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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Malta was 14.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 38.43 in 1960, while its lowest value was 14.21 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 38.43
1961 37.69
1962 36.61
1963 35.27
1964 33.86
1965 32.52
1966 31.49
1967 30.40
1968 29.31
1969 28.32
1970 27.48
1971 26.61
1972 26.13
1973 25.87
1974 25.63
1975 25.30
1976 25.08
1977 24.68
1978 24.21
1979 23.89
1980 23.78
1981 23.78
1982 23.90
1983 24.08
1984 24.23
1985 24.28
1986 24.22
1987 24.09
1988 23.90
1989 23.68
1990 23.43
1991 23.19
1992 22.92
1993 22.63
1994 22.32
1995 22.01
1996 21.57
1997 21.16
1998 20.76
1999 20.33
2000 19.85
2001 19.46
2002 19.00
2003 18.48
2004 17.95
2005 17.43
2006 16.86
2007 16.32
2008 15.83
2009 15.39
2010 14.99
2011 14.79
2012 14.59
2013 14.41
2014 14.29
2015 14.23
2016 14.21
2017 14.23
2018 14.28
2019 14.33
2020 14.37

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