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