Middle East & North Africa | 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
Records
63
Source
Middle East & North Africa | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
42.97422345 1960
43.2530772 1961
43.46294206 1962
43.64443991 1963
43.76167725 1964
43.8380388 1965
43.92368595 1966
43.99286329 1967
44.02925119 1968
44.03923985 1969
44.03994579 1970
44.03171632 1971
44.01436695 1972
43.97732234 1973
43.92089728 1974
43.90418087 1975
43.93413997 1976
43.91684473 1977
43.86179113 1978
43.81238648 1979
43.76144919 1980
43.60454404 1981
43.46424557 1982
43.43274495 1983
43.38682387 1984
43.31755135 1985
43.22774493 1986
43.11374996 1987
42.96239884 1988
42.755312 1989
42.45184142 1990
42.02903966 1991
41.65621821 1992
41.31324254 1993
40.86847729 1994
40.26077585 1995
39.56951991 1996
38.79141153 1997
37.9778107 1998
37.16781313 1999
36.36268819 2000
35.57663689 2001
34.85932775 2002
34.18305807 2003
33.52355283 2004
32.88561732 2005
32.21972742 2006
31.56884157 2007
31.05622299 2008
30.68698647 2009
30.44403847 2010
30.34960264 2011
30.34952544 2012
30.41461794 2013
30.53187159 2014
30.62929921 2015
30.63553782 2016
30.57931861 2017
30.48749056 2018
30.34737921 2019
30.22144678 2020
30.06608913 2021
29.80294034 2022
Middle East & North Africa | 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
Records
63
Source