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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Uganda was 52.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 52.00 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.03 in 2001.

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 51.52
1961 51.33
1962 51.17
1963 51.02
1964 50.94
1965 50.91
1966 50.72
1967 50.61
1968 50.57
1969 50.56
1970 50.60
1971 50.47
1972 50.41
1973 50.40
1974 50.41
1975 50.44
1976 50.38
1977 50.33
1978 50.30
1979 50.31
1980 50.35
1981 50.23
1982 50.19
1983 50.18
1984 50.18
1985 50.15
1986 49.95
1987 49.77
1988 49.61
1989 49.49
1990 49.41
1991 49.12
1992 48.90
1993 48.74
1994 48.63
1995 48.57
1996 48.34
1997 48.18
1998 48.08
1999 48.04
2000 48.05
2001 48.03
2002 48.05
2003 48.12
2004 48.22
2005 48.36
2006 48.43
2007 48.55
2008 48.69
2009 48.85
2010 49.04
2011 49.19
2012 49.39
2013 49.61
2014 49.86
2015 50.13
2016 50.42
2017 50.76
2018 51.13
2019 51.54
2020 52.00

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