Cabo Verde - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Cabo Verde was 28.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.65 in 1967, while its lowest value was 28.08 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 42.13
1961 43.01
1962 44.36
1963 45.85
1964 46.99
1965 47.62
1966 48.39
1967 48.65
1968 48.61
1969 48.55
1970 48.54
1971 48.36
1972 48.39
1973 48.48
1974 48.47
1975 48.32
1976 48.38
1977 48.23
1978 47.93
1979 47.59
1980 47.31
1981 46.64
1982 46.09
1983 45.67
1984 45.38
1985 45.20
1986 45.31
1987 45.49
1988 45.69
1989 45.89
1990 46.10
1991 46.14
1992 46.16
1993 46.12
1994 45.97
1995 45.69
1996 45.41
1997 44.96
1998 44.37
1999 43.70
2000 42.96
2001 41.91
2002 40.91
2003 39.90
2004 38.81
2005 37.64
2006 36.56
2007 35.41
2008 34.25
2009 33.20
2010 32.31
2011 31.58
2012 31.03
2013 30.64
2014 30.29
2015 29.94
2016 29.58
2017 29.18
2018 28.78
2019 28.41
2020 28.08

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