World Development Indicators:

People 2.1
Population dynamics

Population Average annual Population age composition Dependency ratio Crude death Crude birth rate

population rate
growth %

Ages 0­14 Ages 15­64 Ages 65+ young old

millions % % % % of working­age % of working­age per 1,000 people per 1,000 people

population population

2000 2017 2000­2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016

Afghanistan 20.1 35.5 3.4 43 54 3 80 5 7 33

Albania 3.1 2.9 ­0.4 17 69 13 25 19 7 12
Algeria 31.2 41.3 1.7 29 65 6 45 10 5 23
American Samoa 0.1 0.1 ­0.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Andorra 0.1 0.1 1.0 .. .. .. .. .. 4 9
Angola 16.4 29.8 3.5 47 51 2 92 5 9 42
Antigua and
0.1 0.1 1.2 24 69 7 35 10 6 16
Barbuda
Argentina 37.1 44.3 1.0 25 64 11 39 18 8 17
Armenia 3.1 2.9 ­0.3 20 69 11 29 16 10 13
Aruba 0.1 0.1 0.9 18 69 13 26 19 9 11
Australia 19.2 24.6 1.5 19 65 16 29 24 7 13
Austria 8.0 8.8 0.6 14 67 19 21 29 9 10
Azerbaijan 8.0 9.9 1.2 23 71 6 33 9 6 16
Bahamas, The 0.3 0.4 1.7 20 71 9 29 13 6 14
Bahrain 0.7 1.5 4.8 20 78 2 25 3 2 15
Bangladesh 131.6 164.7 1.3 28 67 5 43 8 5 19
Barbados 0.3 0.3 0.3 19 66 15 29 23 11 12
Belarus 10.0 9.5 ­0.3 17 68 15 24 22 13 12
Belgium 10.3 11.4 0.6 17 64 19 27 29 10 11
Belize 0.2 0.4 2.4 31 65 4 49 6 5 23
Benin 6.9 11.2 2.9 43 54 3 79 6 9 37
Bermuda 0.1 0.1 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. 8 10
Bhutan 0.6 0.8 2.0 27 69 5 39 7 6 18
Bolivia 8.3 11.1 1.7 32 62 7 51 11 7 23
Bosnia and
3.8 3.5 ­0.4 14 69 17 20 24 11 9
Herzegovina
Botswana 1.7 2.3 1.7 31 65 4 49 6 7 24
Brazil 175.3 209.3 1.0 22 70 9 31 12 6 14
Brunei
0.3 0.4 1.5 23 72 5 32 6 4 16
Darussalam
Bulgaria 8.2 7.1 ­0.8 14 65 21 22 32 15 9
Burkina Faso 11.6 19.2 3.0 45 52 2 86 5 9 39
Burundi 6.4 10.9 3.1 45 52 3 86 5 11 42
Cabo Verde 0.4 0.5 1.3 30 65 4 46 7 6 21
Cambodia 12.2 16.0 1.6 31 64 4 49 7 6 23
Cameroon 15.3 24.1 2.7 43 54 3 79 6 10 36
Canada 30.8 36.7 1.0 16 67 17 24 25 8 11
Cayman Islands 0.0 0.1 2.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Central African
3.8 4.7 1.3 43 53 4 81 7 14 36
Republic
Chad 8.3 14.9 3.4 47 50 2 94 5 13 43
Channel Islands 0.1 0.2 0.6 15 67 18 22 27 9 9
Chile 15.3 18.1 1.0 20 69 11 30 16 6 13
China 1,262.6 1,386.4 0.5 18 72 11 25 15 7 12
Hong Kong SAR,
6.7 7.4 0.6 11 72 16 16 23 6 8
China
Macao SAR,
0.4 0.6 2.2 13 77 10 17 13 4 12
China
Colombia 40.4 49.1 1.1 23 69 8 34 11 6 15
Comoros 0.5 0.8 2.4 40 57 3 69 5 7 33
Congo, Dem. Rep. 47.1 81.3 3.2 46 51 3 91 6 10 42
Congo, Rep. 3.2 5.3 2.9 42 54 3 78 6 7 35
Costa Rica 3.9 4.9 1.3 22 69 9 31 14 5 14
Cote d'Ivoire 16.7 24.3 2.2 42 55 3 78 5 12 37
Croatia 4.4 4.1 ­0.4 15 66 20 22 30 12 9
Cuba 11.2 11.5 0.2 16 69 15 23 21 8 11
Curacao 0.1 0.2 1.1 19 65 16 29 25 9 11
Cyprus 0.9 1.2 1.3 17 70 13 24 19 7 11
Czech Republic 10.3 10.6 0.2 15 66 19 23 29 10 11
Denmark 5.3 5.8 0.5 16 64 20 26 31 9 11
Djibouti 0.7 1.0 1.7 31 65 4 48 7 8 23
Dominica 0.1 0.1 0.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dominican
8.6 10.8 1.3 29 64 7 46 11 6 20
Republic
Ecuador 12.6 16.6 1.6 28 64 7 44 11 5 20

