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

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