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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Yemen was 58.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.24 in 2020, while its lowest value was 45.90 in 1990.

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 54.29
1961 54.04
1962 53.99
1963 54.06
1964 54.11
1965 54.10
1966 53.63
1967 53.12
1968 52.60
1969 52.11
1970 51.67
1971 50.90
1972 50.23
1973 49.64
1974 49.08
1975 48.55
1976 48.18
1977 47.90
1978 47.69
1979 47.53
1980 47.39
1981 47.17
1982 46.98
1983 46.83
1984 46.70
1985 46.60
1986 46.37
1987 46.20
1988 46.09
1989 45.99
1990 45.90
1991 45.98
1992 46.06
1993 46.15
1994 46.33
1995 46.62
1996 46.68
1997 46.94
1998 47.33
1999 47.79
2000 48.28
2001 48.87
2002 49.41
2003 49.96
2004 50.57
2005 51.28
2006 51.91
2007 52.63
2008 53.39
2009 54.08
2010 54.66
2011 55.12
2012 55.50
2013 55.83
2014 56.16
2015 56.51
2016 56.81
2017 57.15
2018 57.51
2019 57.87
2020 58.24

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