Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source
Burkina Faso | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 39.91855762
1961 39.92157158
1962 39.98893694
1963 40.21959439
1964 40.57979623
1965 40.93098218
1966 41.25781131
1967 41.5673582
1968 41.85838599
1969 42.13137787
1970 42.38097029
1971 42.62484642
1972 42.86337979
1973 43.09035018
1974 43.30390398
1975 43.51067278
1976 43.71483171
1977 43.90770208
1978 44.11402815
1979 44.34042621
1980 44.56261977
1981 44.78487079
1982 45.00785802
1983 45.21186177
1984 45.41638263
1985 45.65180815
1986 45.92072908
1987 46.20264513
1988 46.46264847
1989 46.68492963
1990 46.8682405
1991 47.04594651
1992 47.19476525
1993 47.26771391
1994 47.27554231
1995 47.2447598
1996 47.21100763
1997 47.15976439
1998 47.02447437
1999 46.81387888
2000 46.57449435
2001 46.31446588
2002 46.05110135
2003 45.81740383
2004 45.62547965
2005 45.47889335
2006 45.40137507
2007 45.403662
2008 45.46784542
2009 45.54833998
2010 45.62066273
2011 45.66951249
2012 45.67947991
2013 45.67539052
2014 45.64158715
2015 45.55357473
2016 45.40969058
2017 45.21535834
2018 44.99130155
2019 44.73849755
2020 44.43752124
2021 44.0909599
2022 43.72298915

Burkina Faso | 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
Burkina Faso
Records
63
Source