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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Argentina was 24.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 31.05 in 1960, while its lowest value was 24.44 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 31.05
1961 30.95
1962 30.80
1963 30.61
1964 30.41
1965 30.20
1966 30.04
1967 29.88
1968 29.72
1969 29.57
1970 29.44
1971 29.38
1972 29.35
1973 29.34
1974 29.36
1975 29.42
1976 29.58
1977 29.79
1978 30.03
1979 30.24
1980 30.42
1981 30.68
1982 30.81
1983 30.86
1984 30.90
1985 30.97
1986 30.91
1987 30.93
1988 30.98
1989 30.94
1990 30.79
1991 30.68
1992 30.45
1993 30.15
1994 29.86
1995 29.60
1996 29.36
1997 29.13
1998 28.91
1999 28.69
2000 28.46
2001 28.20
2002 27.97
2003 27.76
2004 27.53
2005 27.28
2006 27.07
2007 26.80
2008 26.52
2009 26.26
2010 26.04
2011 25.82
2012 25.65
2013 25.51
2014 25.37
2015 25.21
2016 25.08
2017 24.93
2018 24.76
2019 24.60
2020 24.44

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