Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 25.00644551
1961 25.1191352
1962 25.11376291
1963 25.08503285
1964 25.07844705
1965 25.08609328
1966 25.09663339
1967 25.10234381
1968 25.08942988
1969 25.05536307
1970 24.97556434
1971 24.85507307
1972 24.69691574
1973 24.4883786
1974 24.23074055
1975 23.92740273
1976 23.58603667
1977 23.2155696
1978 22.80768947
1979 22.35663527
1980 21.90523043
1981 21.47000278
1982 21.05054395
1983 20.65223102
1984 20.25843895
1985 19.88005992
1986 19.51839361
1987 19.17939895
1988 18.88891366
1989 18.63048288
1990 18.39359546
1991 18.13675414
1992 17.89352685
1993 17.69783702
1994 17.48709603
1995 17.25929308
1996 17.03436532
1997 16.83013252
1998 16.65398681
1999 16.50486893
2000 16.37034674
2001 16.23644191
2002 16.10383272
2003 15.97053673
2004 15.83295037
2005 15.70398095
2006 15.59430791
2007 15.50595011
2008 15.45249839
2009 15.43357318
2010 15.42142966
2011 15.40578445
2012 15.36819063
2013 15.32034029
2014 15.26263494
2015 15.19744829
2016 15.1379249
2017 15.09110917
2018 15.0323471
2019 14.95450442
2020 14.86306959
2021 14.76228248
2022 14.63909504

Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source