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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Seychelles was 23.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 43.54 in 1970, while its lowest value was 22.81 in 2010.

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 38.66
1961 39.40
1962 40.39
1963 41.38
1964 42.02
1965 42.25
1966 42.93
1967 43.26
1968 43.38
1969 43.46
1970 43.54
1971 43.13
1972 42.71
1973 42.26
1974 41.73
1975 41.12
1976 40.66
1977 40.11
1978 39.53
1979 38.94
1980 38.36
1981 37.67
1982 37.04
1983 36.43
1984 35.85
1985 35.28
1986 35.41
1987 35.51
1988 35.59
1989 35.72
1990 35.86
1991 34.79
1992 33.82
1993 32.93
1994 32.10
1995 31.30
1996 30.88
1997 30.36
1998 29.77
1999 29.18
2000 28.65
2001 27.62
2002 26.80
2003 26.15
2004 25.57
2005 24.97
2006 24.77
2007 24.42
2008 23.91
2009 23.34
2010 22.81
2011 22.82
2012 22.83
2013 22.90
2014 23.03
2015 23.21
2016 23.32
2017 23.48
2018 23.64
2019 23.74
2020 23.77

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