Australia | 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
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
30.19253651 1960
30.19789524 1961
30.05888149 1962
29.90217887 1963
29.76951939 1964
29.61200341 1965
29.44238368 1966
29.24255511 1967
29.03843489 1968
28.89478971 1969
28.77930187 1970
28.63955814 1971
28.45012204 1972
28.17855954 1973
27.83552569 1974
27.43144605 1975
26.96908094 1976
26.4978002 1977
26.04277006 1978
25.61527898 1979
25.25109695 1980
24.94362629 1981
24.65148537 1982
24.33555552 1983
23.97472803 1984
23.56512768 1985
23.11676793 1986
22.70820442 1987
22.39989246 1988
22.1797546 1989
22.02496093 1990
21.91334471 1991
21.8223658 1992
21.73179944 1993
21.6348018 1994
21.51967569 1995
21.37752596 1996
21.22080848 1997
21.060427 1998
20.90122694 1999
20.73719988 2000
20.55564323 2001
20.35431687 2002
20.14747805 2003
19.94761771 2004
19.755023 2005
19.58152942 2006
19.43364901 2007
19.29866345 2008
19.17161352 2009
19.05635083 2010
18.97115467 2011
18.93578496 2012
18.92562025 2013
18.91140828 2014
18.90056381 2015
18.88926634 2016
18.85047431 2017
18.78015455 2018
18.67845071 2019
18.54172823 2020
18.37332915 2021
18.1800467 2022
Australia | 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
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source