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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Belize was 29.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.68 in 1974, while its lowest value was 29.20 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 45.28
1961 45.91
1962 46.32
1963 46.64
1964 46.89
1965 47.10
1966 47.18
1967 47.26
1968 47.30
1969 47.26
1970 47.12
1971 47.35
1972 47.53
1973 47.64
1974 47.68
1975 47.64
1976 47.57
1977 47.39
1978 47.09
1979 46.78
1980 46.55
1981 45.99
1982 45.62
1983 45.38
1984 45.12
1985 44.78
1986 44.66
1987 44.40
1988 44.06
1989 43.74
1990 43.46
1991 43.27
1992 43.16
1993 43.04
1994 42.87
1995 42.66
1996 42.21
1997 41.72
1998 41.30
1999 40.99
2000 40.74
2001 40.42
2002 40.09
2003 39.74
2004 39.34
2005 38.90
2006 38.26
2007 37.61
2008 36.94
2009 36.28
2010 35.61
2011 34.88
2012 34.19
2013 33.51
2014 32.82
2015 32.10
2016 31.52
2017 30.90
2018 30.28
2019 29.70
2020 29.20

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