Pacific island small states - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Pacific island small states was 34.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.11 in 1962, while its lowest value was 34.68 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 47.00
1961 47.07
1962 47.11
1963 47.10
1964 47.03
1965 46.88
1966 46.73
1967 46.49
1968 46.15
1969 45.73
1970 45.25
1971 44.99
1972 44.71
1973 44.42
1974 44.08
1975 43.72
1976 43.47
1977 43.21
1978 42.95
1979 42.71
1980 42.49
1981 42.34
1982 42.20
1983 42.09
1984 42.01
1985 41.92
1986 41.75
1987 41.57
1988 41.37
1989 41.16
1990 40.96
1991 40.75
1992 40.55
1993 40.34
1994 40.07
1995 39.74
1996 39.53
1997 39.26
1998 38.95
1999 38.68
2000 38.43
2001 37.85
2002 37.35
2003 36.90
2004 36.46
2005 36.02
2006 35.77
2007 35.52
2008 35.28
2009 35.05
2010 34.85
2011 34.86
2012 34.87
2013 34.93
2014 35.07
2015 35.24
2016 35.17
2017 35.11
2018 35.04
2019 34.89
2020 34.68

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