Cameroon | 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 39.04545239
1961 39.42900431
1962 39.7393172
1963 40.0194896
1964 40.4106379
1965 40.80471199
1966 41.14710665
1967 41.4912836
1968 41.83188304
1969 42.16133767
1970 42.48030676
1971 42.790844
1972 43.08285588
1973 43.35151103
1974 43.59650195
1975 43.81639268
1976 44.06137646
1977 44.33464904
1978 44.54716353
1979 44.72955348
1980 44.76405597
1981 44.73520814
1982 45.123293
1983 45.59991122
1984 45.77929458
1985 45.88361614
1986 45.98603223
1987 46.0903586
1988 46.20419416
1989 46.31065191
1990 46.38523007
1991 46.43695666
1992 46.45869193
1993 46.43428691
1994 46.36598765
1995 46.25401185
1996 46.08372684
1997 45.85705831
1998 45.62645959
1999 45.42987119
2000 45.2421545
2001 45.03190195
2002 44.80512891
2003 44.60300901
2004 44.44140415
2005 44.30863649
2006 44.19575545
2007 44.08179142
2008 43.97039668
2009 43.87824563
2010 43.80579541
2011 43.75099792
2012 43.69860261
2013 43.62952639
2014 43.4590285
2015 43.25627215
2016 43.13573128
2017 43.06400746
2018 42.96634534
2019 42.80708063
2020 42.62516564
2021 42.43051341
2022 42.21082804
Cameroon | 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source