South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
40.71990165 1960
40.97439304 1961
41.22509208 1962
41.47242444 1963
41.64263635 1964
41.71110219 1965
41.74116047 1966
41.74359214 1967
41.72564085 1968
41.68865977 1969
41.62097611 1970
41.55175735 1971
41.47790232 1972
41.38193495 1973
41.28123759 1974
41.15813944 1975
41.01918433 1976
40.87134913 1977
40.71129243 1978
40.55662277 1979
40.4077268 1980
40.26992185 1981
40.14842189 1982
40.03805012 1983
39.94402006 1984
39.84413002 1985
39.72632052 1986
39.59089519 1987
39.432822 1988
39.26273651 1989
39.07751322 1990
38.87840359 1991
38.69582732 1992
38.50765717 1993
38.28055777 1994
38.01726025 1995
37.71523117 1996
37.38952982 1997
37.04816924 1998
36.68969694 1999
36.31433014 2000
35.93829624 2001
35.5871764 2002
35.23954985 2003
34.86648876 2004
34.48021136 2005
34.08655689 2006
33.69298768 2007
33.30113061 2008
32.89853932 2009
32.48149103 2010
32.05457978 2011
31.62636525 2012
31.19806846 2013
30.75257255 2014
30.29113281 2015
29.8187116 2016
29.33126756 2017
28.8520857 2018
28.38799095 2019
27.93366879 2020
27.52620141 2021
27.15667617 2022
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source