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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Sri Lanka was 65.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 67.58 in 2005, while its lowest value was 53.45 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 53.45
1961 53.45
1962 53.69
1963 54.06
1964 54.43
1965 54.73
1966 55.01
1967 55.20
1968 55.37
1969 55.63
1970 56.04
1971 56.33
1972 56.79
1973 57.34
1974 57.87
1975 58.32
1976 58.71
1977 58.99
1978 59.20
1979 59.44
1980 59.74
1981 59.89
1982 60.12
1983 60.40
1984 60.67
1985 60.91
1986 61.17
1987 61.46
1988 61.76
1989 62.08
1990 62.42
1991 62.83
1992 63.20
1993 63.57
1994 63.98
1995 64.45
1996 64.90
1997 65.44
1998 66.02
1999 66.57
2000 67.03
2001 67.29
2002 67.45
2003 67.52
2004 67.56
2005 67.58
2006 67.49
2007 67.43
2008 67.39
2009 67.31
2010 67.19
2011 66.96
2012 66.68
2013 66.37
2014 66.08
2015 65.84
2016 65.64
2017 65.47
2018 65.33
2019 65.20
2020 65.08

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