IBRD only - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in IBRD only was 23.17 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 40.51 in 1966, while its lowest value was 23.17 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 39.35
1961 39.57
1962 39.89
1963 40.21
1964 40.40
1965 40.42
1966 40.51
1967 40.39
1968 40.16
1969 39.92
1970 39.72
1971 39.61
1972 39.48
1973 39.32
1974 39.12
1975 38.84
1976 38.55
1977 38.19
1978 37.78
1979 37.34
1980 36.89
1981 36.43
1982 35.99
1983 35.57
1984 35.16
1985 34.77
1986 34.51
1987 34.25
1988 34.00
1989 33.73
1990 33.44
1991 33.26
1992 32.96
1993 32.58
1994 32.21
1995 31.86
1996 31.35
1997 30.95
1998 30.59
1999 30.15
2000 29.61
2001 29.14
2002 28.55
2003 27.91
2004 27.31
2005 26.81
2006 26.37
2007 26.01
2008 25.72
2009 25.46
2010 25.20
2011 24.97
2012 24.75
2013 24.53
2014 24.33
2015 24.13
2016 23.94
2017 23.75
2018 23.57
2019 23.37
2020 23.17

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