Antigua and Barbuda - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Antigua and Barbuda was 21.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.66 in 1970, while its lowest value was 21.85 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 42.98
1961 43.12
1962 43.28
1963 43.49
1964 43.73
1965 43.97
1966 44.02
1967 44.13
1968 44.32
1969 44.53
1970 44.66
1971 43.71
1972 42.88
1973 42.22
1974 41.73
1975 41.38
1976 40.45
1977 39.60
1978 38.90
1979 38.38
1980 37.97
1981 37.07
1982 36.23
1983 35.50
1984 34.92
1985 34.42
1986 33.54
1987 32.68
1988 31.92
1989 31.28
1990 30.79
1991 30.49
1992 30.22
1993 30.02
1994 29.90
1995 29.83
1996 29.49
1997 29.20
1998 28.99
1999 28.84
2000 28.69
2001 28.24
2002 27.82
2003 27.40
2004 26.97
2005 26.51
2006 26.15
2007 25.76
2008 25.32
2009 24.84
2010 24.34
2011 24.04
2012 23.66
2013 23.26
2014 22.89
2015 22.57
2016 22.41
2017 22.23
2018 22.08
2019 21.95
2020 21.85

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