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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Djibouti was 28.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.56 in 1977, while its lowest value was 28.91 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 43.36
1961 43.50
1962 43.39
1963 43.21
1964 43.16
1965 43.29
1966 43.73
1967 44.20
1968 44.66
1969 45.07
1970 45.40
1971 45.83
1972 46.14
1973 46.36
1974 46.61
1975 46.93
1976 47.36
1977 47.56
1978 47.52
1979 47.17
1980 46.47
1981 46.37
1982 46.02
1983 45.52
1984 45.15
1985 45.09
1986 44.92
1987 45.07
1988 45.33
1989 45.38
1990 45.01
1991 45.07
1992 44.73
1993 44.13
1994 43.55
1995 43.16
1996 42.60
1997 42.24
1998 41.97
1999 41.58
2000 40.98
2001 40.58
2002 40.00
2003 39.31
2004 38.59
2005 37.88
2006 36.75
2007 35.64
2008 34.55
2009 33.51
2010 32.56
2011 32.06
2012 31.64
2013 31.30
2014 30.95
2015 30.56
2016 30.33
2017 29.98
2018 29.57
2019 29.20
2020 28.91

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