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People 2.1
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Population Average annual Population age composition Dependency ratio Crude death Crude birth rate
population rate
growth %

Ages 0­14 Ages 15­64 Ages 65+ young old

millions % % % % of working­age % of working­age per 1,000 people per 1,000 people

population population

2000 2017 2000­2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016
Egypt, Arab Rep. 69.9 97.6 2.0 33 61 5 55 8 6 26
El Salvador 5.9 6.4 0.5 27 64 8 43 13 7 19
Equatorial Guinea 0.6 1.3 4.3 37 60 3 62 5 10 34
Eritrea 3.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 32
Estonia 1.4 1.3 ­0.4 16 64 19 26 30 12 11
Eswatini 1.1 1.4 1.5 37 60 3 62 5 10 29
Ethiopia 66.5 105.0 2.7 41 56 4 73 6 7 32
Faroe Islands 0.0 0.0 0.2 .. .. .. .. .. 8 14
Fiji 0.8 0.9 0.6 28 65 6 44 10 7 19
Finland 5.2 5.5 0.4 16 62 21 26 34 10 10
France 60.9 67.1 0.6 18 62 20 29 32 9 12
French Polynesia 0.2 0.3 1.0 23 69 8 34 11 5 15
Gabon 1.2 2.0 2.9 36 60 4 60 7 8 30
Gambia, The 1.2 2.1 3.1 45 52 2 87 4 8 39
Georgia 4.4 3.7 ­1.0 19 66 15 29 23 13 13
Germany 82.2 82.7 0.0 13 65 21 20 33 11 9
Ghana 18.9 28.8 2.5 39 58 3 66 6 8 31
Greece 10.8 10.8 0.0 14 65 20 22 31 11 9
Greenland 0.1 0.1 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. 9 15
Grenada 0.1 0.1 0.3 26 66 7 40 11 7 19
Guam 0.2 0.2 0.3 25 66 10 38 15 5 17
Guatemala 11.7 16.9 2.2 35 60 5 58 8 5 25
Guinea 8.8 12.7 2.2 42 55 3 77 6 9 36
Guinea­Bissau 1.2 1.9 2.4 41 56 3 75 5 11 37
Guyana 0.8 0.8 0.2 29 66 5 44 8 8 21
Haiti 8.5 11.0 1.5 33 62 5 53 8 9 24
Honduras 6.5 9.3 2.1 32 64 5 50 7 5 22
Hungary 10.2 9.8 ­0.3 14 67 19 21 28 13 10
Iceland 0.3 0.3 1.1 20 65 14 31 22 7 12
India 1,053.1 1,339.2 1.4 28 66 6 42 9 7 19
