Lower 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source
Lower middle income | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 40.79612309
1961 41.0821888
1962 41.33888878
1963 41.58472227
1964 41.74914326
1965 41.81744302
1966 41.85445534
1967 41.86443494
1968 41.84966407
1969 41.81285177
1970 41.75340113
1971 41.69344651
1972 41.61947462
1973 41.52334845
1974 41.41793558
1975 41.29854691
1976 41.18215645
1977 41.06023357
1978 40.92906361
1979 40.82005135
1980 40.73046547
1981 40.64568412
1982 40.58202957
1983 40.53875175
1984 40.50013629
1985 40.44949438
1986 40.37598785
1987 40.27694657
1988 40.14528338
1989 39.99075246
1990 39.80721292
1991 39.60215134
1992 39.40166572
1993 39.19103206
1994 38.93875502
1995 38.63371479
1996 38.28057696
1997 37.8930827
1998 37.47883407
1999 37.05281873
2000 36.63395687
2001 36.22750984
2002 35.84513724
2003 35.47537573
2004 35.1020828
2005 34.73602768
2006 34.37877853
2007 34.03013035
2008 33.70236815
2009 33.39303827
2010 33.09362226
2011 32.81003025
2012 32.54302051
2013 32.28343962
2014 32.01982459
2015 31.74659047
2016 31.45673103
2017 31.1469265
2018 30.83450853
2019 30.52198541
2020 30.2057074
2021 29.91198457
2022 29.66048844

Lower 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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source