Eritrea | 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
State of Eritrea
Records
63
Source
Eritrea | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 42.32184293
1961 42.15421589
1962 42.02250201
1963 41.99213901
1964 42.02740845
1965 42.21592545
1966 42.55403866
1967 42.87054986
1968 43.15890681
1969 43.41687212
1970 43.64866415
1971 43.85159933
1972 44.01569914
1973 44.14716424
1974 44.26351019
1975 44.37732749
1976 44.48387563
1977 44.56715463
1978 44.62577163
1979 44.66642521
1980 44.68825497
1981 44.70031207
1982 44.71919776
1983 44.74755593
1984 44.78257261
1985 44.8271087
1986 44.86734921
1987 44.91994048
1988 44.99185005
1989 45.07824558
1990 45.20132933
1991 45.22148174
1992 45.30531925
1993 45.07384731
1994 44.90041616
1995 43.94439511
1996 43.34916689
1997 44.00790553
1998 44.49247413
1999 44.81402637
2000 44.99246619
2001 44.67466839
2002 44.18634275
2003 43.51820812
2004 42.9229686
2005 42.89865708
2006 43.10555249
2007 43.28689318
2008 43.0451141
2009 42.79065906
2010 42.65110983
2011 42.41885602
2012 42.23254287
2013 42.09041348
2014 42.12192241
2015 42.21733434
2016 42.17302385
2017 41.98580013
2018 41.56324661
2019 41.0316284
2020 40.42495391
2021 39.78187515
2022 39.19655682
Eritrea | 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
State of Eritrea
Records
63
Source