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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Lesotho was 62.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 62.81 in 2020, while its lowest value was 49.74 in 1983.

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 50.77
1961 50.58
1962 50.46
1963 50.41
1964 50.38
1965 50.38
1966 50.33
1967 50.30
1968 50.28
1969 50.29
1970 50.31
1971 50.18
1972 50.09
1973 50.01
1974 49.95
1975 49.90
1976 49.83
1977 49.81
1978 49.83
1979 49.87
1980 49.94
1981 49.84
1982 49.77
1983 49.74
1984 49.77
1985 49.87
1986 49.84
1987 49.89
1988 50.01
1989 50.20
1990 50.46
1991 50.96
1992 51.50
1993 52.08
1994 52.69
1995 53.34
1996 53.80
1997 54.28
1998 54.79
1999 55.33
2000 55.91
2001 56.39
2002 56.86
2003 57.36
2004 57.88
2005 58.42
2006 58.76
2007 59.17
2008 59.61
2009 60.04
2010 60.43
2011 60.63
2012 60.84
2013 61.08
2014 61.41
2015 61.80
2016 61.94
2017 62.15
2018 62.38
2019 62.61
2020 62.81

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