West Bank and Gaza - Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) in West Bank and Gaza was 58.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 58.42 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.04 in 1974.

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 49.74
1961 49.57
1962 49.38
1963 49.19
1964 49.05
1965 49.03
1966 48.65
1967 48.40
1968 48.25
1969 48.07
1970 47.73
1971 47.53
1972 47.35
1973 47.16
1974 47.04
1975 47.05
1976 47.10
1977 47.21
1978 47.40
1979 47.64
1980 47.90
1981 48.09
1982 48.34
1983 48.62
1984 48.85
1985 49.03
1986 49.18
1987 49.27
1988 49.32
1989 49.35
1990 49.35
1991 49.32
1992 49.30
1993 49.29
1994 49.29
1995 49.30
1996 49.27
1997 49.33
1998 49.46
1999 49.64
2000 49.92
2001 50.25
2002 50.59
2003 50.98
2004 51.44
2005 51.96
2006 52.56
2007 53.17
2008 53.79
2009 54.38
2010 54.95
2011 55.41
2012 55.87
2013 56.31
2014 56.71
2015 57.08
2016 57.36
2017 57.64
2018 57.92
2019 58.18
2020 58.42

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