Costa Rica | 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 Costa Rica
Records
63
Source
Costa Rica | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
45.79251164 1960
45.95972818 1961
46.05561362 1962
46.06766839 1963
45.99159778 1964
45.86596112 1965
45.68417261 1966
45.4055144 1967
45.01521067 1968
44.53599274 1969
43.99456269 1970
43.38279053 1971
42.70292591 1972
41.96007721 1973
41.18204647 1974
40.39685584 1975
39.62499963 1976
38.88967144 1977
38.20959142 1978
37.61047105 1979
37.09654505 1980
36.66285219 1981
36.31779299 1982
36.08538693 1983
35.94540464 1984
35.86656217 1985
35.83375309 1986
35.81562575 1987
35.79219657 1988
35.73228784 1989
35.6123883 1990
35.41709466 1991
35.13999879 1992
34.79166153 1993
34.37468474 1994
33.90244387 1995
33.38169822 1996
32.81184001 1997
32.19524462 1998
31.54406205 1999
30.87316082 2000
30.18990445 2001
29.49400176 2002
28.79268674 2003
28.10493417 2004
27.43744218 2005
26.80399797 2006
26.21929095 2007
25.68744543 2008
25.18929177 2009
24.70553582 2010
24.24166277 2011
23.7995513 2012
23.37928242 2013
22.97905048 2014
22.58800484 2015
22.20845243 2016
21.8679047 2017
21.56045132 2018
21.24464171 2019
20.90045002 2020
20.54845432 2021
20.18948126 2022
Costa Rica | 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 Costa Rica
Records
63
Source