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