Romania - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Romania was 15.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.87 in 1960, while its lowest value was 15.42 in 2016.

Definition: Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 28.87
1961 28.73
1962 28.36
1963 27.85
1964 27.35
1965 26.97
1966 26.43
1967 26.26
1968 26.28
1969 26.21
1970 25.94
1971 26.16
1972 25.92
1973 25.49
1974 25.24
1975 25.35
1976 25.30
1977 25.70
1978 26.30
1979 26.73
1980 26.81
1981 26.87
1982 26.55
1983 25.98
1984 25.44
1985 25.07
1986 24.61
1987 24.42
1988 24.36
1989 24.18
1990 23.75
1991 23.53
1992 22.93
1993 22.10
1994 21.34
1995 20.79
1996 20.02
1997 19.62
1998 19.41
1999 19.11
2000 18.59
2001 18.20
2002 17.56
2003 16.80
2004 16.15
2005 15.74
2006 15.46
2007 15.43
2008 15.56
2009 15.71
2010 15.78
2011 15.83
2012 15.76
2013 15.64
2014 15.55
2015 15.53
2016 15.42
2017 15.45
2018 15.53
2019 15.57
2020 15.52

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).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population