Sri Lanka - Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)

Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) in Sri Lanka was 65.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.83 in 2005, while its lowest value was 52.15 in 1960.

Definition: Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female 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 52.15
1961 52.20
1962 52.50
1963 52.92
1964 53.33
1965 53.67
1966 54.03
1967 54.29
1968 54.52
1969 54.85
1970 55.32
1971 55.70
1972 56.24
1973 56.88
1974 57.49
1975 58.01
1976 58.46
1977 58.79
1978 59.06
1979 59.34
1980 59.68
1981 59.88
1982 60.16
1983 60.48
1984 60.78
1985 61.04
1986 61.36
1987 61.68
1988 62.00
1989 62.34
1990 62.70
1991 63.13
1992 63.51
1993 63.88
1994 64.28
1995 64.74
1996 65.20
1997 65.75
1998 66.34
1999 66.89
2000 67.35
2001 67.61
2002 67.76
2003 67.82
2004 67.83
2005 67.83
2006 67.73
2007 67.66
2008 67.59
2009 67.48
2010 67.30
2011 67.08
2012 66.78
2013 66.45
2014 66.14
2015 65.88
2016 65.68
2017 65.50
2018 65.35
2019 65.20
2020 65.05

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population