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