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

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