Afghanistan | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Records
63
Source
Afghanistan | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
41.62718647 1960
41.69530292 1961
41.76916688 1962
41.88537668 1963
42.05938872 1964
42.31413276 1965
42.62014053 1966
42.91879745 1967
43.20837504 1968
43.48942843 1969
43.75927157 1970
44.01514108 1971
44.26050806 1972
44.49771926 1973
44.72851175 1974
44.94990124 1975
45.15976014 1976
45.36469398 1977
45.56864253 1978
45.77226706 1979
45.97285505 1980
46.16504239 1981
46.34995817 1982
46.50714685 1983
46.66098479 1984
46.82248181 1985
46.97091906 1986
47.09968499 1987
47.22135238 1988
47.33724573 1989
47.47449601 1990
47.64284724 1991
47.82151392 1992
48.00152959 1993
48.21811149 1994
48.46601894 1995
48.73065187 1996
49.00163412 1997
49.26897185 1998
49.5154857 1999
49.7182582 2000
49.8659493 2001
49.94362093 2002
49.961431 2003
49.92203617 2004
49.61548065 2005
49.23067472 2006
49.69539113 2007
49.89046323 2008
49.31950828 2009
48.96899829 2010
48.26436023 2011
47.43249043 2012
46.86762081 2013
46.23153782 2014
45.79210588 2015
45.52096675 2016
45.11861552 2017
44.7084446 2018
44.29135192 2019
43.80791215 2020
43.4245427 2021
43.13063354 2022
Afghanistan | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Records
63
Source