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