Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source
Fragile and conflict affected situations | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 39.38627681
1961 39.54398227
1962 39.6806624
1963 39.83351234
1964 39.96931918
1965 40.08217477
1966 40.1846453
1967 40.28419316
1968 40.38478427
1969 40.47963508
1970 40.57582182
1971 40.68412967
1972 40.80355645
1973 40.91505679
1974 41.00066391
1975 41.08214315
1976 41.17373576
1977 41.25504681
1978 41.31739794
1979 41.38959752
1980 41.4598704
1981 41.52493929
1982 41.60590762
1983 41.68986311
1984 41.77077167
1985 41.84361815
1986 41.90115439
1987 41.94805165
1988 41.97900464
1989 41.98857352
1990 42.00954471
1991 41.9756269
1992 41.94758503
1993 41.94308343
1994 41.86735211
1995 41.75702379
1996 41.71459738
1997 41.67574391
1998 41.59060491
1999 41.48504457
2000 41.37835169
2001 41.27043502
2002 41.18929262
2003 41.12989583
2004 41.06263383
2005 40.99093034
2006 40.91339378
2007 40.85385599
2008 40.82246715
2009 40.79155954
2010 40.75744324
2011 40.7287973
2012 40.71066438
2013 40.70149071
2014 40.68072008
2015 40.63036145
2016 40.54887924
2017 40.44340194
2018 40.3229802
2019 40.17576788
2020 40.00248114
2021 39.82393055
2022 39.76003493
Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source