IDA & IBRD total | 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 & IBRD total
Records
63
Source
IDA & IBRD total | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 40.12105339
1961 40.20782849
1962 40.36089888
1963 40.66423438
1964 40.89842075
1965 40.98139716
1966 41.00178767
1967 40.928892
1968 40.83508459
1969 40.75727595
1970 40.64006731
1971 40.52573973
1972 40.37116731
1973 40.20754624
1974 40.11057034
1975 40.02288571
1976 39.92229289
1977 39.67826211
1978 39.20956204
1979 38.73743655
1980 38.34903813
1981 38.00233568
1982 37.72789165
1983 37.43048145
1984 37.09154062
1985 36.77506339
1986 36.48770073
1987 36.2502142
1988 36.02368861
1989 35.81454769
1990 35.64989001
1991 35.47460709
1992 35.27774266
1993 35.07429116
1994 34.81891651
1995 34.51028282
1996 34.16355742
1997 33.76232367
1998 33.34178573
1999 32.92490044
2000 32.49763921
2001 32.05098881
2002 31.58531963
2003 31.13367728
2004 30.6985255
2005 30.26607656
2006 29.88964155
2007 29.59560477
2008 29.35274076
2009 29.14332408
2010 28.9513427
2011 28.77693048
2012 28.63339427
2013 28.50900348
2014 28.38547213
2015 28.24703357
2016 28.09728096
2017 27.94909803
2018 27.78194756
2019 27.58595335
2020 27.36503603
2021 27.13189943
2022 26.89852639
IDA & IBRD total | 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 & IBRD total
Records
63
Source