St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source
St. Lucia | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
46.26719861 1960
46.82869509 1961
47.36446626 1962
47.86588258 1963
48.3321782 1964
48.75803925 1965
49.12408536 1966
49.41540353 1967
49.62325885 1968
49.73426505 1969
49.49413134 1970
48.95616115 1971
48.40780785 1972
47.84832606 1973
47.29885503 1974
46.80484677 1975
46.36598881 1976
45.94964683 1977
45.54290144 1978
45.13717694 1979
44.71442783 1980
44.22577951 1981
43.70470745 1982
43.2274088 1983
42.80896769 1984
42.41662963 1985
42.00779619 1986
41.5846615 1987
41.15332884 1988
40.69978961 1989
40.1529153 1990
39.51486291 1991
38.68358148 1992
37.68990313 1993
36.73349429 1994
35.82784152 1995
34.96353162 1996
34.12134779 1997
33.29954416 1998
32.54168102 1999
31.79968652 2000
30.98226267 2001
30.13544541 2002
29.32476318 2003
28.54894392 2004
27.78538626 2005
27.02056533 2006
26.26314784 2007
25.53477363 2008
24.85097606 2009
24.06879808 2010
23.21698795 2011
22.47262078 2012
21.82453579 2013
21.22726376 2014
20.64877607 2015
20.11552404 2016
19.66093467 2017
19.26830365 2018
18.90600195 2019
18.57294692 2020
18.29375207 2021
18.0390031 2022
St. Lucia | 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
Saint Lucia
Records
63
Source