Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
40.29151843 1960
40.37729249 1961
40.53722693 1962
40.85564937 1963
41.10626345 1964
41.20331862 1965
41.24102411 1966
41.18761186 1967
41.11009368 1968
41.04467133 1969
40.93706954 1970
40.83031729 1971
40.67906484 1972
40.51398289 1973
40.4133958 1974
40.31986985 1975
40.20996311 1976
39.95265985 1977
39.46617858 1978
38.97487089 1979
38.56803059 1980
38.20327844 1981
37.91466839 1982
37.6057965 1983
37.25463499 1984
36.9258538 1985
36.62702526 1986
36.37993629 1987
36.1463017 1988
35.93344558 1989
35.77487961 1990
35.60055947 1991
35.40590809 1992
35.20667356 1993
34.95529186 1994
34.64987977 1995
34.30542872 1996
33.90530879 1997
33.48556192 1998
33.06974664 1999
32.64253421 2000
32.19542718 2001
31.72902565 2002
31.27703726 2003
30.8411728 2004
30.40684619 2005
30.02789891 2006
29.73082812 2007
29.48451182 2008
29.27192648 2009
29.07635938 2010
28.89892556 2011
28.75296507 2012
28.62650272 2013
28.50095433 2014
28.36018386 2015
28.20756706 2016
28.05553466 2017
27.88365709 2018
27.68329786 2019
27.45929282 2020
27.22362693 2021
26.98961604 2022
Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source