IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source
IDA blend | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
41.53611516 1960
41.76509148 1961
42.02603321 1962
42.32034266 1963
42.64839108 1964
42.95993423 1965
43.23030591 1966
43.46577248 1967
43.66149774 1968
43.81960425 1969
43.94734954 1970
44.06952695 1971
44.18040975 1972
44.26079064 1973
44.31770366 1974
44.34980299 1975
44.36188364 1976
44.35715492 1977
44.35254592 1978
44.3303134 1979
44.20801374 1980
44.068857 1981
44.04239097 1982
44.12178055 1983
44.26079966 1984
44.36346356 1985
44.41835869 1986
44.46621713 1987
44.50263925 1988
44.51870626 1989
44.50723056 1990
44.47687515 1991
44.50494117 1992
44.49367056 1993
44.38311039 1994
44.22811711 1995
44.01447119 1996
43.76870377 1997
43.49446723 1998
43.21475177 1999
42.90687123 2000
42.60284629 2001
42.38477273 2002
42.20504846 2003
42.00630077 2004
41.80822245 2005
41.61452333 2006
41.43130642 2007
41.27243486 2008
41.11987327 2009
40.96073416 2010
40.8223962 2011
40.72914929 2012
40.6581331 2013
40.57165402 2014
40.46878219 2015
40.35093771 2016
40.18496153 2017
39.97867066 2018
39.76122415 2019
39.52290316 2020
39.26482938 2021
38.96834945 2022
IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source