Zambia | 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
Republic of Zambia
Records
63
Source
Zambia | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
46.09924667 1960
46.30342254 1961
46.51778119 1962
46.77384313 1963
47.03706584 1964
47.25393447 1965
47.44284852 1966
47.61387778 1967
47.76758751 1968
47.93636463 1969
48.20930894 1970
48.54590505 1971
48.84942359 1972
49.11718357 1973
49.34329191 1974
49.53407853 1975
49.68788828 1976
49.79901752 1977
49.87191067 1978
49.90717953 1979
49.88952331 1980
49.80579422 1981
49.65035074 1982
49.48738057 1983
49.36656447 1984
49.24978116 1985
49.11034982 1986
48.97659124 1987
48.86990914 1988
48.7876664 1989
48.71718897 1990
48.65606607 1991
48.61914677 1992
48.6038399 1993
48.60899817 1994
48.64042007 1995
48.6676955 1996
48.64132132 1997
48.59364114 1998
48.53289938 1999
48.41623088 2000
48.21016832 2001
48.00384116 2002
47.82701987 2003
47.66598528 2004
47.51369222 2005
47.35189857 2006
47.17549236 2007
46.97938775 2008
46.77669924 2009
46.581266 2010
46.41418289 2011
46.24368704 2012
46.03949491 2013
45.78902201 2014
45.50044528 2015
45.18987196 2016
44.85729854 2017
44.4961825 2018
44.09990405 2019
43.68037293 2020
43.26236287 2021
42.85655302 2022
Zambia | 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
Republic of Zambia
Records
63
Source