Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 41.44910409
1961 41.69401087
1962 41.92536843
1963 42.1447271
1964 42.30333843
1965 42.39105056
1966 42.45784363
1967 42.50410927
1968 42.51788291
1969 42.49876913
1970 42.45243128
1971 42.3907895
1972 42.30648185
1973 42.19729859
1974 42.07364343
1975 41.93097863
1976 41.78487458
1977 41.62844431
1978 41.45681574
1979 41.28657171
1980 41.12026606
1981 40.95626364
1982 40.80428203
1983 40.65535238
1984 40.50668928
1985 40.35363934
1986 40.183423
1987 40.00340041
1988 39.81278376
1989 39.60848678
1990 39.38698136
1991 39.14193518
1992 38.90491142
1993 38.65666119
1994 38.36455065
1995 38.02623221
1996 37.65728892
1997 37.25743733
1998 36.82845158
1999 36.38547582
2000 35.94266404
2001 35.50908071
2002 35.09257115
2003 34.68029949
2004 34.26231006
2005 33.84887972
2006 33.43714095
2007 33.03161251
2008 32.6483246
2009 32.27859043
2010 31.91307564
2011 31.56437585
2012 31.23194482
2013 30.9076141
2014 30.58111107
2015 30.24290528
2016 29.89289937
2017 29.5339648
2018 29.17781206
2019 28.82355186
2020 28.47448083
2021 28.1483095
2022 27.82261281

Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source