Africa Eastern and Southern | 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
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
Africa Eastern and Southern | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 44.20001618
1961 44.28556859
1962 44.38199216
1963 44.49509789
1964 44.60980965
1965 44.72885892
1966 44.85476292
1967 44.97353317
1968 45.08391117
1969 45.19203546
1970 45.31026791
1971 45.4285748
1972 45.53959336
1973 45.61818801
1974 45.6522278
1975 45.67674437
1976 45.71609226
1977 45.73912793
1978 45.72066126
1979 45.70209604
1980 45.67418306
1981 45.66050966
1982 45.66495752
1983 45.63651978
1984 45.57868863
1985 45.51974814
1986 45.47887479
1987 45.47540184
1988 45.50699491
1989 45.53866509
1990 45.56023757
1991 45.5808497
1992 45.60752756
1993 45.64352429
1994 45.5685298
1995 45.44885217
1996 45.41665822
1997 45.36298939
1998 45.2259729
1999 45.04241898
2000 44.8507743
2001 44.64615893
2002 44.44455847
2003 44.25811174
2004 44.08555759
2005 43.93462722
2006 43.79957921
2007 43.67554183
2008 43.56613198
2009 43.460572
2010 43.34125748
2011 43.2077639
2012 43.07271971
2013 42.9336844
2014 42.77733293
2015 42.59416024
2016 42.42399387
2017 42.25525104
2018 42.05277615
2019 41.83208984
2020 41.59810492
2021 41.36272914
2022 41.12282774
Africa Eastern and Southern | 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
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source