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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Fiji was 29.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.32 in 1960, while its lowest value was 29.00 in 2010.

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 48.32
1961 48.30
1962 48.09
1963 47.77
1964 47.38
1965 46.92
1966 46.45
1967 45.92
1968 45.30
1969 44.58
1970 43.78
1971 43.15
1972 42.46
1973 41.70
1974 40.93
1975 40.16
1976 39.98
1977 39.79
1978 39.60
1979 39.42
1980 39.27
1981 39.13
1982 39.00
1983 38.97
1984 39.01
1985 39.06
1986 38.99
1987 38.89
1988 38.76
1989 38.60
1990 38.44
1991 38.14
1992 37.84
1993 37.50
1994 37.07
1995 36.57
1996 36.37
1997 36.06
1998 35.69
1999 35.35
2000 35.03
2001 33.98
2002 33.06
2003 32.21
2004 31.37
2005 30.53
2006 30.36
2007 30.08
2008 29.72
2009 29.34
2010 29.00
2011 29.04
2012 29.13
2013 29.31
2014 29.56
2015 29.85
2016 29.75
2017 29.65
2018 29.51
2019 29.29
2020 29.01

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