Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source
Lao PDR | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 41.96781439
1961 42.05532943
1962 42.11943611
1963 42.19787007
1964 42.36389992
1965 42.46130208
1966 42.44165428
1967 42.43649593
1968 42.44182685
1969 42.46138468
1970 42.49836372
1971 42.54387149
1972 42.59718548
1973 42.66522192
1974 42.7636227
1975 42.92310603
1976 43.15430923
1977 43.42941612
1978 43.69947502
1979 43.9214918
1980 44.07003507
1981 44.14255681
1982 44.15699839
1983 44.14277253
1984 44.1212553
1985 44.09163077
1986 44.05571473
1987 44.01894892
1988 43.98155664
1989 43.94738659
1990 43.92543185
1991 43.92236634
1992 43.93405898
1993 43.95284738
1994 43.95745131
1995 43.92427942
1996 43.84508737
1997 43.66112275
1998 43.36652454
1999 43.0154799
2000 42.61755013
2001 42.1689231
2002 41.65998793
2003 41.08315172
2004 40.43846681
2005 39.68809852
2006 38.85938553
2007 38.04619433
2008 37.28300419
2009 36.58677036
2010 35.94886215
2011 35.34891811
2012 34.77732889
2013 34.21081556
2014 33.63212241
2015 33.12932353
2016 32.72689544
2017 32.36762454
2018 32.0382018
2019 31.71205897
2020 31.37433142
2021 31.01673623
2022 30.64221609

Lao PDR | 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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source