Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Hong Kong SAR, China | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 40.92425813
1961 41.45563476
1962 41.65991857
1963 41.55314887
1964 41.25377728
1965 40.82479625
1966 40.28860154
1967 39.65618315
1968 38.88834841
1969 37.94185107
1970 36.81112971
1971 35.64750081
1972 34.53790737
1973 33.39255362
1974 32.22132866
1975 31.02370036
1976 29.83257373
1977 28.65668375
1978 27.47858056
1979 26.39434283
1980 25.47918373
1981 24.83987962
1982 24.43787916
1983 24.10320619
1984 23.78339015
1985 23.46033025
1986 23.05003959
1987 22.51627803
1988 21.96625027
1989 21.45581698
1990 20.99803145
1991 20.6075449
1992 20.26074767
1993 19.90479831
1994 19.50478439
1995 19.03748147
1996 18.62137872
1997 18.30693674
1998 17.95622785
1999 17.53679201
2000 17.05747642
2001 16.60684567
2002 16.21028328
2003 15.74763451
2004 15.17904465
2005 14.54551326
2006 13.94485054
2007 13.49146617
2008 13.12061948
2009 12.71935889
2010 12.27261368
2011 11.89586954
2012 11.73191818
2013 11.6940289
2014 11.66410031
2015 11.59910449
2016 11.6614176
2017 11.87299877
2018 12.04857145
2019 12.18826963
2020 12.24358357
2021 12.17367328
2022 12.0406163

Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source