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LATIN AMERICA
& THE CARIBBEAN FEMALE
40%
FEMALE
MALE
30%
20%
10%
FEMALE
MALE 65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 0-14
65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 0-14
1960 50%
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
EAST ASIA
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 0-14 10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
Percent of population by age and sex
FEMALE
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
MALE
FEMALE
MALE
FEMALE
65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 0-14 10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Percent of population by age and sex
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Working Age Population
65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 0-14
2010
MALE
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
MALE 65+ 55-64 45-54 35-44 25-34 15-24 0-14
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Working Age Population
In the 1960s, countries in Latin America and East Asia chose to prioritize child survival, access to voluntary family planning and education. Those efforts led to a fall in birth rates and a rise in the productive share of their population, which added nearly two percent to the GDP growth rates for years. Today, Africa is poised to reap a similar dividend. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011). World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision.