Timor-Leste - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Timor-Leste was 58.88 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 59.19 in 1989, while its lowest value was 51.42 in 2003.

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 56.33
1961 56.36
1962 56.68
1963 57.13
1964 57.48
1965 57.67
1966 57.51
1967 57.29
1968 57.03
1969 56.84
1970 56.74
1971 56.52
1972 56.36
1973 56.30
1974 56.40
1975 56.75
1976 56.42
1977 56.47
1978 56.78
1979 57.13
1980 57.35
1981 58.03
1982 58.35
1983 58.46
1984 58.63
1985 58.95
1986 58.75
1987 58.89
1988 59.14
1989 59.19
1990 58.89
1991 58.42
1992 57.65
1993 56.76
1994 56.00
1995 55.52
1996 54.40
1997 53.57
1998 52.95
1999 52.36
2000 51.72
2001 51.69
2002 51.56
2003 51.42
2004 51.43
2005 51.63
2006 51.72
2007 52.05
2008 52.52
2009 53.00
2010 53.42
2011 54.03
2012 54.55
2013 55.03
2014 55.55
2015 56.13
2016 56.74
2017 57.34
2018 57.90
2019 58.42
2020 58.88

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