
2000 50.36
2001 50.39
2002 50.48
2003 50.62
2004 50.82
2005 51.07
2006 51.22
2007 51.42
2008 51.68
2009 51.94
2010 52.20
2011 52.29
2012 52.40
2013 52.54
2014 52.68
2015 52.84
2016 52.91
2017 53.01
2018 53.14
2019 53.31
2020 53.52

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