Puerto Rico - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Puerto Rico was 63.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 66.26 in 2010, while its lowest value was 52.10 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 52.10
1961 53.07
1962 53.94
1963 54.64
1964 55.20
1965 55.73
1966 55.74
1967 55.98
1968 56.30
1969 56.62
1970 56.85
1971 57.53
1972 58.21
1973 58.84
1974 59.40
1975 59.92
1976 60.07
1977 60.13
1978 60.20
1979 60.30
1980 60.42
1981 60.59
1982 60.77
1983 60.99
1984 61.26
1985 61.59
1986 61.90
1987 62.21
1988 62.50
1989 62.78
1990 63.01
1991 63.29
1992 63.55
1993 63.77
1994 64.00
1995 64.22
1996 64.35
1997 64.52
1998 64.73
1999 64.93
2000 65.08
2001 65.17
2002 65.25
2003 65.33
2004 65.42
2005 65.54
2006 65.62
2007 65.72
2008 65.86
2009 66.05
2010 66.26
2011 66.11
2012 65.93
2013 65.71
2014 65.51
2015 65.37
2016 65.12
2017 64.83
2018 64.49
2019 64.04
2020 63.42

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