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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Vietnam was 23.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.11 in 1967, while its lowest value was 23.02 in 2014.

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 40.13
1961 41.02
1962 41.88
1963 42.66
1964 43.28
1965 43.70
1966 43.98
1967 44.11
1968 44.09
1969 43.97
1970 43.78
1971 43.64
1972 43.45
1973 43.21
1974 42.92
1975 42.58
1976 42.31
1977 41.96
1978 41.57
1979 41.19
1980 40.84
1981 40.42
1982 40.06
1983 39.72
1984 39.38
1985 39.01
1986 38.69
1987 38.33
1988 37.96
1989 37.60
1990 37.26
1991 36.96
1992 36.67
1993 36.36
1994 35.97
1995 35.45
1996 34.90
1997 34.17
1998 33.31
1999 32.42
2000 31.57
2001 30.51
2002 29.63
2003 28.83
2004 28.00
2005 27.10
2006 26.38
2007 25.59
2008 24.79
2009 24.12
2010 23.63
2011 23.32
2012 23.13
2013 23.05
2014 23.02
2015 23.03
2016 23.04
2017 23.10
2018 23.17
2019 23.21
2020 23.19

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