Arab World - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Arab World was 62.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.71 in 2015, while its lowest value was 51.48 in 1972.

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 53.22
1961 52.82
1962 52.47
1963 52.18
1964 51.98
1965 51.86
1966 51.63
1967 51.52
1968 51.49
1969 51.51
1970 51.57
1971 51.49
1972 51.48
1973 51.52
1974 51.59
1975 51.68
1976 51.73
1977 51.81
1978 51.91
1979 52.03
1980 52.18
1981 52.27
1982 52.39
1983 52.54
1984 52.71
1985 52.89
1986 52.97
1987 53.09
1988 53.24
1989 53.41
1990 53.59
1991 53.83
1992 54.01
1993 54.35
1994 54.74
1995 55.26
1996 55.67
1997 56.11
1998 56.56
1999 57.03
2000 57.51
2001 58.01
2002 58.53
2003 59.05
2004 59.56
2005 60.05
2006 60.53
2007 60.99
2008 61.40
2009 61.76
2010 62.04
2011 62.27
2012 62.44
2013 62.56
2014 62.64
2015 62.71
2016 62.66
2017 62.65
2018 62.66
2019 62.67
2020 62.68

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