China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
40.34465901 1960
39.98646085 1961
40.01118877 1962
40.65149459 1963
41.24122661 1964
41.48249361 1965
41.54830546 1966
41.34702536 1967
41.13763271 1968
41.0522835 1969
40.89319037 1970
40.75905677 1971
40.50605295 1972
40.25941435 1973
40.26941638 1974
40.33749982 1975
40.35214831 1976
39.86889545 1977
38.60251201 1978
37.25300398 1979
36.12546837 1980
35.10582895 1981
34.30535907 1982
33.39270051 1983
32.3075249 1984
31.31850237 1985
30.48948866 1986
29.89930005 1987
29.40935067 1988
29.02772419 1989
28.88444628 1990
28.75408427 1991
28.5243389 1992
28.28632935 1993
27.96241444 1994
27.53912055 1995
27.02587533 1996
26.38121356 1997
25.75222367 1998
25.17398281 1999
24.53389834 2000
23.78350535 2001
22.88983754 2002
21.99674482 2003
21.14098532 2004
20.24868918 2005
19.54350443 2006
19.1208972 2007
18.82293062 2008
18.6123647 2009
18.45457124 2010
18.33698716 2011
18.30622916 2012
18.3272908 2013
18.36085612 2014
18.35656836 2015
18.34748936 2016
18.40468004 2017
18.39055059 2018
18.26151093 2019
18.02512046 2020
17.66807221 2021
17.24663889 2022
China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source