East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
39.67669346 1960
39.4918154 1961
39.51905334 1962
39.91181903 1963
40.2597955 1964
40.39465227 1965
40.43173787 1966
40.29536314 1967
40.15353249 1968
40.07532373 1969
39.93773341 1970
39.79488422 1971
39.5783717 1972
39.34956439 1973
39.26453261 1974
39.19857342 1975
39.0901525 1976
38.65422454 1977
37.7112217 1978
36.71805058 1979
35.87196169 1980
35.1095964 1981
34.48326174 1982
33.77077192 1983
32.94672633 1984
32.17276132 1985
31.48543041 1986
30.93784826 1987
30.45181639 1988
30.03951918 1989
29.78443825 1990
29.54899121 1991
29.26153251 1992
28.96971979 1993
28.62437811 1994
28.21463181 1995
27.74704513 1996
27.19847693 1997
26.65151617 1998
26.13615937 1999
25.59628305 2000
25.00187349 2001
24.32617372 2002
23.65350975 2003
23.00654282 2004
22.33976405 2005
21.78759978 2006
21.41098771 2007
21.11470753 2008
20.87421506 2009
20.67085562 2010
20.50025301 2011
20.39041948 2012
20.31935342 2013
20.25957857 2014
20.1790269 2015
20.09769296 2016
20.05768678 2017
19.97532434 2018
19.82342039 2019
19.6089209 2020
19.32737002 2021
19.00164961 2022
East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source