Indonesia 211.5 264.0 1.3 27 67 5 41 8 7 19
Iran, Islamic Rep. 66.1 81.2 1.2 24 71 5 33 8 5 17
Iraq 23.6 38.3 2.9 40 56 3 72 6 5 33
Ireland 3.8 4.8 1.4 22 64 14 34 22 6 14
Isle of Man 0.1 0.1 0.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Israel 6.3 8.7 1.9 28 60 12 46 19 5 21
Italy 56.9 60.6 0.4 14 63 23 21 36 10 8
Jamaica 2.7 2.9 0.5 23 68 10 34 14 7 17
Japan 126.8 126.8 0.0 13 60 27 21 45 11 8
Jordan 5.1 9.7 3.8 36 61 4 59 6 4 26
Kazakhstan 14.9 18.0 1.1 28 65 7 43 11 7 23
Kenya 31.5 49.7 2.7 40 57 3 71 5 6 31
Kiribati 0.1 0.1 1.9 35 61 4 57 6 7 28
Korea, Dem.
22.9 25.5 0.6 21 70 9 29 14 9 14
People’s Rep.
Korea, Rep. 47.0 51.5 0.5 13 73 14 19 19 6 8
Kosovo 1.7 1.8 0.4 .. .. .. .. .. 7 17
Kuwait 2.1 4.1 4.1 21 77 2 28 3 3 16
Kyrgyz Republic 4.9 6.2 1.4 32 64 4 50 7 6 26
Lao PDR 5.3 6.9 1.5 33 63 4 52 6 7 24
Latvia 2.4 1.9 ­1.2 15 65 20 24 30 15 11
Lebanon 3.2 6.1 3.7 23 68 9 34 12 5 15
Lesotho 1.9 2.2 1.0 35 60 5 59 7 13 28
Liberia 2.9 4.7 2.9 42 55 3 76 6 8 34
Libya 5.4 6.4 1.0 28 67 4 42 7 5 20
Liechtenstein 0.0 0.0 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. 7 10
Lithuania 3.5 2.8 ­1.3 15 66 19 22 29 14 11
Luxembourg 0.4 0.6 1.9 16 69 14 24 21 7 10
Macedonia, FYR 2.0 2.1 0.1 17 70 13 24 19 10 11
Madagascar 15.8 25.6 2.8 41 56 3 73 5 6 33
Malawi 11.4 18.6 2.9 44 53 3 83 6 7 37
Malaysia 23.2 31.6 1.8 24 69 6 35 9 5 17
Maldives 0.3 0.4 2.6 23 72 4 32 6 3 18
Mali 11.0 18.5 3.1 48 50 3 96 5 10 43
Malta 0.4 0.5 1.0 14 66 19 22 29 8 10
Marshall Islands 0.1 0.1 0.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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Population Average annual Population age composition Dependency ratio Crude death Crude birth rate
population rate
growth %

