Europe & Central Asia (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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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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63
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
31.99384121 1960
32.35208056 1961
32.42268173 1962
32.35188252 1963
32.09511007 1964
31.71488784 1965
31.33014709 1966
30.94960931 1967
30.55442909 1968
30.11037729 1969
29.6172089 1970
29.14907378 1971
28.72795293 1972
28.32474239 1973
27.94453604 1974
27.58826146 1975
27.27046874 1976
27.00070818 1977
26.75938485 1978
26.60871241 1979
26.57075557 1980
26.58963917 1981
26.63217395 1982
26.67478215 1983
26.7377446 1984
26.8102548 1985
26.85872048 1986
26.87801935 1987
26.86276227 1988
26.78943911 1989
26.65723597 1990
26.47458285 1991
26.25532788 1992
26.00037283 1993
25.70688117 1994
25.37181166 1995
24.99051515 1996
24.5446406 1997
24.00520514 1998
23.40914584 1999
22.80719127 2000
22.17835198 2001
21.52952802 2002
20.95382674 2003
20.4831133 2004
20.07234183 2005
19.73724549 2006
19.50429779 2007
19.39539823 2008
19.35960803 2009
19.34899769 2010
19.37122541 2011
19.45031311 2012
19.57035216 2013
19.72109353 2014
19.89520773 2015
20.06920837 2016
20.22522086 2017
20.3501808 2018
20.4345938 2019
20.48900401 2020
20.530168 2021
20.60782653 2022
Europe & Central Asia (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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source