United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
30.81505979 1960
30.91190925 1961
30.74650322 1962
30.57462642 1963
30.54113581 1964
30.58075015 1965
30.25367879 1966
29.71876765 1967
29.28003113 1968
28.78560454 1969
28.28380498 1970
27.74928048 1971
27.13274329 1972
26.45518742 1973
25.78395465 1974
25.11227814 1975
24.43992058 1976
23.82913653 1977
23.28871097 1978
22.82556472 1979
22.47257997 1980
22.22733177 1981
22.05098277 1982
21.88359733 1983
21.71074956 1984
21.53169959 1985
21.37528888 1986
21.31867334 1987
21.35901499 1988
21.44283757 1989
21.55664725 1990
21.68385535 1991
21.79200715 1992
21.85859258 1993
21.86087296 1994
21.80249902 1995
21.72034378 1996
21.64840547 1997
21.58967054 1998
21.5255083 1999
21.42540432 2000
21.28534783 2001
21.13993627 2002
20.99239881 2003
20.81555388 2004
20.61092211 2005
20.41949104 2006
20.26521133 2007
20.13570982 2008
20.00679435 2009
19.86688582 2010
19.74380579 2011
19.64223292 2012
19.5369619 2013
19.42339523 2014
19.29715954 2015
19.17420511 2016
19.05592377 2017
18.91102168 2018
18.73589996 2019
18.51134953 2020
18.2430347 2021
17.95943811 2022
United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source