Ages 0­14 Ages 15­64 Ages 65+ young old

millions % % % % of working­age % of working­age per 1,000 people per 1,000 people

population population

2000 2017 2000­2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016
Mauritania 2.7 4.4 2.9 40 57 3 70 6 8 34
Mauritius 1.2 1.3 0.4 18 71 11 26 15 8 10
Mexico 101.7 129.2 1.4 27 66 7 40 10 5 18
Micronesia, Fed.
0.1 0.1 ­0.1 33 62 5 53 8 6 24
Sts.
Moldova 3.6 3.5 ­0.1 16 73 11 21 15 11 10
Monaco 0.0 0.0 1.1 .. .. .. .. .. 8 8
Mongolia 2.4 3.1 1.5 30 66 4 45 6 6 24
Montenegro 0.6 0.6 0.2 18 67 15 27 22 10 11
Morocco 28.8 35.7 1.3 27 66 7 42 10 5 20
Mozambique 18.1 29.7 2.9 45 52 3 86 6 10 39
Myanmar 46.1 53.4 0.9 27 67 6 40 8 8 18
Namibia 1.9 2.5 1.7 37 60 4 61 6 7 29
Nepal 23.7 29.3 1.2 31 63 6 49 9 6 20
Netherlands 15.9 17.1 0.4 16 65 19 25 29 9 10
New Caledonia 0.2 0.3 1.6 23 68 10 33 15 6 15
New Zealand 3.9 4.8 1.3 20 65 15 30 24 7 13
Nicaragua 5.0 6.2 1.3 29 66 5 44 8 5 20
Niger 11.4 21.5 3.8 50 47 3 106 5 10 48
Nigeria 122.4 190.9 2.6 44 53 3 83 5 12 39
Northern Mariana
0.1 0.1 ­1.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Islands
Norway 4.5 5.3 1.0 18 65 17 27 26 8 11
Oman 2.3 4.6 4.2 22 76 2 29 3 3 19
Pakistan 138.5 197.0 2.1 35 61 4 57 7 7 28
Palau 0.0 0.0 0.7 .. .. .. .. .. 10 12
Panama 3.0 4.1 1.8 27 65 8 42 12 5 20
Papua New
5.6 8.3 2.3 36 60 4 60 6 7 28
Guinea
Paraguay 5.3 6.8 1.5 29 64 6 46 10 6 21
Peru 25.9 32.2 1.3 27 65 7 42 11 6 19
Philippines 78.0 104.9 1.7 32 63 5 50 8 7 23
Poland 38.3 38.0 0.0 15 68 17 22 24 10 10
Portugal 10.3 10.3 0.0 14 65 22 21 33 11 8
Puerto Rico 3.8 3.3 ­0.8 18 67 15 27 23 8 9
Qatar 0.6 2.6 8.8 14 85 1 16 2 2 10
Romania 22.4 19.6 ­0.8 15 67 18 23 27 13 10
Russian
146.6 144.5 ­0.1 18 68 14 26 21 13 13
Federation
Rwanda 8.0 12.2 2.5 40 57 3 71 5 6 31
Samoa 0.2 0.2 0.7 37 58 6 63 10 5 25
San Marino 0.0 0.0 1.2 .. .. .. .. .. 8 8
Sao Tome and
0.1 0.2 2.3 43 54 3 79 5 7 34
Principe
Saudi Arabia 20.8 32.9 2.7 25 72 3 35 5 4 20
Senegal 9.9 15.9 2.8 43 54 3 79 6 6 36
Serbia 7.5 7.0 ­0.4 16 66 17 25 26 14 9
Seychelles 0.1 0.1 1.0 22 69 9 32 12 8 17
Sierra Leone 4.6 7.6 3.0 42 55 3 76 5 13 35
Singapore 4.0 5.6 2.0 15 72 13 21 18 5 9
Sint Maarten
0.0 0.0 1.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
(Dutch part)
Slovak Republic 5.4 5.4 0.1 15 70 15 22 22 10 11
Slovenia 2.0 2.1 0.2 15 66 19 23 29 10 10
Solomon Islands 0.4 0.6 2.3 39 58 4 67 6 5 29
Somalia 9.0 14.7 2.9 46 51 3 91 5 11 43
South Africa 45.7 56.7 1.3 29 66 5 44 8 10 21
South Sudan 6.7 12.6 3.7 42 55 3 76 6 11 36
Spain 40.6 46.6 0.8 15 66 19 22 30 9 9
Sri Lanka 18.8 21.4 0.8 24 66 10 36 15 7 15
St. Kitts and Nevis 0.0 0.1 1.2 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
St. Lucia 0.2 0.2 0.8 19 71 10 26 14 8 12
St. Martin (French
0.0 0.0 0.7 .. .. .. .. .. 4 15
part)
St. Vincent and
0.1 0.1 0.1 24 68 8 35 11 7 16
the Grenadines
Sudan 27.3 40.5 2.3 41 56 4 73 6 7 33
Suriname 0.5 0.6 1.0 26 67 7 40 10 7 18

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People 2.1
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Population Average annual Population age composition Dependency ratio Crude death Crude birth rate
population rate
growth %

Ages 0­14 Ages 15­64 Ages 65+ young old

millions % % % % of working­age % of working­age per 1,000 people per 1,000 people

