2024 BPS Data: 8.18% of Puncak Regency's Population are Children
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In 2024, the majority of Puncak Regency's population was of working age (15-59 years), totaling 156,010 or 87.83% of the total population. Children (0-14 years) and the elderly (over 60 years) comprised 8.18% and 3.99%, respectively.
Puncak Regency's population was recorded at 177,620 as of 2024. This figure increased compared to 2023 and is higher than in December 2021. Over the past five years, the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of the population in this region was 9.43%. This growth is higher than the previous five years, which recorded 1.84%.
Compared to other regencies/cities in Central Papua Province, Puncak Regency's population ranks among the top five. When grouped by island, this regency/city ranks 13th.
The following is the population by age group in Puncak Regency in June 2024, sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) publication:
* Age 0-4 years: 1.8 thousand (1.01%)
* Age 5-9 years: 5.41 thousand (3.05%)
* Age 10-14 years: 7.32 thousand (4.12%)
* Age 15-19 years: 16.84 thousand (9.48%)
* Age 20-24 years: 20.08 thousand (11.31%)
* Age 25-29 years: 20.93 thousand (11.78%)
* Age 30-34 years: 18.52 thousand (10.43%)
* Age 35-39 years: 16.22 thousand (9.13%)
* Age 40-44 years: 19.92 thousand (11.22%)
* Age 45-49 years: 19.24 thousand (10.83%)
* Age 50-54 years: 15.43 thousand (8.68%)
* Age 55-59 years: 8.83 thousand (4.97%)
* Age 60-64 years: 5.05 thousand (2.84%)
* Age 65-69 years: 1.83 thousand (1.03%)
* Age 70-74 years: 0.16 thousand (0.09%)
* Age 75 years and over: 0.04 thousand (0.02%)
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