Tonga | 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
Kingdom of Tonga
Records
63
Source
Tonga | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1960 46.40322712
1961 46.53125045
1962 46.67068225
1963 46.80151414
1964 46.88031558
1965 46.92900311
1966 46.92270095
1967 47.02967268
1968 47.24619441
1969 47.36873066
1970 47.38101845
1971 47.28881912
1972 47.09186731
1973 46.80528195
1974 46.46958128
1975 46.12738963
1976 45.77409516
1977 45.29249742
1978 44.72624485
1979 44.21020455
1980 43.72595856
1981 43.26065744
1982 42.7881689
1983 42.31086501
1984 41.86554665
1985 41.49163614
1986 41.21294842
1987 40.90069
1988 40.56167901
1989 40.3239496
1990 40.17340748
1991 40.08655735
1992 40.03304436
1993 39.97929471
1994 39.91015878
1995 39.83386096
1996 39.70757024
1997 39.38137058
1998 38.93756846
1999 38.56121669
2000 38.28269292
2001 38.11761514
2002 38.06067204
2003 38.1000953
2004 38.18881146
2005 38.27904973
2006 38.34494774
2007 38.25342867
2008 38.01434557
2009 37.79166356
2010 37.57513957
2011 37.40759498
2012 37.2713996
2013 37.10278367
2014 36.96067076
2015 36.76523247
2016 36.50214034
2017 36.21685718
2018 35.86763734
2019 35.48720587
2020 35.07372641
2021 34.61991945
2022 34.25824112
Tonga | 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
Kingdom of Tonga
Records
63
Source