Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 42.97224563
1961 43.06548167
1962 43.17245653
1963 43.31219685
1964 43.48714605
1965 43.65410365
1966 43.79879626
1967 43.93837964
1968 44.07094897
1969 44.20060423
1970 44.33250461
1971 44.46618074
1972 44.59797218
1973 44.70804517
1974 44.79230961
1975 44.8724714
1976 44.95617168
1977 45.02577285
1978 45.07767524
1979 45.13418107
1980 45.19175669
1981 45.26186236
1982 45.33613264
1983 45.3946621
1984 45.44274844
1985 45.47963598
1986 45.50732004
1987 45.53340971
1988 45.54496448
1989 45.54087296
1990 45.53162363
1991 45.5114742
1992 45.48230682
1993 45.44904414
1994 45.34656834
1995 45.2137524
1996 45.13490571
1997 45.0490117
1998 44.91100317
1999 44.75474573
2000 44.61221589
2001 44.477489
2002 44.34935214
2003 44.22716152
2004 44.11402066
2005 44.02053297
2006 43.94436709
2007 43.8758992
2008 43.81579575
2009 43.75769165
2010 43.69202891
2011 43.62095271
2012 43.55233793
2013 43.47409112
2014 43.36679304
2015 43.22662528
2016 43.07950636
2017 42.91916442
2018 42.72883432
2019 42.52043396
2020 42.29507587
2021 42.06403828
2022 41.82299504

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source