Get age-specific population data according to the World Population Prospects 2017 edition
Source:R/wpp_age.r
wpp_age.RdThis uses data from the wpp2017 package but combines male and female,
and converts age groups to lower age limits. If the requested year is not present
in the historical data, wpp projections are used.
Arguments
- countries
countries, will return all if not given
- years
years, will return all if not given
Examples
wpp_age("Italy", c(1990, 2000))
#> country lower.age.limit year population
#> 1 Italy 0 1990 2822304
#> 2 Italy 0 2000 2637136
#> 3 Italy 5 1990 3023980
#> 4 Italy 5 2000 2739340
#> 5 Italy 10 1990 3561309
#> 6 Italy 10 2000 2831090
#> 7 Italy 15 1990 4319849
#> 8 Italy 15 2000 3073079
#> 9 Italy 20 1990 4605558
#> 10 Italy 20 2000 3604592
#> 11 Italy 25 1990 4569835
#> 12 Italy 25 2000 4310742
#> 13 Italy 30 1990 4089269
#> 14 Italy 30 2000 4585507
#> 15 Italy 35 1990 3877176
#> 16 Italy 35 2000 4550292
#> 17 Italy 40 1990 4012685
#> 18 Italy 40 2000 4048479
#> 19 Italy 45 1990 3442232
#> 20 Italy 45 2000 3814334
#> 21 Italy 50 1990 3667739
#> 22 Italy 50 2000 3917415
#> 23 Italy 55 1990 3406176
#> 24 Italy 55 2000 3321124
#> 25 Italy 60 1990 3242609
#> 26 Italy 60 2000 3462994
#> 27 Italy 65 1990 2950508
#> 28 Italy 65 2000 3092828
#> 29 Italy 70 1990 1757407
#> 30 Italy 70 2000 2746488
#> 31 Italy 75 1990 1899219
#> 32 Italy 75 2000 2234744
#> 33 Italy 80 1990 1178560
#> 34 Italy 80 2000 1103674
#> 35 Italy 85 1990 516304
#> 36 Italy 85 2000 861254
#> 37 Italy 90 1990 155466
#> 38 Italy 90 2000 299811
#> 39 Italy 95 1990 26710
#> 40 Italy 95 2000 53950
#> 41 Italy 100 1990 2231
#> 42 Italy 100 2000 4848