Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source
Upper middle income | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
39.63922605 1960
39.56392055 1961
39.65466727 1962
40.05475687 1963
40.38419658 1964
40.49745969 1965
40.520131 1966
40.38564762 1967
40.22579089 1968
40.10876153 1969
39.93099521 1970
39.75516554 1971
39.50443374 1972
39.24859965 1973
39.12544899 1974
39.02497125 1975
38.88817011 1976
38.47391703 1977
37.63020678 1978
36.75485145 1979
36.01916141 1980
35.35650568 1981
34.82555546 1982
34.23645269 1983
33.55196773 1984
32.9137663 1985
32.3505188 1986
31.90990717 1987
31.51956227 1988
31.18114933 1989
30.97574104 1990
30.75294589 1991
30.47626747 1992
30.1897043 1993
29.84980909 1994
29.44827723 1995
28.98823804 1996
28.44223776 1997
27.88947299 1998
27.35808579 1999
26.79518442 2000
26.17629596 2001
25.48219186 2002
24.80012402 2003
24.15689833 2004
23.50927299 2005
22.9698569 2006
22.59391292 2007
22.3099961 2008
22.0845939 2009
21.88604892 2010
21.7201527 2011
21.61327252 2012
21.53690304 2013
21.46918227 2014
21.3850576 2015
21.29997475 2016
21.24636258 2017
21.15258842 2018
20.99432621 2019
20.77859198 2020
20.50310455 2021
20.18811638 2022

Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source