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

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in Uruguay was 64.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 64.60 in 2019, while its lowest value was 62.22 in 1985.

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 63.98
1961 63.82
1962 63.72
1963 63.65
1964 63.59
1965 63.54
1966 63.41
1967 63.32
1968 63.26
1969 63.22
1970 63.19
1971 63.12
1972 62.98
1973 62.83
1974 62.71
1975 62.64
1976 62.53
1977 62.52
1978 62.55
1979 62.57
1980 62.56
1981 62.50
1982 62.44
1983 62.37
1984 62.30
1985 62.22
1986 62.27
1987 62.27
1988 62.26
1989 62.28
1990 62.36
1991 62.31
1992 62.36
1993 62.44
1994 62.51
1995 62.54
1996 62.48
1997 62.42
1998 62.36
1999 62.34
2000 62.37
2001 62.38
2002 62.41
2003 62.48
2004 62.58
2005 62.73
2006 62.89
2007 63.10
2008 63.35
2009 63.59
2010 63.80
2011 63.98
2012 64.12
2013 64.23
2014 64.33
2015 64.43
2016 64.47
2017 64.52
2018 64.58
2019 64.60
2020 64.58

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