East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
40.7538945 1960
40.57946547 1961
40.68561623 1962
41.24307369 1963
41.7431481 1964
41.96618989 1965
42.05127054 1966
41.91999137 1967
41.76345578 1968
41.68296628 1969
41.53743236 1970
41.40186674 1971
41.16297362 1972
40.91813992 1973
40.85291953 1974
40.81915121 1975
40.74544487 1976
40.29827114 1977
39.26780567 1978
38.18398358 1979
37.2737148 1980
36.44932619 1981
35.7863932 1982
35.04108718 1983
34.16903134 1984
33.36056754 1985
32.65708329 1986
32.118073 1987
31.64826581 1988
31.25907959 1989
31.04064843 1990
30.83324484 1991
30.55655431 1992
30.26960351 1993
29.91801823 1994
29.49168055 1995
28.99741892 1996
28.40483436 1997
27.81262517 1998
27.25396313 1999
26.66438775 2000
26.01182993 2001
25.26866309 2002
24.53146598 2003
23.82450669 2004
23.09664655 2005
22.50263607 2006
22.11017537 2007
21.80916188 2008
21.57201393 2009
21.3772091 2010
21.217165 2011
21.1227059 2012
21.06816596 2013
21.02475898 2014
20.95689696 2015
20.88550054 2016
20.85742314 2017
20.78190836 2018
20.62891286 2019
20.4029707 2020
20.0988083 2021
19.74835742 2022
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source