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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Jamaica was 67.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.22 in 1970.

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 54.21
1961 53.55
1962 52.95
1963 52.46
1964 52.03
1965 51.59
1966 50.91
1967 50.14
1968 49.38
1969 48.72
1970 48.22
1971 48.23
1972 48.40
1973 48.73
1974 49.18
1975 49.74
1976 50.73
1977 51.64
1978 52.41
1979 53.03
1980 53.53
1981 54.05
1982 54.53
1983 55.00
1984 55.51
1985 56.09
1986 56.47
1987 56.91
1988 57.35
1989 57.69
1990 57.89
1991 58.24
1992 58.48
1993 58.67
1994 58.86
1995 59.11
1996 59.31
1997 59.51
1998 59.69
1999 59.87
2000 60.04
2001 60.36
2002 60.73
2003 61.14
2004 61.54
2005 61.95
2006 62.50
2007 63.04
2008 63.59
2009 64.17
2010 64.75
2011 65.25
2012 65.73
2013 66.17
2014 66.55
2015 66.89
2016 67.10
2017 67.29
2018 67.45
2019 67.55
2020 67.56

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