Population by Age and Sex Structure

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3.4 Population by Age and Sex Structure

The most fundamental attributes of the population structure are the age and sex composition since changes hereof directly affects the fertility and mortality levels as well as the social and economic developments of the municipality.

The population structure composes the younger population with ages ranging from 0-14, the productive or the working population with ages 15 to 64, and the older age group aging 65 and above.

The 2007 population structure of Liloy shows, that the productive or the working age group with a population of 20,883 representing 56.52 percent of the total municipal population, dominates the entire population of the municipality. The dependent age group on the other hand, represents of 0 to 14, and the 65 and over age brackets, represents only 43.48 percent. The municipality‘s dependency ratio is estimated at 77:100. This indicates that there are 77 dependents for every 100 persons in the productive or working age group.

In terms of sex distribution, the male outnumbered the female by 2 percent. The male population constitutes 51 percent of the total population, while female constitutes only 49 percent. This shows that for every 100 males there are 96 females.

POPULATION BY AGE-GROUP & SEX STRUCTURE 2010

Age Group	Both Sexes		Male		Female
Age Group	2000	2010	2000	2010	2000	2010
Under 1	846	950	417	468	429	482
1-4	3,314	3,722	1,706	1,916	1,608	1,806
5-9	4,225	4,746	2,172	2,440	2,053	2,306
10-14	4,097	4,602	2,091	2,349	2,006	2,253
15-19	3,417	3,838	1,795	2,016	1,622	1,822
20-24	3,131	3,517	1,607	1,805	1,524	1,712
25-29	2,694	3,026	1,394	1,566	1,300	1,460
30-34	2,332	2,619	1,207	1,356	1,125	1,264
35-39	2,052	2,305	1,053	1,183	999	1,122
40-44	1,739	1,953	878	986	861	967
45-49	1,449	1,628	754	847	695	781
50-54	1,158	1,301	571	641	587	659
55-59	999	1,122	517	581	482	541
60-64	840	944	408	458	432	485
65-69	578	649	292	328	286	321
70-74	386	434	195	219	191	215
75-79	239	268	128	144	111	125
80 & OVER	206	231	101	113	105	118
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Total	33,702	37,855	17,826	19,416	16,416	18,439

0-17	14,601	16,400	7,461	8,380	7,140	8,020
18 & over	19,101	21,455	9825	11,036	9,276	10,419

Total	33,702	37,855	17,286	19,416	16,416	18,439