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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Botswana was 33.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.50 in 1980, while its lowest value was 33.40 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 43.64
1961 44.20
1962 44.94
1963 45.72
1964 46.35
1965 46.76
1966 47.17
1967 47.42
1968 47.55
1969 47.66
1970 47.78
1971 47.88
1972 47.93
1973 47.95
1974 47.96
1975 47.99
1976 48.05
1977 48.15
1978 48.28
1979 48.40
1980 48.50
1981 48.49
1982 48.43
1983 48.32
1984 48.14
1985 47.89
1986 47.51
1987 46.99
1988 46.37
1989 45.68
1990 44.97
1991 44.44
1992 43.94
1993 43.42
1994 42.83
1995 42.15
1996 41.57
1997 40.87
1998 40.11
1999 39.35
2000 38.66
2001 38.11
2002 37.67
2003 37.28
2004 36.91
2005 36.52
2006 36.21
2007 35.86
2008 35.51
2009 35.21
2010 34.97
2011 34.88
2012 34.88
2013 34.91
2014 34.93
2015 34.92
2016 34.71
2017 34.44
2018 34.11
2019 33.76
2020 33.40

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