Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
23.67330614 1960
23.79386897 1961
23.81178267 1962
23.8476225 1963
23.90404137 1964
23.95622119 1965
23.98193979 1966
23.95461402 1967
23.86879838 1968
23.74979931 1969
23.61121842 1970
23.45932998 1971
23.26091425 1972
22.98566095 1973
22.63241258 1974
22.24156993 1975
21.83908957 1976
21.43236716 1977
21.026605 1978
20.60935774 1979
20.22280428 1980
19.89565495 1981
19.61122382 1982
19.35545843 1983
19.10204581 1984
18.83475535 1985
18.57976206 1986
18.3631144 1987
18.20729391 1988
18.12545222 1989
18.1089768 1990
18.12590179 1991
18.13700556 1992
18.12046381 1993
18.05861191 1994
17.96331285 1995
17.86432383 1996
17.77855901 1997
17.70868979 1998
17.65016707 1999
17.60797148 2000
17.55685461 2001
17.474917 2002
17.37426797 2003
17.26777391 2004
17.16036679 2005
17.05129701 2006
16.95496019 2007
16.90278273 2008
16.9009374 2009
16.92831455 2010
16.95360675 2011
16.9664793 2012
16.9806391 2013
16.98976077 2014
16.98220536 2015
16.96429108 2016
16.94953472 2017
16.92826426 2018
16.87431063 2019
16.79349688 2020
16.68811036 2021
16.53361422 2022
Belgium | 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
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source