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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Guam was 65.61 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.16 in 1990, while its lowest value was 58.34 in 1960.

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 58.34
1961 58.37
1962 58.61
1963 58.83
1964 58.92
1965 58.97
1966 59.07
1967 59.27
1968 59.34
1969 59.29
1970 59.24
1971 59.78
1972 60.32
1973 60.69
1974 60.89
1975 60.98
1976 61.39
1977 61.81
1978 62.20
1979 62.51
1980 62.73
1981 63.24
1982 63.66
1983 63.99
1984 64.25
1985 64.46
1986 64.85
1987 65.24
1988 65.61
1989 65.93
1990 66.16
1991 65.84
1992 65.47
1993 65.07
1994 64.70
1995 64.43
1996 64.16
1997 64.03
1998 64.01
1999 64.07
2000 64.16
2001 64.06
2002 63.99
2003 63.94
2004 63.97
2005 64.08
2006 64.24
2007 64.48
2008 64.77
2009 65.03
2010 65.23
2011 65.40
2012 65.49
2013 65.53
2014 65.57
2015 65.60
2016 65.61
2017 65.65
2018 65.69
2019 65.68
2020 65.61

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