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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Bangladesh was 26.75 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 45.07 in 1977, while its lowest value was 26.75 in 2020.

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 42.05
1961 42.44
1962 42.70
1963 42.90
1964 43.12
1965 43.37
1966 43.74
1967 44.12
1968 44.46
1969 44.70
1970 44.78
1971 44.92
1972 44.99
1973 44.99
1974 44.96
1975 44.95
1976 45.06
1977 45.07
1978 45.01
1979 44.89
1980 44.71
1981 44.64
1982 44.47
1983 44.24
1984 43.98
1985 43.71
1986 43.47
1987 43.20
1988 42.89
1989 42.52
1990 42.09
1991 41.71
1992 41.28
1993 40.79
1994 40.28
1995 39.76
1996 39.23
1997 38.68
1998 38.12
1999 37.55
2000 36.96
2001 36.47
2002 35.96
2003 35.44
2004 34.91
2005 34.36
2006 33.91
2007 33.44
2008 32.96
2009 32.47
2010 31.99
2011 31.42
2012 30.88
2013 30.34
2014 29.81
2015 29.28
2016 28.75
2017 28.22
2018 27.71
2019 27.21
2020 26.75

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