Least developed countries: UN classification | 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).
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The World Bank
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Least developed countries: UN classification
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63
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Least developed countries: UN classification | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
42.52621473 1960
42.66308682 1961
42.80903202 1962
42.98606743 1963
43.18300942 1964
43.35375642 1965
43.49648337 1966
43.6306617 1967
43.7554209 1968
43.88020672 1969
44.01106616 1970
44.17416349 1971
44.34108247 1972
44.45949348 1973
44.53951854 1974
44.58945876 1975
44.63054376 1976
44.66957396 1977
44.69977635 1978
44.7335858 1979
44.79143265 1980
44.85156023 1981
44.87779368 1982
44.87385378 1983
44.85994219 1984
44.8429464 1985
44.80925311 1986
44.76150302 1987
44.71495814 1988
44.67549456 1989
44.629353 1990
44.55474087 1991
44.45946508 1992
44.37862167 1993
44.24793484 1994
44.09047705 1995
43.9858455 1996
43.87665597 1997
43.69679137 1998
43.48264017 1999
43.28180527 2000
43.09019133 2001
42.92038614 2002
42.75809681 2003
42.58596352 2004
42.40698315 2005
42.24421599 2006
42.11311583 2007
41.97685738 2008
41.80938947 2009
41.62118966 2010
41.4077802 2011
41.18674067 2012
40.96836991 2013
40.74149915 2014
40.51488773 2015
40.27465805 2016
40.01677308 2017
39.75826347 2018
39.49947676 2019
39.23441769 2020
38.97633523 2021
38.7324801 2022
Least developed countries: UN classification | 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
Least developed countries: UN classification
Records
63
Source