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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Portugal was 13.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.30 in 1960, while its lowest value was 13.05 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 29.30
1961 29.22
1962 29.16
1963 29.14
1964 29.13
1965 29.09
1966 29.19
1967 29.15
1968 29.00
1969 28.83
1970 28.71
1971 28.36
1972 28.10
1973 27.91
1974 27.71
1975 27.43
1976 27.25
1977 26.95
1978 26.58
1979 26.19
1980 25.82
1981 25.38
1982 24.98
1983 24.59
1984 24.17
1985 23.68
1986 23.16
1987 22.56
1988 21.90
1989 21.21
1990 20.53
1991 19.90
1992 19.31
1993 18.76
1994 18.25
1995 17.76
1996 17.40
1997 17.03
1998 16.65
1999 16.31
2000 16.03
2001 15.83
2002 15.69
2003 15.61
2004 15.54
2005 15.44
2006 15.47
2007 15.44
2008 15.33
2009 15.17
2010 14.97
2011 14.80
2012 14.62
2013 14.44
2014 14.26
2015 14.09
2016 13.88
2017 13.67
2018 13.46
2019 13.25
2020 13.05

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