SOLUTION: Use the following table to answer the question. Population of Europe by Age Groups Population (in thousands) ----------- --1950------1970----1995 Age 0-14/----/143,175---166,3

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Question 76823: Use the following table to answer the question.
Population of Europe by Age Groups
Population (in thousands)
--------------1950------1970----1995
Age 0-14/----/143,175---166,367---139,464
Age 15-64/--/359,162---421,432---487,110
Age 65+ /--/--44,981----68,642---101,338
Age 75+ /--/--14,553----22,762-----38,139
Total---/--/-547,318---656,441---727,912
Source: European Rural Development (ERD) Project.
What percentage of Europe's population was in the age 15-64 group in 1950?
This is what I have done so far.
547,318 - 359,162=188,156
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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A MORE DIRECT WAY TO FIND THE % IS TO DIVIDE THE SELECTED POPULATION BY THE TOTAL POPULATION. THUS:
359,162/547,318=.656 OR 65.6% OF THE POPULATION WAS BETWEEN15-64 IN 1950.