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