Syrian Arab Republic - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Syrian Arab Republic was 64.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.73 in 1966.

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 49.53
1961 49.10
1962 48.61
1963 48.15
1964 47.86
1965 47.80
1966 47.73
1967 47.87
1968 48.13
1969 48.39
1970 48.60
1971 48.63
1972 48.61
1973 48.58
1974 48.56
1975 48.57
1976 48.40
1977 48.29
1978 48.21
1979 48.14
1980 48.08
1981 48.08
1982 48.11
1983 48.17
1984 48.29
1985 48.46
1986 48.62
1987 48.84
1988 49.12
1989 49.48
1990 49.90
1991 50.42
1992 51.01
1993 51.65
1994 52.30
1995 52.92
1996 53.54
1997 54.07
1998 54.56
1999 55.08
2000 55.65
2001 55.92
2002 56.32
2003 56.77
2004 57.12
2005 57.32
2006 57.85
2007 58.15
2008 58.35
2009 58.64
2010 59.20
2011 59.67
2012 60.37
2013 61.27
2014 62.19
2015 62.95
2016 63.49
2017 63.85
2018 64.08
2019 64.25
2020 64.35

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