High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source
High income | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
28.85287387 1960
28.89115109 1961
28.74809485 1962
28.54306799 1963
28.38076858 1964
28.2630306 1965
28.06127756 1966
27.80835155 1967
27.59841316 1968
27.37365431 1969
27.12801167 1970
26.86092957 1971
26.58004606 1972
26.27122682 1973
25.94820555 1974
25.60856726 1975
25.24926704 1976
24.8801108 1977
24.49832702 1978
24.11837902 1979
23.76726292 1980
23.46995425 1981
23.1828295 1982
22.87282588 1983
22.56410641 1984
22.2550181 1985
21.94903069 1986
21.67109696 1987
21.4325578 1988
21.21367108 1989
21.00640312 1990
20.81872195 1991
20.65263206 1992
20.48506435 1993
20.28996524 1994
20.07120369 1995
19.85483236 1996
19.65656352 1997
19.47072468 1998
19.2925489 1999
19.11122035 2000
18.9196311 2001
18.72450948 2002
18.52674134 2003
18.32120574 2004
18.10684588 2005
17.8977135 2006
17.71228565 2007
17.55738675 2008
17.4220706 2009
17.30046607 2010
17.19718769 2011
17.097384 2012
17.00151598 2013
16.90729876 2014
16.81318407 2015
16.72831577 2016
16.65407735 2017
16.56656262 2018
16.46239294 2019
16.35139357 2020
16.2176556 2021
16.04164378 2022
High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source