population population

2000 2017 2000­2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016
Sweden 8.9 10.1 0.7 18 62 20 28 32 9 12
Switzerland 7.2 8.5 1.0 15 67 18 22 28 8 11
Syrian Arab
16.4 18.3 0.6 37 59 4 62 7 6 21
Republic
Tajikistan 6.2 8.9 2.1 35 61 3 58 6 5 29
Tanzania 34.2 57.3 3.0 45 52 3 86 6 7 38
Thailand 63.0 69.0 0.5 17 71 11 24 16 8 10
Timor­Leste 0.9 1.3 2.3 44 53 4 83 7 6 35
Togo 5.0 7.8 2.6 42 56 3 75 5 9 34
Tonga 0.1 0.1 0.6 36 58 6 61 10 6 24
Trinidad and
1.3 1.4 0.5 21 69 10 30 14 10 14
Tobago
Tunisia 9.7 11.5 1.0 24 68 8 35 12 6 18
Turkey 63.2 80.7 1.4 25 67 8 37 12 6 16
Turkmenistan 4.5 5.8 1.4 31 65 4 48 7 7 25
Turks and Caicos
0.0 0.0 3.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Islands
Tuvalu 0.0 0.0 1.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Uganda 24.0 42.9 3.4 48 50 2 95 4 9 42
Ukraine 49.2 44.8 ­0.5 15 68 16 23 24 15 10
United Arab
3.2 9.4 6.4 14 85 1 16 1 2 10
Emirates
United Kingdom 58.9 66.0 0.7 18 64 19 28 29 9 12
United States 282.2 325.7 0.8 19 66 15 29 23 8 12
Uruguay 3.3 3.5 0.2 21 64 15 33 23 9 14
Uzbekistan 24.7 32.4 1.6 28 68 4 41 7 5 23
Vanuatu 0.2 0.3 2.4 36 60 4 60 7 5 26
Venezuela, RB 24.5 32.0 1.6 28 66 7 42 10 6 19
Vietnam 80.3 95.5 1.0 23 70 7 33 10 6 17
Virgin Islands
0.1 0.1 ­0.1 20 61 19 33 30 8 13
(U.S.)
West Bank and
2.9 4.7 2.8 40 57 3 69 5 3 32
Gaza
Yemen, Rep. 17.9 28.3 2.7 40 57 3 70 5 6 32
Zambia 10.5 17.1 2.8 45 53 2 85 5 8 38
Zimbabwe 12.2 16.5 1.8 41 56 3 74 5 8 33
World 6,121.7 7,530.4 1.2 26 65 9 40 13 8 19
East Asia &
2,047.2 2,314.4 0.7 20 70 10 28 15 7 14
Pacific
Europe & Central
862.3 915.5 0.4 18 66 16 27 24 10 12
Asia
Latin America &
524.8 644.1 1.2 25 67 8 37 12 6 17
Caribbean
Middle East &
317.1 444.3 2.0 30 65 5 46 8 5 23
North Africa
North America 313.0 362.5 0.9 19 66 16 28 24 8 12
South Asia 1,386.6 1,788.4 1.5 29 65 6 44 9 7 20
Sub­Saharan
670.6 1,061.1 2.7 43 54 3 79 6 9 36
Africa
Low income 465.6 732.4 2.7 42 55 3 77 6 8 35
Lower middle
2,280.2 2,972.6 1.6 30 64 5 47 9 7 22
income
Upper middle
2,260.8 2,576.2 0.8 21 70 10 30 14 7 14
income
High income 1,115.0 1,249.1 0.7 17 66 17 26 27 9 11

Most Recent Value (MRV) if data for the specified year or full period are not available; or growth rate is calculated for less than the full
period.

About the Data

Population, total

Long definition
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

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Source
(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)
Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database,
and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.

General comments
Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Population ages 0­14 (% of total)

Long definition
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source
World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.

Population ages 15­64 (% of total)

Long 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: 2017 Revision.

Population ages 65 and above (% of total)

Long definition
Population ages 65 and above 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: 2017 Revision.

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working­age population)

Long definition
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents­­people younger than 15­­to the working­age population­­those ages 15­64. Data are shown as the proportion of
dependents per 100 working­age population.

Source
World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working­age population)

Long definition
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents­­people older than 64­­to the working­age population­­those ages 15­64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents
per 100 working­age population.

Source
World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.

Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Long definition
Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Source
(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)
Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database,
and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.

Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Long definition
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Source
(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)
Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database,
and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.

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Please see the online table at http://wdi.worldbank.org/table/2.1 for observation­level metadata, which can be downloaded in Excel.

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