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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Niger was 47.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.57 in 1960, while its lowest value was 47.18 in 2013.

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 50.57
1961 50.34
1962 50.13
1963 49.96
1964 49.87
1965 49.86
1966 49.59
1967 49.45
1968 49.43
1969 49.48
1970 49.60
1971 49.49
1972 49.45
1973 49.49
1974 49.58
1975 49.73
1976 49.76
1977 49.80
1978 49.83
1979 49.87
1980 49.95
1981 49.61
1982 49.43
1983 49.37
1984 49.37
1985 49.42
1986 49.33
1987 49.28
1988 49.27
1989 49.27
1990 49.31
1991 49.22
1992 49.23
1993 49.31
1994 49.42
1995 49.56
1996 49.47
1997 49.42
1998 49.38
1999 49.34
2000 49.28
2001 49.02
2002 48.82
2003 48.65
2004 48.50
2005 48.36
2006 48.05
2007 47.82
2008 47.65
2009 47.53
2010 47.46
2011 47.30
2012 47.21
2013 47.18
2014 47.20
2015 47.26
2016 47.26
2017 47.32
2018 47.42
2019 47.56
2020 47.73

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