IDA only - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in IDA only was 58.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.05 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.93 in 1982.

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 54.34
1961 54.02
1962 53.77
1963 53.57
1964 53.43
1965 53.33
1966 53.05
1967 52.84
1968 52.71
1969 52.64
1970 52.62
1971 52.44
1972 52.32
1973 52.25
1974 52.23
1975 52.23
1976 52.10
1977 52.03
1978 52.01
1979 52.02
1980 52.06
1981 51.96
1982 51.93
1983 51.94
1984 51.99
1985 52.08
1986 52.02
1987 52.04
1988 52.10
1989 52.21
1990 52.34
1991 52.40
1992 52.51
1993 52.66
1994 52.84
1995 53.07
1996 53.16
1997 53.30
1998 53.48
1999 53.68
2000 53.91
2001 54.03
2002 54.19
2003 54.36
2004 54.55
2005 54.75
2006 54.88
2007 55.02
2008 55.18
2009 55.37
2010 55.57
2011 55.77
2012 55.99
2013 56.23
2014 56.49
2015 56.75
2016 56.99
2017 57.25
2018 57.51
2019 57.78
2020 58.05

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