Samoa | 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
Independent State of Samoa
Records
63
Source
Samoa | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
50.7991759 1960
51.2238967 1961
51.63756049 1962
51.9573963 1963
52.17131978 1964
52.30605059 1965
52.38802491 1966
52.34968048 1967
52.18108843 1968
51.96109841 1969
51.66630478 1970
51.30114984 1971
50.88151549 1972
50.42650765 1973
49.90245665 1974
49.3027959 1975
48.65621996 1976
48.03538245 1977
47.48114835 1978
46.94688939 1979
46.42747772 1980
45.89355557 1981
45.19249783 1982
44.35512614 1983
43.53708661 1984
42.77353896 1985
42.13223294 1986
41.72827736 1987
41.48681413 1988
41.24495193 1989
40.99003484 1990
40.7774702 1991
40.61584398 1992
40.49234953 1993
40.44406061 1994
40.46952007 1995
40.55078008 1996
40.66684029 1997
40.80217313 1998
40.94456427 1999
41.08082257 2000
41.22244381 2001
41.21936778 2002
41.05137925 2003
40.85237952 2004
40.59382058 2005
40.21206209 2006
39.82795913 2007
39.53213721 2008
39.25617054 2009
39.02189072 2010
38.84319408 2011
38.69596818 2012
38.5642621 2013
38.4603756 2014
38.37933296 2015
38.308586 2016
38.24673276 2017
38.17626049 2018
38.07758647 2019
37.92522664 2020
37.71918597 2021
37.57003714 2022

Samoa | 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
Independent State of Samoa
Records
63
Source