IDA 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 total
Records
63
Source
IDA total | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 42.30365438
1961 42.48486427
1962 42.67347308
1963 42.88481468
1964 43.1140596
1965 43.31860374
1966 43.48980252
1967 43.64259125
1968 43.77547514
1969 43.89540788
1970 44.00783504
1971 44.13701587
1972 44.26485878
1973 44.35175968
1974 44.40481188
1975 44.42985221
1976 44.43929742
1977 44.44170731
1978 44.44438562
1979 44.44951679
1980 44.44306631
1981 44.43487482
1982 44.44204479
1983 44.4649095
1984 44.50257363
1985 44.52616528
1986 44.52147332
1987 44.49920294
1988 44.45901748
1989 44.41412463
1990 44.36252541
1991 44.28541327
1992 44.21242322
1993 44.13247627
1994 43.98561479
1995 43.80552996
1996 43.63739101
1997 43.45474974
1998 43.22579114
1999 42.98110538
2000 42.73631346
2001 42.49825893
2002 42.30005916
2003 42.11778472
2004 41.92288757
2005 41.72508263
2006 41.53190959
2007 41.35413615
2008 41.19726493
2009 41.03542154
2010 40.85635013
2011 40.67559779
2012 40.51820097
2013 40.38551558
2014 40.24021077
2015 40.07010854
2016 39.86951697
2017 39.63443811
2018 39.37809646
2019 39.11222932
2020 38.83793679
2021 38.56257784
2022 38.28198016
IDA 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 total
Records
63
Source