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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Zimbabwe was 55.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.66 in 2007, while its lowest value was 47.58 in 1979.

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 51.09
1961 50.67
1962 50.06
1963 49.41
1964 48.90
1965 48.62
1966 48.28
1967 48.16
1968 48.17
1969 48.21
1970 48.21
1971 48.15
1972 48.08
1973 48.02
1974 48.00
1975 48.01
1976 47.84
1977 47.70
1978 47.61
1979 47.58
1980 47.61
1981 47.81
1982 48.14
1983 48.54
1984 48.95
1985 49.37
1986 49.78
1987 50.15
1988 50.53
1989 51.01
1990 51.61
1991 51.79
1992 52.14
1993 52.62
1994 53.12
1995 53.62
1996 53.89
1997 54.12
1998 54.33
1999 54.60
2000 54.95
2001 55.08
2002 55.24
2003 55.40
2004 55.52
2005 55.54
2006 55.65
2007 55.66
2008 55.58
2009 55.47
2010 55.32
2011 55.18
2012 55.01
2013 54.84
2014 54.69
2015 54.60
2016 54.47
2017 54.51
2018 54.66
2019 54.86
2020 55.07

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