Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
39.12685002 1960
39.01813757 1961
39.07680478 1962
39.48099717 1963
39.79923023 1964
39.86456116 1965
39.8245802 1966
39.60820687 1967
39.37637225 1968
39.20806389 1969
38.97779524 1970
38.7644503 1971
38.47594188 1972
38.18292029 1973
38.04707978 1974
37.94771786 1975
37.82251225 1976
37.39212941 1977
36.47720571 1978
35.53595181 1979
34.76097402 1980
34.07184879 1981
33.52735046 1982
32.91849711 1983
32.20608439 1984
31.5476342 1985
30.98055315 1986
30.54952298 1987
30.167693 1988
29.83902806 1989
29.63773679 1990
29.43403194 1991
29.16268433 1992
28.87247367 1993
28.52101362 1994
28.09777272 1995
27.60281369 1996
27.00732434 1997
26.40191993 1998
25.81844391 1999
25.19710795 2000
24.50560701 2001
23.7272634 2002
22.96654427 2003
22.25104765 2004
21.52303245 2005
20.91893229 2006
20.50630658 2007
20.19328634 2008
19.95178042 2009
19.75312136 2010
19.5928225 2011
19.50366161 2012
19.45912176 2013
19.43368823 2014
19.39344182 2015
19.35035639 2016
19.34299288 2017
19.28973129 2018
19.16281346 2019
18.96706711 2020
18.69982971 2021
18.38407389 2022
Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source