Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Origin
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 43.12032861
1961 43.41979172
1962 43.65263714
1963 43.8515936
1964 43.98257502
1965 44.07165916
1966 44.16727226
1967 44.2483111
1968 44.28962258
1969 44.30411774
1970 44.308805
1971 44.30627809
1972 44.30027779
1973 44.28131253
1974 44.23912924
1975 44.21954646
1976 44.23962512
1977 44.22224082
1978 44.17341388
1979 44.13784966
1980 44.10393806
1981 43.95109124
1982 43.81801511
1983 43.80967604
1984 43.78424917
1985 43.7390354
1986 43.67329892
1987 43.58147025
1988 43.45348659
1989 43.26769714
1990 42.91244829
1991 42.49493364
1992 42.13858403
1993 41.82657154
1994 41.41113574
1995 40.80539089
1996 40.0974436
1997 39.29067901
1998 38.44411694
1999 37.59612955
2000 36.74785737
2001 35.91549643
2002 35.15536514
2003 34.43928333
2004 33.7433766
2005 33.11542122
2006 32.51607208
2007 31.95354329
2008 31.54439241
2009 31.28040769
2010 31.10379302
2011 31.05499804
2012 31.1153457
2013 31.24828912
2014 31.42841192
2015 31.58539564
2016 31.63835559
2017 31.61242561
2018 31.53529019
2019 31.38186659
2020 31.18414218
2021 30.95413744
2022 30.6651527

Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source