Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source
Low income | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 42.69789721
1961 42.74003094
1962 42.79065789
1963 42.89210302
1964 43.03480384
1965 43.18063955
1966 43.35927998
1967 43.58045773
1968 43.79147598
1969 43.98139969
1970 44.16002221
1971 44.34204433
1972 44.5237504
1973 44.65358152
1974 44.73172287
1975 44.80121865
1976 44.87992247
1977 44.95254032
1978 44.98200058
1979 44.99666388
1980 45.03216208
1981 45.06340412
1982 45.04578561
1983 45.00055098
1984 44.96852799
1985 44.95612201
1986 44.95821407
1987 44.97015927
1988 45.00391468
1989 45.06464004
1990 45.13421723
1991 45.1884362
1992 45.24420077
1993 45.33801488
1994 45.33439466
1995 45.29863401
1996 45.38961127
1997 45.4847207
1998 45.4907735
1999 45.4399767
2000 45.36873719
2001 45.27310333
2002 45.1782486
2003 45.08002076
2004 44.96108281
2005 44.82534242
2006 44.66335054
2007 44.51763208
2008 44.39825795
2009 44.26899365
2010 44.12810502
2011 43.96283445
2012 43.82468958
2013 43.7495457
2014 43.66478665
2015 43.53417542
2016 43.3472354
2017 43.12423195
2018 42.87766644
2019 42.60166633
2020 42.32426235
2021 42.06291261
2022 41.79264338

Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source